Amaravati erupted in political tension as Andhra Pradesh police registered a case against former minister and YSRCP leader Jogi Ramesh over his alleged derogatory comments targeting Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and IT Minister Nara Lokesh. The action followed a complaint from a Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader at the Ibrahimpatnam police station on Monday.
This development comes amid escalating clashes between rival party workers. Separately, police also booked TDP activists for attacking Jogi Ramesh’s residence in Ibrahimpatnam on Sunday. According to a police officer’s complaint, the mob gathered to protest Ramesh’s remarks, removed banners, broke into the house, vandalized property, and set furniture ablaze. YSRCP leaders claimed the attackers used petrol bombs, though Ramesh was not home at the time, returning late that night.
The incident echoes a similar attack a day earlier on another YSRCP senior leader and former minister Ambati Rambabu’s home. TDP supporters, protesting Rambabu’s offensive comments against the Chief Minister, assembled outside his residence on Saturday night. They allegedly damaged his house and office, torched vehicles, and caused widespread destruction.
YSRCP accused the mob of attempting to murder Rambabu, but police arrested him instead on charges of obstructing duty, violating law and order, and inciting violence through inflammatory speeches criticizing the CM. Presented before a magistrate on Sunday night, Rambabu was remanded to 14 days of judicial custody and shifted to Rajamahendravaram Central Jail.
These back-to-back attacks highlight the fragile political atmosphere in Andhra Pradesh, where verbal barbs are quickly turning into street violence. Both parties are pointing fingers, with YSRCP decrying police bias and TDP defending the spontaneous outrage of its workers. As investigations proceed, authorities face mounting pressure to restore calm and prevent further escalation in this volatile region.