Amaravati, Nov. 4 -- YSRCP leaders on Tuesday strongly condemned the attacks, intimidation and electoral irregularities during municipal election counting across Andhra Pradesh, stating that the ruling TDP coalition systematically undermined democracy from nominations to the declaration of results.

Speaking at the YSRCP central office, party spokesperson Putha Siva Shankar said Chandrababu Naidu had turned elections into an exercise in misuse of power. He alleged that nomination papers were torn, eligible candidates disqualified, polling agents intimidated and expelled, polling percentages manipulated and counting disrupted. He questioned the withholding of the Palamaneru Chairperson result despite a reported 856-vote lead for the YSRCP ...