SEC Reduced to Chandrababu's Puppet: Ambati Rambabu

Guntur, Oct 24: YSRCP Guntur District President and former Minister Ambati Rambabu slammed the Chandrababu Naidu government for destroying democracy through collusion between the ruling TDP, police and State Election Commission. Addressing the media at his camp office in Guntur, he charged that the SEC had become a puppet in Chandrababu's hands, facilitating forced unanimous elections through violence and intimidation.
Despite Supreme Court directions to protect candidates, YSRCP nominees were prevented from filing nominations, their papers torn in police presence and the media barred from nomination centres to conceal TDP atrocities. Police placed opposition leaders under house arrest while facilitating ruling-party candidates.
Rambabu condemned the police assault on former Minister Vidadala Rajini, who was pushed to the ground while assisting a candidate. Senior leaders Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy, Bolla Brahma Naidu and Namburi Shankara Rao were confined to their homes, preventing them from distributing B-Forms and assisting candidates.
He highlighted attacks extending beyond YSRCP, including assaults on Jana Sena leader Bellamkonda Srinivas's family and BJP candidate Suresh in Kadapa. Police promised protection over the phone but remained spectators during attacks on candidates, including women.
Rambabu revealed that YSRCP had identified 54 police officials, including IPS officers and Sattenapalli DSP Hanumantha Rao, for their involvement in electoral irregularities. He announced legal action against them through the High Court and Supreme Court, condemning the misuse of police machinery for Chandrababu and Lokesh's political interests.
Calling upon voters to reject such undemocratic practices, Rambabu urged support for YSRCP mayoral candidate Sridevi and corporator candidates in Guntur, appealing to people to vote for the fan symbol and defeat the coalition's politics of intimidation.