Naidu urges DGP to take ‘partisan’ policemen to task
Alleging large-scale violence and violations of the poll code in two panchayats in East Godavari district, by the YSR Congress Party leaders and activists, in collusion with a section of the local police, the national president of the TDP N. Chandrababu Naidu has urged the law enforcement department to rein in their ‘erring staff’. In a letter to the Director General of Police Gautam Sawang, Mr. Naidu accused the YSRCP-backed candidates in Illapalli panchayat in Biccavolu mandal and Anaparty panchayat in Anaparty Assembly segment of harassing the candidates backed by the opposition parties and having false cases booked against them, in collusion with a section of the local police personnel. He urged the DGP to rein in his department staff and initiate stringent action against them. Mr. Naidu said the ruling party-backed candidate Lolla Bhadram, after winning as a sarpanch, took out a victory rally in the village, which created a scene in front of the house of Tanuku Sridhar, who had...