Tension erupts in Tadipatri amid political standoff between TDP and YSRCP leaders

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Former Tadipatri MLA and TDP person  J.C. Prabhakar Reddy staging a protestation  extracurricular  Urban constabulary  presumption    astatine  Tadipatri successful  Anantapur territory  connected  Friday.

Former Tadipatri MLA and TDP person J.C. Prabhakar Reddy staging a protestation extracurricular Urban constabulary presumption astatine Tadipatri successful Anantapur territory connected Friday. | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT

Tension gripped Tadipatri connected Friday (June 12, 2026) aft the parallel mobilisation of crowds by the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and its allies, arsenic good arsenic the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), triggered a standoff, forcing the constabulary to deploy further forces crossed the municipal town.

Tadipatri erstwhile municipal chairperson J.C. Prabhakar Reddy, on with a ample fig of followers, staged a protestation demanding the apprehension of erstwhile YSRCP MLA Kethireddy Peddareddy, his 2 sons, and 24 enactment activists for disrupting bid successful the town. He alleged that they harassed TDP workers during the erstwhile YSRCP regime. The constabulary besides foiled Mr. Prabhakar Reddy’s effort to scope Peddareddy’s house.

While the conjugation parties led by J.C. Prabhakar Reddy highlighted the NDA’s 2 years of governance, the YSRCP cadres denounced the government’s policies nether the party’s protestation banner, ‘Vennupotu Day.’ Anticipating imaginable instrumentality and bid problems, the constabulary promptly deployed further forces crossed the municipality and detained Mr. Peddareddy earlier helium could enactment successful the protest.

Mr. Prabhakar Reddy accused Mr. Peddareddy of continuously provoking tensions nether the guise of governmental rallies. He demanded that the constabulary enactment impartially and stated that the conjugation parties would intensify protests if enactment was not taken against those named successful the complaints submitted by the TDP leaders.

As a parallel development, Mr. Peddareddy alleged that the constabulary had curtailed antiauthoritarian rights and were partial to the ruling party. As quality of his detention spread, his supporters from crossed the Tadipatri constituency began to surge to his residence, creating further tension.

Meanwhile, Mr. Prabhakar Reddy launched a sit-in protestation extracurricular the municipality constabulary station, lying connected a cot arsenic portion of his demonstration. However, with the involution of elder constabulary officers, the concern was brought nether power quickly.

Published - June 12, 2026 07:37 p.m. IST

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