Vijayawada, November 28, 2022: YS Sharmila, the sister of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, was arrested today, following a clash between her supporters and workers of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) in Warangal district of Telangana.
Ms Sharmila was on a march, along with her supporters, when the fight broke out.
She was heard saying: “Why are you arresting me. I am the victim here.”
Ms Sharmila, who had launched YSR Telangana Party (YSRTP), has been on a ‘padyatra’ since October last year. She has so far covered 3,500km.
She was in Narsampet yesterday, where she criticised local TRS MLA Peddi Sudarshan Reddy.
Her comments reportedly angered cadres from Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s (KCR) party, who attacked the vehicle in which Ms Sharmila has been travelling during her ‘padyatra’ and set it on fire. This reportedly angered her supporters and a fight ensued between them and the TRS party workers.
“Why are you arresting me? I am the victim, not the accused here,” Ms Sharmila was heard shouting when she, along with her supporters, were being taken away by the police.
While Ms Sharmila’s ‘padyatra’ has generated a lot of political tension between YSRTP and ruling TRS, another proposed ‘padyatra’, by state BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar, is now mired in a legal battle.
According to the reports published in ndtv.com The Telangana High Court said earlier today that it will hear, on an emergency basis, the denial of permission to the state BJP chief’s foot march in the communally sensitive Bhainsa town.
BJP had moved court today after state police refused to grant permission to the party’s proposed ‘Praja Sangrama Yatra’.
Telangana BJP, while criticising the government, has demanded an immediate grant of permission for the march.
