TDP and YSRCP clash during polls

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Tue, Aug 29, 2017, 02:23 PM

TDP and YSRCP clash during polls

Kakinada, Aug 29: After Nandyala By polls, There is again high tension prevailed at the Kakinada Corporation Elections in the 14th ward, as two groups(TDP and YSRCP) clashed after candidates requested the voters to vote for their leader.

It is alleged that Pithapuram MLA Varma was violating the election code following which the YSRCP supporters asked him to leave the place. The party activists argued with the police in this issue and this led to the clash between the ruling and opposition party supporters.

To pacify the situation, the police intervened and dispersed the crowd. YCP leaders even staged protests at 39th ward in Kakinada claiming that the polling officers along with the police were supporting and working for TDP.

The situation turned tense after clashes erupted at the polling centre but the police intervened and calmed the crowd. Police have beefed up security arrangements to prevent further untoward incidents.