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Business News/ Elections / Lok Sabha Elections 2019/  Misfired weapon injures TDP candidate and cop in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool
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Misfired weapon injures TDP candidate and cop in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool

Tikka Reddy had contested against Balanagi Reddy in the 2014 elections and lost
  • The incident in AP’s Kurnool district is an example of the Rayalaseema region’s factionalism
  • TDP leader P Tikka Reddy. Photo: HTPremium
    TDP leader P Tikka Reddy. Photo: HT

    Hyderabad: A Telugu Desam Party (TDP) candidate and a police official sustained bullet injuries in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool district on Saturday. P. Tikka Reddy, TDP’s candidate for the Mantrayalam assembly seat was shot in his thigh when one of his security personnel’s firearm had misfired during his election campaign. Shots were fired after his supporters had clashed with those of sitting MLA Y. Balanagi Reddy from the opposition YSR Congress district (YSRCP) in Kagallu village, the native place of Balanagi Reddy.

    Trouble began after Balanagi Reddy’s supporters reportedly prevented Tikka Reddy from entering Kagallu, leading to a clash. To quell the crowd, the latter’s security personnel fired shots in the air. Tikka Reddy was also reportedly pushed to the ground and in the ensuing scuffle the misfiring of a weapon by his security personnel led to his gunshot wound. An assistant sub-inspector was also injured in the process. Both were rushed to different hospitals after the incident.

    The incident in AP’s Kurnool district is an example of the (Rayalaseema) region’s factionalism. It is an unwritten rule in Kurnool district among faction leaders to not campaign in areas controlled by rival groups. Tikka Reddy had contested against Balanagi Reddy in the 2014 elections and lost. The two rivals will once again face each other in a electoral battle for the same seat in the upcoming assembly polls which will be held along with the Lok Sabha elections on 11 April in AP.

    In the coming elections, the ruling TDP, led by chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, will face the main opposition YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) led by Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy. Unlike in 2014 when it had an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (which was supported by the Jana Sena party), the TDP will be on its own this time. Jagan Mohan Reddy is also the son of former AP chief minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy who died in a helicopter crash in 2008.

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    Published: 16 Mar 2019, 03:03 PM IST
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