INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
VIJAYAWADA: Tension prevailed for a while at Gollapudi amid the Deeksha protest by former minister and Telugu Desam leader Devineni
Police swung into action and detained the TD leader and his supporters as YSRC men too came in strength to confront the TD leader.Notably,
state minister for civil supplies Kodali Venkateswara Rao alias Nani had challenged Umamaheswara Rao for a debate on the corruption and
scams of the earlier TD government and on the TD election manifesto
a ban order in the area under Section 144 and denied permission to TD leaders including Uma to hold the Deeksha.Uma, wearing a mask and
covering his face with a cap, came to Gollapudi and tried to garland the statue of NTR
Police stopped Uma when he was climbing the stairs to garland the statue while the TD cadres raised slogans.Gannavaram MLA Vallbhaneni Vamsi
who was distancing from TD rushed to Gollapudi with his supporters and started a retaliatory protest against Uma
The supporters of the two leaders engaged in a heated argument
and said that such language was unbecoming of a minister
He tried to conduct only a peaceful Deeksha but the police restrained him on advice from the minister, he said and added that the TD would
had accepted the challenge of Uma and hence they reached Gollapudi to speak out about the corruption and scams of the previous TD government
He stressed that the YSRC men did not come to create any ruckus but the TD leaders were bent on creating a law and order problem
