Amaravati, Jan. 6 -- In Udayagiri constituency in Andhra Pradesh, Vinjamuru mandal, the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party leader, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, alleged large-scale intimidation and misuse of police machinery during a Mandal Parishad President (MPP) election, accusing the Telugu Desam Party-led coalition government of turning elections into a "show of force" instead of a democratic process.

In a statement on X, Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday said its elected Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituency members were allegedly stopped on the road, attacked, and prevented from exercising their right to vote.

"Even in a small MPP election, the way democracy is being brutally murdered exposes the extreme high-handedness of the TDP and th...