YSRCP activists staging a protest in Ongole on Tuesday.
| Photo Credit: Kommuri Srinivas
Activists of the ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) burnt the effigy of Telugu Desam Party chief N. Chandrababu Naidu right here on Tuesday within the wake of the TDP legislators allegedly disrupting the State Assembly proceedings on Monday.
Followers of YSRCP MLA from S.N. Padu T.J.R. Sudhakar Babu got here in giant numbers to the Mangamooru Road junction right here elevating slogans towards Mr. Naidu. TDP MLAs together with Dola Bala Veeranjeyana Swamy had allegedly surrounded Speaker Thammineni Seetharam and attacked YSRCP Dalit MLAs together with Mr. Sudhakar Babu, who had reportedly rushed to the rostrum to guard the Speaker.
‘‘It was a black day for democracy,” the YSRCP cadres said before torching the effigy of Mr. Naidu on the Old Chennai-Kolkata Bypass.
Meanwhile, followers of former TDP MLA from Ongole Damacharla Janardhana Rao staged a demonstration in front of the Ambedkar Statue at Miryalapalem in protest against the alleged attack on TDP MLAs. The ruling YSRCP was unable to digest the TDP’s sweeping win within the MLC elections from the Graduates constituencies, the TDP leaders charged.