On the polling day in Andhra Pradesh, an incident came to light where a YSR Congress party MLA slapped a voter after the latter allegedly objected to the MLA jumping the queue at a polling station in Guntur. A video of the incident has gone viral.
The YSRCP MLA is identified as A Sivakumar. In the video, he was seen walking towards the voter and slapped him. The voter was seen hitting the MLA back. After this, the MLA's supporters launched a group attack on the voter.
Andhra Pradesh's 25 Lok Sabha seats and 175 Assembly seats are voting today May 13. The YS Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSR Congress Party government is up against an alliance of the BJP and the N Chandrababu Naidu-led Telugu Desam Party.
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