Denial of a Cabinet berth to YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) leader Balineni Srinivasa Reddy in the recent reshuffle triggered a protest by the supporter of the former Energy Minister in Prakasam district on Monday.
A group of angry YSRCP activists set ablaze a motorcycle after staging a protest in-front of the party office near Mangamoor road junction, as the swearing-in of the new Ministers was organised in Vijayawada on Monday. The protesters also blocked the old Chennai-Kolkata bypass road. However, the police observed restraint and faced stiff resistance from the ruling party activists who held up vehicular traffic on the highway for a couple of hours.
Second-rung party leaders including Ongole Mayor Gangada Sujatha and 43 corporators threatened to put in their papers if Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy did not ‘undo the injustice’ meted out to their leader (Mr. Srinivasa Reddy).
