Even as YSR Congress party MLA from Tadikonda V Sridevi sought to blame the Telugu Desam Party leaders and workers for abusing her caste and insulting her during Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations in the constituency, TDP legislator Dokka Manikya Varaprasad came to her defence strongly.
Extending solidarity with Sridevi, Dokka said abusing a Dalit MLA was not appropriate and highly condemnable.
He demanded that the police take stern actions against the accused, irrespective to any party they belonged to.
“In the capital region, there are people living from different communities and if an MLA has no respect, who will prevent atrocities on the Dalits?” he questioned.
Sridevi said it was atrocious that there was caste discrimination in the capital region itself.
“People from a particular higher community abused me saying the Ganesh Mandapa will be desecrated if I go there and touch the idol. They humiliated me psychologically,” she said.
The YSRC MLA alleged that she was being targeted by the TDP leaders only because she unearthed the corruption in the construction of the capital city.
“The TDP leaders used filthy language against me. In the past, their leader Chandrababu Naidu insulted Dalits and now his party workers are following his attitude,” she alleged.
She demanded that even Chandrababu Naidu should be arrested, as he had encouraged his party leaders to abuse her.
She also accused Naidu of showing discrimination against Dalit farmers who had given lands for the capital.
