Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSRCP chief Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy finds himself under mounting legal scrutiny, with police intensifying their crackdown on his recent public tours. The latest in a series of legal developments came after his recent visit to Bangarupalem in Chittoor district on July 9, where he interacted with local mango farmers. The visit has now led to the filing of four fresh FIRs against the YSRCP.
This follows similar action last month during Jagan’s Palnadu district tour, where police booked 113 YSRCP leaders for allegedly violating public gathering norms.
During the Bangarupalem event, police had given conditional permission allowing a maximum of 500 attendees and had strictly denied permission for a roadshow. Additionally, only 30 people were allowed to access the helipad area. However, officials claim that these restrictions were blatantly ignored, with large crowds gathering in violation of the imposed limits.
Among the four newly registered cases:
One FIR accuses the party of conducting a roadshow without permission.
Another alleges that hundreds gathered near the helipad, defying police orders.
In both cases, Chittoor YSRCP coordinator Vijayananda Reddy and several others have been named as accused.
In a third case, the police cited a symbolic protest where mangoes were dumped on the road, reportedly disrupting traffic and public movement. Puthalapattu constituency in-charge Sunil and five others were booked in connection with this incident.
The fourth incident is the claimed assault of an Andhra Jyothy photographer by YSRCP supporters during the visit. Officials are going through CCTV footage to determine the perpetrators of the act.
These happenings come against the backdrop of an emerging political heat in Andhra Pradesh and increasing opposition activity under observation. At every public outing, the activities of Jagan Mohan Reddy are seeing increasingly tighter police surveillance, reflecting the heightened clash between the YSR Congress Party and the police.
As political campaigning and outreach activities heat up, the political and legal repercussions of these tours are likely to be splashed across the headlines over the coming days.