Overview
- YSRCP leaders in Vijayawada filed a petition demanding action over the Hindupur vandalism, calling it a heinous attack and alleging a slide in law and order under the TDP-led government.
- Police have deployed additional forces, restricted visits by several YSRCP leaders to Hindupur, and say CCTV from the office and nearby junctions will be verified.
- YSRCP figures alleged police failed to intervene during the attack and later booked their workers under SC/ST Atrocities provisions instead of the perpetrators.
- The ransacking followed remarks by local leader Venu Gopal Reddy seen as a dig at MLA N. Balakrishna, with furniture smashed, glass panes broken, and a bust of Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy damaged.
- Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy condemned the assault as a direct attack on democracy and blamed TDP cadres and Balakrishna’s followers, while there was no immediate formal response from the TDP.