A video related to Macherla YCP MLA Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy is currently going viral on social media. On the polling day in Andhra Pradesh elections held on May 13, Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy went to a polling station in Macherla constituency and destroyed the EVM machine there.
MLA Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy, who came with his followers to the polling booth of Rentachintala Mandal Palvaigate (No 202), went straight to the EVM and smashed the mission. Later, the VV Pat mission was also destroyed.
When the agent there tried to stop the MLA Pinnelli threatened him and left. These scenes were recorded in the CC camera of the polling booth.
It is noteworthy that the local police have not taken any action on this incident till now.Even an FIR was registered. MLA’s direct involvement in destroying the EVM was also not recorded in the preliminary report submitted by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to the DGP.
As the polling day witnessed large scale violent incidents in Macherla constituency that led to clashes between YCP and TDP factions, police only kept MLA Pinnelli under house arrest on the evening of the polling day.
But, leaving his gun men there itself, he had escaped from the back side of the house and till now his whereabouts are not known. Last week itself, TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu demanded immediate arrest of Pinnelli to control violent incidents in Palnadu, but no such attempt was made by the police.
After nine days of the incident, the video surfaced on Tuesday and TDP released it on its Twitter. The TDP alleged that if Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy had left the country after his goons resorted to violence at several places, his MLA who was caught destroying an EVM by himself, had left the state.
TDP warned that anyone who mocked democracy must be held guilty before the law after June 4, when the election results will be released. Taking this video seriously, the opposition is demanding that the Election Commission and the police to take strict action against MLA Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy.
