Andhra Pradesh today witnessed a brutal attack on democracy under @ncbn's coalition government. On the first day of municipal nominations, YSRCP candidates faced attacks, death threats and attempts to stop them from filing nominations. Vehicles were burnt and nomination papers snatched and torn. Police remained mere spectators, in some cases party to the crime as well, dancing to Naidu's tunes instead of maintaining law and order and upholding the Constitution.
I strongly condemn the murder attempt on YSRCP Lok Sabha Floor Leader and Rajampet MP, P. V. Midhun Reddy in Punganur. TDP workers attacked his convoy, which had gone there to file the nominations, with stones, sticks and iron rods, injured his CRPF security staff, damaged vehicles and blocked our candidates from filing nominations while police watched all this in the premises of the nomination filing centre. Even after this, officials did not accept their nomination papers despite making them wait for over three hours. If our Lok Sabha Floor Leader is unsafe, what protection can ordinary people expect?
In Rayachoti, our candidates were threatened not to file nominations. When they proceeded despite these threats, TDP workers attacked former MLA Srikanth Reddy's office, set it and vehicles on fire, and injured our workers. Instead of registering cases against those responsible and protecting our candidates, police ordered our workers to leave our party office, where they had gathered to select candidates and prepare nomination papers, while it is our own party office that was set on fire while police remained mute spectators.
In Tirupati, a woman candidate's papers were snatched and torn, and our leaders were attacked. In Dharmavaram, candidates were attacked and their papers snatched in police presence. In Kadapa, our 30th Division candidate was
obstructed, and papers submitted to the Returning Officer were snatched and torn. Yet no case was registered and no action was taken against them. This shameful inaction gives TDP workers a free hand to obstruct elections in full public view. In Dachepalli, police planted liquor and forcibly detained our Nagar Panchayat chairman candidate to prevent him from filing his nomination.
Chandrababu Naidu must understand that government machinery is not his party's property. Violence cannot give the TDP the public confidence it has lost. Every attack strengthens our resolve to stand with the people and defend their democratic rights.
I stand firmly with every YSRCP worker. We will not surrender to threats or abandon our democratic fight. Every incident must be investigated, every attacker held accountable, and every officer who enabled this violence made answerable.
The SEC must intervene immediately, ensure that all affected candidates can file nominations, and secure the deployment of Central forces. Candidates must be able to contest without fear, and people must be free to choose their representatives.
Centralised or transparent and safe online nominations should be made available. Proper CCTV live footage should be put in place in polling stations. CCTV live footage should be placed in all strong rooms to prevent tampering of ballot boxes. CCTV live footage should be in place in all counting stations to ensure proper verification of the signatures on ballot paper account and to monitor the counting process in the counting stations. Central government forces (Paramilitary forces) should be brought in to ensure that free and fair elections are conducted.
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