Two TDP activists and a constable injured as violence erupts during Jagan’s visit to Podili
The Hindu
Two TDP activists and a constable injured as violence erupts during Jagan’s visit to Podili. Trouble breaks out as YSRCP cadre and leaders pelt stones and slippers on women staging a protest seeking an apology from the YSRCP chief for the alleged derogatory remarks on Amaravati women during a debate on the TV channel his family owns.
Tension gripped Podili in Prakasam district on Wednesday when YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) president and former Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy visited the town to interact with the tobacco farmers.
Several people, including police personnel, suffered injuries in a clash between the YSRCP and TDP activists at Besthapalem while Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s convoy was passing through the area.
Women activists of the TDP, carrying black balloons, placards, posters and banners, raised slogans such as ‘Go back Jagan’ and ‘Ban Sakshi TV’, demanding an apology from Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy for the recent controversy over the alleged derogatory remarks against Amaravati women during a debate on the TV channel his family owned.
Violence broke out as the YSRCP cadre and leaders pelted stones and slippers on the women protesters. The police said that two activists of the TDP and a police constable, G.V. Ratnam, sustained bleeding injuries in the incident. They were rushed to the government hospital for treatment.
The police could bring the situation under control in a few minutes. “Violence has been controlled quickly and things are now under control,” said Podili Circle Inspector T. Venkateswarlu.
It may be recalled that senior journalist and channel’s anchor Kommineni Srinivasa Rao had been arrested in the derogatory remarks case and search was on for another journalist V.V. Krishnam Raju. There were attacks on the Sakshi media offices across the State. Several TDP leaders had demanded that Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy and his wife and Sakshi Media Group director Y.S. Bharati Reddy apologise to the women of Amaravati.
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