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Nellore SC Commission Gets Petitions as YSRC Warns Officials
A Scheduled Castes commission visited Nellore to listen to people’s complaints.
It received 196 written petitions from SC community members and organisations.
Many complaints were about revenue matters, and some were about police cases.
The commission said it would examine all the petitions.
Separately, YSRC leader Nallapareddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy spoke about the upcoming local body elections.
He accused some police and other officials of helping the ruling alliance and troubling YSRC candidates.
He said the YSRC would contest all local-body seats and expected to win many of them.
Officials and the ruling alliance did not provide a response in the reports.
The Andhra Pradesh State Commission for Scheduled Castes received 196 petitions during its visit to Nellore district on Thursday.
Most petitions concerned revenue matters, while others involved police cases and related grievances.
Commission chairman K.S. Jawahar said every petition would be examined and appropriate action initiated.
YSRC leader Nallapareddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy accused some officials of intimidating his party’s local-election candidates.
He warned that officials allegedly supporting the ruling TD-led alliance would be held accountable if the YSRC returned to power.
- Who
- The Andhra Pradesh State Commission for Scheduled Castes, SC petitioners, and YSRC leader Nallapareddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy were central to the reports.
- What
- The Commission received 196 grievances, while Prasanna Kumar Reddy warned officials over alleged intimidation of YSRC candidates.
- Where
- The petitions were received at Thikkana Pranganam in the Nellore Collectorate, while the YSRC meeting was held at the party office in Kovur.
- When
- Both developments were reported on Thursday; the local body elections were described as forthcoming.
- Why
- The Commission visit was intended to hear SC community grievances; the YSRC meeting addressed alleged official interference ahead of local body elections.
YSRC’s allegations and position
Ruling alliance and officials’ reported position
Treatment of YSRC candidates
YSRC’s allegations and position
Nallapareddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy alleged that some police and other officials were intimidating YSRC candidates and acting as proxies for the ruling TD-led alliance.
Ruling alliance and officials’ reported position
The reports do not include a response from the police, the officials named in the allegations, or the TD-led alliance.
Political neutrality of officials
YSRC’s allegations and position
Prasanna Kumar Reddy said officials supporting the ruling party should change their attitude and warned that those who threatened YSRC candidates would be held accountable if the YSRC returned to power.
Ruling alliance and officials’ reported position
No alternative account or official explanation about the alleged political activity of police personnel was provided in the reports.
Election prospects
YSRC’s allegations and position
Prasanna Kumar Reddy said the YSRC would contest all local-body seats and claimed it had people’s power and would win a majority of ZPTC, MPTC and sarpanch posts.
Ruling alliance and officials’ reported position
The reports provide no statement from the ruling alliance addressing the YSRC’s claims about public dissatisfaction or election prospects.
Key facts
- Petitions received
- 196
- Petitioning groups
- Members of SC communities and representatives of SC organisations
- Main petition issue
- Revenue-related matters
- Other petition issue
- Police cases
- Commission chairman
- K.S. Jawahar
- Political party
- YSRC
- Elections discussed
- Local body elections, including ZPTC, MPTC and sarpanch contests
Quotes
Nallapareddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy
Former Kovur MLA and YSRC leader
“We respect the police department, but officials who work in favour of the ruling party should change their attitude”
deccanchronicle.com
“Police personnel supporting the TD should remove their khaki uniforms and wear yellow shirts”
deccanchronicle.com
Sources
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