Guntur, Feb. 1 -- YSR Congress Party State Coordinator Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy on Sunday alleged that the attack on former minister Ambati Rambabu was a "pre-planned conspiracy aimed at physically eliminating a senior opposition leader", and said the pattern of violence and police conduct clearly indicates a serious breakdown of law and order.

After visiting Rambabu's residence in Guntur along with senior party leaders and consoling his family, Sajjala claimed that armed groups moved around the city from morning with sticks and stones in a coordinated manner, yet police failed to intervene even when Rambabu's life was under threat.

He said that while police provided protection to controversial flex banners linked to the Tirumala laddu...