During a campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur district, Jana Sena Party leader and Tollywood actor Pawan Kalyan narrowly escaped harm when an individual hurled a stone in his direction. This incident unfolded in Tenali as Pawan Kalyan was actively participating in the Varahi yatra to support TDP-JSP-BJP candidates. Fortunately, the stone missed its mark, landing a distance away from the JSP leader and causing a stir among the rally attendees.
Quick action was taken by JSP workers who apprehended the individual responsible for the stone-throwing and promptly handed him over to the authorities, diffusing the situation.
This unsettling event occurred just a day after Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy faced a similar ordeal while campaigning in Vijayawada. Reddy sustained a minor injury to his left eyebrow when a stone was thrown at him in the Ajith Singh Nagar area. Medical attention was swiftly administered to the Chief Minister, who was conducting the "Memantha Siddham Yatra" at the time of the incident. Additionally, Vellampalli Srinivasa Rao, the Vijayawada West MLA, suffered an injury to his left eye during the same attack.
With elections for the 175-member Andhra Pradesh Assembly and 25 Lok Sabha seats scheduled for May 13, such incidents underscore the heightened tensions and risks associated with political campaigning in the region.
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