Video: MLA from Jagan Reddy's party assaults voter for objecting to jumping voting queue, he slaps back

Chandigarh, May 12

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The VIP culture was objected to by a voter after an Andhra Pradesh MLA jumped a queue at a polling booth in Guntur district on Monday morning.

In a video that has gone viral, Jagan Reddy’s TYSRC party MLA A Sivakumar is seen approaching the voter and slapping him.

#WATCH | Andhra Pradesh: YSRCP MLA and candidate for state assembly elections, A Sivakumar attacks a voter in Tenali, Guntur. The voter, who was standing in a queue to cast his vote, objected to the MLA’s attempt to jump the line and cast his vote without waiting. The MLA, in… pic.twitter.com/9tDP8wwJO8

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The voter returned the blow, and the MLA’s aides joined him in launching the assault on the voter.

Other voters there seem trying to stop the assault as the MLA’s aides keep hitting the voter. In the 10-second video, no security personnel can be seen intervening to rescue the voter.

According to police, there was an argument between the MLA and the voter before Kumar hit him.

After the voter retaliated, the MLA’s supporters launched an indiscriminate attack on the voter, raining punches until police and other voters stepped in to stop the assault.

The TDP lodged a complaint with the Election Commission.

Meanwhile, police are in the process of filing FIRs. With PTI inputs