ZPTC by-elections: Jagan alleges misuse of power by TDP

YSRCP President YS Jagan Mohan Reddy accused Prime Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and his government of weakening democracy and dealing with anarchic politics in the ongoing Pulivendula and Ontimitta ZPTC by-selections.

In an article in X on Sunday, Mr. Jagan Mohan Redi claimed that Mr. Naidu resorted to conspiracies, intimidation and abuse of official machines to influence the outcome of the elections.

TDP leaders, some officials and police officers in cooperation, capture conditions for cabin capture, YSRCP cadres against the violence against the cadres, he said.

The authority began to tie hundreds of YSRCP workers, including individuals who do not have a criminal record to scare, from the moment the election notification was published.

On August 5, TDP supporters attacked YSRCP leaders who participated in a wedding and seriously injured Sureresh Reddy. TDP gangs, Nallagondavaripalle near YSRCP MLC Ramesh Yadav and Velpula Ramalinga Reddy, cars, stones, stones and bars, trying to pour oil to pour into fire, claiming to intervene, claiming to intervene.

Instead of arrest the attackers, the police filed a SC/ST cases against Velpula Ramu and 50 people on 6 August. Authorities shifted the ballot box cabinets away from the villages and forced thousands of YSRCP fans in Pulivendula to travel to two to four km to vote.

On the night of August 8, twelve people were arrested in connection with the case against Velpula Ramalinga Reddy, and YSRCP claimed that some of the alleged incidents were in custody.

Four were later released after the evidence was submitted, and eight were arrested. “TDP plans to suppress voter participation and prevent the reporting of attacks, atrocities and cabins by targeting live broadcasting tools and equipment,” he said.

Mr. Jagan Mohan Redy said that these events have made it ashamed to call it a democratic election, but expressed his belief that truth and justice would dominate.