Kapu women were attacked using Pawan Kalyan's name: Ambati Mounica

Guntur, February 2: Ambati Mounica, daughter of former minister Ambati Rambabu, strongly condemned the pre-planned attack on their family home by TDP workers, describing it as a barbaric act that used Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan's influence to target Kapu women. Speaking to the media at their residence in Guntur alongside her mother and sister, Mounica expressed deep anguish over the incident, where attackers hurled abusive language and assaulted them with sticks and rods for eight hours while police remained mere spectators.

She demanded that Home Minister Anitha immediately respond and take action against those responsible, questioning if the minister would justify attacks on women. Mounica held Pawan Kalyan accountable, asking where he was while Kapu women like them, proud of their community, faced such brutality in his name, with slurs and violence directed at them. She urged him to introspect, recalling past incidents where his own mother was insulted, and emphasized that no one should use caste labels to justify assaults.

Mounica stated that the attack was orchestrated under the direction of Guntur West MLA Galla Madhavi, who incited TDP cadres, with videos as evidence. She called on Madhavi to reflect on her actions, noting she too has a family and is being used as a pawn by TDP leaders. Mounica criticized the diversionary tactics linking the assault to the Tirumala laddu issue and questioned Union Minister Pemmasani Chandrasekhar comments triggered attacks on women in a state led by a female Home Minister. She asserted that the assault stemmed from perceiving them as vulnerable due to YSRCP's current opposition status, vowing that such intimidation would not deter them.