AP Witnesses Widespread YSRC Protests Over ‘NDA Alliance Betrayal’
Tense scenes in several districts as police intervene
VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh witnessed widespread political protests on Thursday as the YSRC staged demonstrations across all 175 Assembly constituencies as part of a campaign titled Two Years of Chandrababu’s Betrayal and Backstabbing.
The opposition party alleges that the ruling coalition government had failed to honour its election commitments and betrayed public trust.
Thousands of YSRC leaders, cadres, women, farmers, youth, students, job aspirants, and unemployed participated in rallies, bike processions and symbolic protests throughout the state. Demonstrators accused the government of abandoning its much-publicised “Super Six” promises, failing to address unemployment, allowing price rise to burden households, and compromising the integrity of the DSC-2025 recruitment process.
Protesters released black balloons, burnt copies of the coalition manifesto and effigies, and displayed placards highlighting what they termed unfulfilled promises, and growing public hardship.
The protests led to tense scenes in several districts after police allegedly intervened to prevent demonstrations. In Tadipatri, former MLA Kethireddy Peddareddy had been reportedly placed under house arrest. He later staged a dharna, alleging political discrimination.
In Rajamahendravaram, police stopped a procession led by former MP Bharat, prompting party workers to launch a sit-in protest.
Similar confrontations have been reported in Visakhapatnam. District president K.K. Raju accused police of stopping YSRC workers from joining the agitation and acting in favour of the ruling alliance. A protest led by former MLA Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar in Visakhapatnam South ended in a standoff with police.
YSRC leaders alleged that democratic protests are being suppressed through police restrictions. They vowed to continue their agitation and hold the government accountable for what they described as two years of broken promises.
