YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy’s uncle and former minister Y S Vivekananda Reddy created ripples before the Kadapa district collectorate on Wednesday by threatening to commit suicide if elections to the District Cooperative Central Bank were not held as per the schedule.

Reacting strongly to the attempt of the Congress party to bulldoze the elections and getting them postponed, Viveka demanded that DCCB elections should be held without any delay.

“The Kiran Kumar Reddy government is trying to postpone the elections on the pretext that there are no officials, so that the Congress party can usurp the DCCB chairman and vice-chairman post though the Congress party does not have the majority. If the elections are not held as per the schedule, I will commit suicide in front of the Collector’s Office,” he said.

Earlier, a tense atmosphere prevailed at the Kadapa DCCB officer when the Congress and YSR Congress party workers clashed with each other. The YSR Congress leaders including party MLAs staged a protest in front of the Kadapa DCCB office demanding that the elections be held immediately.

When Congress MLA G Veerasiva Reddy also reached the place, the YSRC activists hurled chappals at his convoy and the enraged MLA got down from the vehicle and dared those who threw them to face him. Later, he lodged a complaint with the police that he was being prevented by the YSRC from coming to DCCB office.