Chittor, September 21: Tension prevailed at Pakala today following a face-off between two Congress groups over installation of YS Rajasekhara Reddy’s statue at the bus stand circle.
A group led by Chevireddy Bhaskar Reddy arrived at Pakala for getting the MRO’s permission for the installation of YSR statue at the bus stand circle. When the official refused permission, they tried to take up hunger strike to make the district administration concede their demand.
Meanwhile, a second group comprising supporters of R&B minister and Chandragiri MLA Galla Aruna Kumari arrived at the scene and entered into an argument with Chevireddy and his followers that it was their area and if they wanted to install the statue they would seek permission and install it and there was no need for outsiders to come and install it.
With the situation going out of hand, police intervened and tried to pacify both the groups, but when it failed, they took members of both the groups into custody and shifted them to two different police stations. Chevireddy and his followers were shifted to the Chittoor district headquarters. He was released later.
–Agencies