Tension prevailed in Bapatla district as some unidentified miscreants damaged the life-size statue of late N.T. Rama Rao, the founder of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and former Chief Minister of United Andhra Pradesh in the early hours of Thursday (December 7) at Bhartipudi village in Bapatla mandal and district.
When the entire public is already in a panic-like situation in the district due to cyclone Michaung impact and spent restless nights for the last couple of days, this sudden development of vandalising the NTR statue became an issue of concern for the TDP fans.
The local TDP leaders and supporters started staging protests in front of the vandalised NTR’s statue there. Alleging that the statue was vandalised by the ruling YSR Congress Party leaders, Bapatla TDP in-charge Narendra Varma demanded the State government to punish the culprits by booking criminal cases against them. He also joined in the protest at the village. He alleged that it was nothing but provocative politics to hurt the entire TDP followers and NTR fans across the State.
