Vijayawada, Oct. 20 -- The Opposition YSR Congress Party in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday demanded an inquiry by a sitting High Court judge into police firing in Pulivendula during the filing of nominations alleging that officers opened fire without provocation.
Addressing the media here, YSRCP State Coordinator Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy allged that the Chandrababu Naidu government was preventing nominations, coercing withdrawals and engineering rejections before celebrating "unopposed victories" and declared that attacks, intimidation and criminal cases would not force YSRCP out of elections.
"The YSRCP candidates were attacked and the police fired into the air while shielding TDP groups. This organised intimidation required judicial scrutin...