TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday staged a dharna at the Tirupati airport after he was stopped by the police from going to Chittoor for campaigning for the municipal corporation elections. The Tirupati police said that there will be a law and order problem if Naidu is allowed to visit Chittoor.
Naidu arrived at Tirupati airport from Hyderabad to take part in a protest in Tirupati against the high-handed actions of the local civic authorities.
On Sunday, the Tirupati Municipal Corporation officials allegedly ransacked a tea stall belonging to a TDP leader, whose wife was contesting the 10 March election.
It was alleged that the ruling YSR Congress wanted the TDP candidate to withdraw from the contest but, as she refused, the tea stall of her husband was damaged. To protest this, the TDP planned to organise a protest under Naidu’s leadership. Having denied permission for the protest, the Tirupati Urban police sought to detain the TDP president at the airport.
