Amaravati, Oct. 19 -- YSRCP State General Secretary SV Satish Kumar Reddy challenged Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu to ensure that opposition candidates are protected and allowed to file nominations if he has confidence in his government and public support, a press release said.

Addressing the media at the YSRCP office in YSR Kadapa district, Satish Kumar Reddy said candidates were attacked in front of police and forced to arrange private security merely to file nominations for the local body elections.

According to a press release, he said the Chief Minister and the police system should be ashamed that such a situation had developed, and charged that attacks and restrictions were being used to prevent YSRCP candidate...