Tension prevailed at Kuppam in Chittoor district after the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) activists burnt the effigy of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy at the RTC bus stand junction on April 25 (Tuesday).
A Circle Inspector and sub-inspector sustained minor injuries when the police jostled with the TDP activists in their bid to prevent the effigy burning. Additional forces were deployed at all arterial junctions in Kuppam to prevent any untoward incident.
The TDP activists gathered at the party office on Tuesday and staged a protest against the burning of effigies of the party’s national president N. Chandrababu Naidu and national general secretary N. Lokesh by the YSRCP activists led by MLC K.R.J. Bharath on Monday.
