Lok Sabha elections 2024: YSR Cong MLA slaps voter in queue, he retaliates
YSR Congress MLA VS Sivakumar slapping a voter after he objected to the legislator jumping the queue at a polling booth in Guntur district this morning has gone viral on social media. In the video, shared by BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla, both the YSR Congress MLA and the voter can be seen hitting each other. After this, the MLA's supporters start thrashing the voter.
In the 10-second viral video, one can see the brazen show of VIP culture by the sitting MLA of the Tenali Assembly Constituency. Sivakumar is seen approaching the voter and slapping him across the face. The voter retaliates.
Other voters try to stop the assault as the MLA and his aides keep hitting the voter. Sharing the video, Poonawalla described the action of the YSR Congress MLA as “arrogance & goondagardi". Taking to microblogging platform X (formerly known as Twitter), Poonawalla wrote, “VVIP arrogance & goondagardi on full display.
YSRCP MLA A Sivakumar slaps voter in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur. Telangana Congress neta kicks voter. Congress’ Randeep Surjewala once said Janta is Rakshas !.
If this is how they are treating voters at the polling booth imagine what they will do post elections. Time to kick these parties and netas out!" TDP has lodged a complaint with the Election Commission over the incident, PTI reported. Andhra police are also in the process of filing FIRs over the incident.
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