Congress, YSRC TD cadres clash
Two polling personnel was removed in Ongole during the byelection on Tuesday after allegations of helping the YSR Congress. Besides this, Telugu Desam and YSR Congress activists clashed at 102 polling station at the market centre and police resorted to mild lathicharge to disperse the clashing groups.
Election Commission officials identified presiding officer S. Seshagiri and micro-observer K. Seshagiri Rao directing an aged voter towards the fan symbol and directed district collector Anita Rajendra to remove both from duty.
Ms Rajendra immediately rushed to the PVR Boys’ municipal high school and appointed two others, replacing the two.
Returning officer M.S. Murali lodged a complaint with police and the two were later arrested. TD leaders complained about the highlight on the fan symbol with a marker on the EVM at C.S.R. Sarma College polling station and poll officials resolved the issue. Congress and YSRC activists clashed at Kothapatnam but police settled the matter and restored polling.
Kanigiri MLA of the Congress Mukku Ugranarasimha Reddy came to Mamidipalem polling booth, but YSRC activists objected, stating that the MLA was a non-local. Police sent the MLA away to continue polling.
YSRC leaders complained about forcible removal of their agents at 102 polling station by TD leaders. Former MLA Karanam Balarama Krishnamurthy along with his son Venkatesh and other supporters, YSRC aspirant Balineni Srinivas Reddy, Ongole MP Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy and Chirala MLA Amanchi Krishnamohan rushed to the spot.
TD supporters tried to attack Balineni and others but police led by district superintendent of police K. Raghuram Reddy resorted to a mild lathi-charge and dispersed the unruly mob. YSRC aspirant Srinivas Reddy alle-ged that the TD had tried rigging by removing their agents and attacked them.
He added that police did not initiate action to curb non-local MLAs hence they were going to lodge a complaint with the EC about violations during the poll.
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