Amaravati, Nov 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) YSR Congress Party leader and MLC Lella Appi Reddy and others were arrested in Guntur in the early hours of Friday when they staged a protest over an official allegedly 'diverting' a ballot box while transporting it to the strong room after the polling for MPTC and ZPTC elections on Thursday. YSRCP claimed that its leaders caught the official red-handed while he was "taking the ballot box to the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leaders" on Thursday night. The YSRCP leaders said after polling concluded on Thursday in Vengalayapalem, an election official diverted a ballot box while transporting it to the strong room, unloading it at Nallapadu Centre and taking it aside.

Vijayawada, Oct 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Kadapa MP Y.S. Avinash Reddy Ravindranath Reddy, former Deputy Chief Minister Amzath Basha and MLC Ramachandra Reddy were among several YSR Congress Party leaders detained in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday during the filing of nominations for MPTC and ZPTC elections. The Opposition party alleged that attacks, violence and intimidation against its candidates, leaders and workers continued on the second day of nominations for the MPTC and ZPTC elections. It said police arrested or placed under house arrest several senior YSRCP leaders since early morning to prevent them from participating in the nomination process.