Tension prevailed in Khammam on Tuesday with the Congress workers attacking the convoy of former minister and senior Bharat Rashtra Samithi legislator T Harish Rao.
The incident occurred when Harish Rao along with former ministers P Sabitha Indra Reddy, Puvvada Ajay Kumar, ex-MP Nama Nageswara Rao and others visited Bokkalagadda and Venkatesh Nagar in Khammam city to distribute essential commodities to families affected by the recent floods.
Some of the Congress workers entered into heated arguments with BRS workers against the visit of BRS leaders in the area.
The clash turned violent as the Congress workers started hitting BRS workers and then both the groups resorted to fisticuffs.
The Congress workers also started pelting stones on the car in which Harish Rao and others were travelling. The windshield of the car was damaged while a BRS worker Santhosh Reddy suffered a fracture on his leg.
BRS working president KT Rama Rao condemned the attack on BRS leaders who were involved in flood relief activities, by alleged Congress supporters in Khammam.
Expressing his anger over the incident, he criticised the Congress party for its growing intolerance towards those who are actively working to assist the people.
He described it as a desperate move by the Congress which failed to support the people in their time of need.
“Unable to help the people, they have resorted to violence because they cannot bear to see those who are actually providing assistance,” KTR said.
He declared that such attacks cannot prevent the BRS from continuing its efforts to reach out to the needy people.
“No matter how many such attacks are made, they cannot stop the BRS from going to the people,” he said, adding that the people are closely observing the actions of the Congress government.
