Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader Devineni Umamaheswara Rao has accused the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) cadres of unleashing a reign of terror at the behest of Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy to scare away the voters on May 13, the polling day, fearing that the latter otherwise vote in favour of the TDP-BJP-JSP alliance en masse.
Addressing the media here on May 15 (Wednesday), Mr. Umamaheswara Rao said the attempt to murder TDP candidate from Chandragiri Assembly constituency Pulivarthi Venkata Maniprasad (Nani) was part of a conspiracy to wreak havoc during the elections. “The Election Commission of India (ECI) should have acted promptly, but it did not do it for various reasons,” he said.
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