Dispute over BRS Office: Tension in Manuguru
A controversy over the ownership of the party building led to clashes between the Congress and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi cadre in Manunguru.
The dispute has its roots in the 2018 assembly elections, when Rega Kantha Rao won from the Pinapaka constituency as a Congress candidate before later defecting to the BRS.
After joining the BRS, he reportedly converted the then-Congress party office into a BRS office, which had drawn protests from Congress workers at the time.
The issue resurfaced after Kantha Rao lost the recent assembly elections to Congress candidate Payam Venkateshwarlu, following which the Congress returned to power in the state.
Heavy police deployment has been made around the BRS office to ensure peace, with prohibitory orders imposed under Section 144 of the CrPC ahead of a press conference by Rega Kantha Rao.
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Author summary: Clashes occur in Manuguru due to party building dispute.