Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy was injured in a stone attack by an unidentified person during an election campaign in Vijayawada on Saturday, April 13.
The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) chief sustained an injury on his left eyebrow after being hit by a stone. Doctors immediately provided first aid to him on the bus, after which the Chief Minister continued his bus yatra.
As part of ‘Memantha Siddham Yatra’, the Chief Minister was standing on a special campaign bus to greet people.
YSRCP MLA from Vijayawada West Vellampalli Srinivas, who was standing next to Jagan, also sustained an injury in his left eye. The incident occurred at Singh Nagar Dhaba Kotla Centre when the YSRCP chief was campaigning for his party’s candidates for next month’s Assembly and Lok Sabha polls.
YSRCP leaders suspect that a cat ball was hurled at Jagan, resulting in the injury. The party alleged that Telugu Desam Party (TDP) functionaries were behind the attack.