YSRCP leaders urge SEC to ensure peaceful conduct of ZPTC election in Pulivendula

A delegation of the YSRCP, led by Perni Venkataramaiah and V. Srinivas, and comprising MLCs Lella Appi Reddy and R. Ramesh Yadav, former MLA Malladi Vishnu, Mayor Rayana Bhagya Lakshmi, met State Election Commissioner (SEC) Nilam Sawhney here on Wednesday, and urged her to ensure peaceful by-election to the Pulivendula Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituency (ZPTC), while taking to her attention the violence allegedly unleashed by the TDP-backed activists during the campaign and the evidence of it.

The YSRCP leaders highlighted a series of incidents, including the attack on Mr. Ramesh Yadav and party leader Velpula Ramu allegedly by 30 TDP men armed with sticks. They alleged that the victims were chased, dragged out of their vehicles, and assaulted near Nallagondavaripalli, and the police deliberately remained mute spectators.

The TDP was creating fear among the voters and misusing power to disrupt the election, going by the manner in which bindover cases were being booked against the YSRCP leaders and arrests made on false grounds, the YSRCP alleged, requesting the SEC to take stern action and ensure free and fair local body elections in Pulivendula and across the State.