Atmakur violence | Andhra BJP urges Governor to ensure communal harmony in State
The Hindu
Party seeks ban on SDPI, accuses police of acting in a partisan manner
A delegation of the BJP, led by its State president Somu Veerraju, met Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan at the Raj Bhavan here on Wednesday, and appealed to him to ensure that communal harmony prevailed in Andhra Pradesh by directing that a ban be imposed on the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), which was “posing a threat to peace in the State.”
The BJP leaders also requested the Governor to direct the police to book all those involved in rioting and arson at Atmakur, and provide security to those fighting against the atrocities.
In a memorandum submitted to the Governor, Mr. Veerraju said that in the incident that had taken place at Atmakur on January 8, a violent mob, allegedly comprising hundreds of anti-social elements, attacked B. Srikanth Reddy, the BJP president for Nandyal Parliamentary constituency, when he was peacefully protesting against the “illegal construction of a mosque” in an area dominated by the Hindus.