Tadepalli, Oct. 20 -- YSRCP State Coordinator Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy on Tuesday demanded an inquiry by a sitting High Court judge into the alleged police firing in Pulivendula, alleging that officers "opened fire without provocation" while opposition candidates were attempting to file nominations, a release said.

He asserted that attacks, intimidation and criminal cases would not deter the party from contesting elections.

Addressing the media at the party's central office in Tadepalli, Sajjala accused the TDP government of obstructing the nomination process, coercing candidates into withdrawing and engineering the rejection of nominations before claiming electoral victories unopposed.

He alleged that Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu...