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YSRCP ex-MLA held after TDP workers clash in Vijayawada protest
Police detained former YSRCP MLA Malladi Vishnu in Vijayawada on Thursday after his party's hunger strike for a CBI inquiry into the DSC-2025 recruitment process led to clashes with TDP workers. TDP…
The Story in Brief
Police detained former YSRCP MLA Malladi Vishnu in Vijayawada on Thursday after his party's hunger strike for a CBI inquiry into the DSC-2025 recruitment process led to clashes with TDP workers. TDP MLA Bonda Umamaheswara Rao said the protest tent was blocking traffic; YSRCP workers alleged TDP supporters attacked Vishnu as police took him away. Police also arrested YSRCP's Amadalavalasa in-charge Chintada Ravikumar and 25 others over an alleged confrontation with a woman sub-inspector during former chief minister Jagan Mohan Reddy's visit last month. YSRCP leaders called the arrests political vendetta.
The Indian Opinion
Andhra Pradesh's political showdowns rarely end with just a protest. Both TDP and YSRCP are quick to paint themselves as victims while blaming the other for lawlessness. The truth is simpler: neither side respects public space or due process when it suits them. The real test will be whether the CBI probe into DSC-2025 actually happens or gets buried in the next election cycle.
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Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
