Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy was on Saturday injured after stones were pelted by unknown persons during the YSRCP chief’s election campaign roadshow in Vijayawada, his office said.
The chief minister is learnt to have suffered a small cut on the left side of his temple above the eye.
“The stone struck the CM while he was acknowledging the crowds as part of his bus tour at Vivekananda School Centre in Singh Nagar, Vijayawada,” said a statement from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO).
VIDEO | Stones were reportedly thrown at Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s convoy during his poll campaigning in Vijayawada. More details awaited.
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A video by PTI shows the YSRCP chief standing atop a bus during his ‘Memanta Siddham’ (we are all ready) election canvassing tour. After a stone hits him, people next to him are seen wiping his forehead with a handkerchief initially. He was administered first aid inside the bus by a doctor immediately.
Jagan resumed his tour in the city, where he had been campaigning for nearly four hours.
Officials suspect that the stone could have been launched from a catapult. Meanwhile, YSRCP leaders have alleged the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) to be behind the “attack”.
Reddy has embarked on a 21-day election campaign bus tour from Idupulupaya in Kadapa district to Icchapuram in Srikakulam district.
Elections for the 175-member Assembly and 25 Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh are scheduled on May 13 and the counting of votes is slated for June 4.
— With PTI inputs
