The YSRCP lodged a formal complaint with the Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission, citing what the party characterised as physical attacks on its members, pressure applied to prospective candidates, and outside interference in how its nominations were being conducted. Five locations across the region — Punganur, Tadipatri, Tirupati, Rayachoti, and Dachepalli — each recorded at least one of the incidents.
Across three formal submissions, YSRCP officials called for criminal proceedings against those held accountable and pressed for an examination of the alleged failure by police to act. Among their calls was a push for authorities to extend security provisions to opposition candidates taking part in the local body elections. Security measures put forward by the party included video surveillance systems, camera operators on the ground, and a police escort presence. The party stated that those provisions were intended to allow nomination filings to proceed free from pressure or interference.
A letter dated October 16, signed by YSRCP MLC and state general secretary Lella Appi Reddy, put forward claims that members of the Telugu Desam Party carried out an assault on the vehicle procession of Rajampet MP P V Mithun Reddy, who serves as the party's Lok Sabha floor leader, while it was passing through Punganur municipality. According to available accounts, Mithun Reddy was present alongside party candidates and leaders at the time they went to submit their nomination papers.
The letter states that party workers from the TDP stood in the way of those attempting to reach the nomination centre. Rocks were reportedly hurled at passing vehicles, while others in the group used sticks and iron rods to strike them. Cars and other vehicles tied to YSRCP figures sustained damage at the hands of attackers. According to Appi Reddy, officers who were present at the location took no action to stop what was happening.
Charges of attempted murder, along with other applicable offences, were what he formally pursued. Among his stated demands were the identification and detention of those deemed responsible, together with a formal review of how police personnel conducted themselves throughout the matter. Preservation of video footage, CCTV recordings, and any related materials was among the demands set out in the letter.
The petition additionally called for protective measures to be put in place without delay for Mithun Reddy, along with candidates, proposers, party officials, and their supporters. Appi Reddy placed a request before the commission that law enforcement officers throughout Andhra Pradesh provide travel escorts for candidates making their way between home addresses and the centres designated for filing nominations. Among his requests were guaranteed entry to nomination centres and uninterrupted CCTV monitoring throughout the process. The party also called for an opening through which aspiring candidates, reportedly blocked from filing by acts of violence, could still lodge their nomination papers.
Through a separate filing, YSRCP put forward claims that party workers faced intimidation and obstruction across Tadipatri, Tirupati, and Rayachoti. According to available accounts, people linked to TDP figure J C Prabhakar Reddy descended on the residence of YSRCP councillor candidate Venugopal in Tadipatri's Shastri Nagar locality. Death threats directed at him should he enter the municipal race were among the warnings he reportedly received. Video of the event had been shared across social media platforms, according to the letter.
According to the party, officers at Tadipatri station neither acted on the matter with any force nor put adequate safeguards in place for Venugopal and those close to him. That filing also drew attention to proceedings involving Kethireddy Pedda Reddy, a YSRCP coordinator who previously held a seat in the state legislature. The letter stated that charges were brought under Sections 192, 351(2), and 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), with authorities formally logging the complaint under those provisions. Proceedings in the matter arose after Pedda Reddy declared that his party intended to push back against what it described as intimidation on the part of Prabhakar Reddy.
The party raised concerns about what it characterised as an uneven application of police powers, pointing to action taken against its own leader while no case was recorded over the threats directed at Venugopal. The YSRCP lodged a complaint in Tirupati, claiming that a female candidate's nomination documents for a corporator seat were forcibly taken and destroyed. Arrangements were made within the party to give her a workable opening to file the necessary documents. Among its stated demands was a call for sufficient protective measures at nomination venues to guard against any repeat of the disruptions that had already occurred.
A petition filed in Rayachoti, Annamayya district, alleged that state minister Ramprasad Reddy had placed phone calls to potential YSRCP candidates in an attempt to intimidate them. A phone conversation between the minister and minority leader Ghouse reportedly included an advisory that contesting the elections could bring complications for him. He additionally urged Ghouse to avoid placing himself in a position where he might bear the consequences alone. The letter noted that the minister left it to Ghouse to treat the communication as a request or not, as he saw fit.
According to the petition, the minister was said to have characterised the vote as a personal point of honour for himself. The remaining two and a half years on the government's mandate also drew a mention from him. Phone calls of a similar nature made to prospective candidates across Rayachoti's wards were put forward by YSRCP as supporting evidence for its claim that opposition contestants faced organised attempts at dissuasion.
Accusations of police interference at its Rayachoti office were also put forward by the party. Party officials and rank-and-file members had convened to work through the process of vetting and putting forward potential candidates. A press conference on the reported threats had also been placed on state general secretary Srikanth Reddy's schedule. According to the representation, those present were told by officers to vacate the area, as assembly at that location was not permitted.
The party filed for criminal proceedings over what it described as intimidation of candidates, destruction of nomination documents, and interference with the nomination process. Among the calls put forward were formal investigations into police inaction, safety measures for candidates and their nominators who faced threats, along with independent oversight and video documentation across the areas in question.
In a third formal approach to the relevant authorities, YSRCP urged intervention over what the party characterised as the detention of Koppula Ravikumar — its candidate for the Dachepalli Nagar Panchayat chairperson post — without lawful basis. According to the document, officers removed Ravikumar from his home before dawn. People in his inner circle had no information about his whereabouts and were left uncertain about his wellbeing.
Koppula Sambaiah, the detainee's father, told reporters that officers brought liquor into the family's flat and used that as grounds to take his son into custody. The submission put forward questions about whether the charges against a prospective opposition candidate had been fabricated. The party urged the commission to determine Ravikumar's location and notify his relatives of the reasons behind his detention.
Among the demands put forward were protections for his personal safety and legal standing, his prompt release from custody, and a neutral investigation into claims that liquor had been planted on him and that the cases against him were fabricated. A demand for accountability measures targeting those deemed responsible was also put forward by the party. The party called on the commission to put in place safeguards against the detention and harassment of opposition candidates on political grounds.
In three separate submissions, YSRCP called on the State Election Commission to step in and guarantee neutral policing conduct. The party's written declaration urged that candidates put forward by the opposition be given barrier-free entry at every stage of the electoral cycle — from the point of submitting nomination documents through to conducting local body campaigns and appearing on the ballot. No independent corroboration of the claims put forward in those letters has been carried out. No replies from the TDP, the police, or the named officials were part of the material provided.
