YSRCP and TDP blame each other for Pulivendula violence

Deputy Inspector-General of Police Koya Praveen, Collector Sreedhar Cherukuri and Superintendent of Police Nachiket Vishwanath Shelke addressing the media in Kadapa on Saturday.

In the aftermath of the violent incidents in Pulivendula town during the nomination phase of the local body elections on Saturday, both the YSRCP and NDA partners blamed each other for the situation.

Staging a protest along with YSRCP cadres, Kadapa Member of Parliament Y.S. Avinash Reddy flayed the Police Department for resorting to lathi-charge, use of tear-gas, and firing in the air “in a bid to create scare among its activists.”

He said that his party candidates arrived at the scheduled time given by the senior police officials, who, he alleged, later asked them to “go back and return tomorrow.”