YSRC Alleges Police Help to TD in ZPTC Bypolls, Seeks Action from DGP
After failure of efforts in the last four days to secure an appointment with the DGP, the Congress party leaders reached the police chief’s office in Mangalagiri and handed over the memorandum to his staff.
Vijayawada: A YSR Congress delegation submitted a memorandum to the state police chief, seeking his swift intervention against rampant “police interference” in the ongoing ZPTC by-elections in Pulivendula and Vontimitta in Kadapa district.
The delegation comprised MLCs Lella Appi Reddy and Ramesh Yadav, Vijayawada mayor Rayana Bhagyalakshmi, former minister Merugu Nagarjuna, former MLAs Malladi Vishnu, TJR Sudhakar Babu, Kaile Anil, leader Devineni Avinash, and party leaders Narayanamurthy and D Chakravarthy.
The team highlighted how the police, acting as proxies for the ruling TD-led coalition, “undermined fair polls through false cases, illegal detentions and protection to TD aggressors.”
After failure of efforts in the last four days to secure an appointment with the DGP, the party leaders reached the police chief’s office in Mangalagiri and handed over the memorandum to his staff. The DGP was not present in the office.
The Opposition party alleged “collapse of law and order,” saying the police in yellow shirts attempted to ensure TD victories, ignored their constitutional duties, stifled YSRC campaigns and enabled attacks on the YSRC cadre.
“The police conduct is a grave insult to democracy, turning elections into a contest against law enforcement itself,” asserted MLC Lella Appi Reddy.
The YSRC said, “If the TD wins the polls, it would be due to manipulations by the police.”
Appi Reddy criticised the DGP’s inaction amid biased polling centre shifts and voter intimidation, and sought steps to ensure free and fair voting.
Ramesh Yadav criticised the “erosion of peace,” noting police symbols now signified a TD, Jana Sena, BJP allegiance rather than integrity.
“From actions like filing of false cases to shielding of TD goons who attacked me with petrol bombs, the system has failed to protect the interests of the backwards communities,” he said, citing assaults on leaders like former minister Vidatala Rajini and Krishna ZP chairperson Harika as evidence of TD’s disdain for BCs.
