Overview

• Reddy claimed that Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu deployed about 40 TDP cadres to stage a stone-pelting attack on his outreach at Podili in Prakasam district.
• He reported that more than 40,000 farmers and locals gathered for his meeting and that the crowd showed restraint despite the assault.
• The YSRCP chief accused the state government of filing false cases against farmers instead of addressing their grievances over unfair produce prices.
• He criticised Naidu’s call for anniversary celebrations of his administration while tobacco growers faced distress and rising suicides.
• Reddy condemned the incident as despicable and urged the ruling party to take immediate relief measures for the affected tobacco farmers.