Overview
- The activist, Manda Salman, died on Thursday after three days in hospital following an alleged assault in Pinnelli village in the Gurazala constituency of Palnadu district.
- YSRCP president Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy accused Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, TDP workers, and some police officials of fostering violent politics and held Naidu responsible.
- Reddy alleged Salman, described as a Dalit and poor party worker, was beaten with iron rods while visiting his ailing wife and that a false case was later filed against him.
- He claimed hundreds of YSRCP families from Pinnelli had fled and were living in fear, citing what he described as a pattern of post‑election violence in Palnadu and beyond.
- YSRCP said it will support Salman’s family and announced district‑level protests with Dalit organisations, and there was no immediate response reported from the TDP.