Soon after Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy was injured on his left eyebrow after being hit by a stone, even before attempting to know facts, several YSRCP leaders started accusing TDP and its leaders of making them responsible for the attack.
Particularly in social media the party supporters started a massive campaign blaming TDP, expecting that would bring `sympathy’ factor during the forthcoming elections. As the brutal murder of Jagan’s uncle YS Vivekananda Reddy and attack on Jagan at Visakhapatnam Airport, helped the party in the 2019 party, it tried to play the same trick again.
However, this time the party leadership said to be worried after observing adverse comments in the social media. As both incidents helped the party to encash sympathy waves in 2019 and later proved those were false, the ruling party’s present campaign seems to be facing a credibility crisis.
From the moment of the attack, YCP targeted TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu and dubbed it as an assassination attempt on CM Jagan. Labelled it as Chandrababu’s conspiracy in the media and social media. However, later it turned into reverse postings and started the ruling party, condemning it into `Kodikatti drama-2’.
This unexpected turn of events pushed the ruling party into defence. Putting a brave face, YSRCP general secretary Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy said, “No one, however powerful, will be spared for this cowardly attack on the CM.”
Moreover, presently questions are being leveled on the failure in Chief Minister’s security. Retired officials admitting that the circumstances established that either it was a pre-planted drama or lapses in security.
How was the power supply stopped during the Chief Minister’s road show? What are the security officers doing to ensure security? In view of Jagan’s repeated dramatic events since 2014 to gain sympathy, now again blaming the opposition for the failure of his own government not reaching people well. “If your government, your police, your workers… it’s like an accusation against the opposition,” they are asking.
Now, as questions are being raised on the security system, officials said that the CM’s security, especially when he is standing atop his special election vehicle to greet or address people, would be reviewed.
Meanwhile, an FIR into the stone-pelting incident was registered on Sunday morning at the Ajit Singh Nagar Police station after police received the medical report from the hospital. Police sources said that apart from scrutinising CCTV and live coverage footage, they were also looking at drone visuals, and questioning people from the area.
“Based on Vellampalli Srinivas Rao’s statement, we are registering an FIR. At least 50-60 people were standing under the trees near the school and we suspect the rocks were thrown from there or from one of the windows of the school building… So far we do not have suspects,’’ an officer said.
