Dictatorial rule in Andhra must end, says YSRCP leader after convoy attacked
Rao alleged that Janasena activists vandalised his vehicle near Tanuku Town Boys High School in West Godavari district during his 'Babu Surety – Cheating Guarantee" programme.
'The attackers behaved like psychos. If a former minister is unsafe, what about common people… this dictatorship should end," Rao told reporters in Tanuku.
He alleged that the activists tore down posters of YSRCP chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy and disrupted the event by waving Janasena party flags and the promotional posters of party chief and Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan's film 'Hari Hara Veera Mallu'.
The former minister demanded strict police action.
Further he criticised Kalyan for ignoring Janasena party cadre and backing TDP.
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