TD, YSRC supporters storm social media
Similarly, YSRC supporters alleged the TD was behind the attack and feared a threat to the accused J. Srinivasa Rao.
Vijayawada: The war of words and media posts between the Telugu Desam and YSR Congress supporters about the attack on YSR Congress president and opposition leader Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy surged in the social media. TD supporters alleged the attack was a YSRC conspiracy and said they had followed ideas from Telugu films like Athadu. Similarly, YSRC supporters alleged the TD was behind the attack and feared a threat to the accused J. Srinivasa Rao.
YSRC supporters earlier posted that Mallela Babji was forced to commit suicide due to non-payment of money by the TD for the attack drama on the TD founder N.T. Rama Rao. They alleged that TD would not spare the accused Srinivasa Rao and predicted three ways for him to get killed: an encounter while fleeing from police custody, murder of the accused after coming out on bail or suicide by the accused.
TD supporters commented on Facebook that the YSRC had adopted scenes from the Mahesh Babu starrer and Telugu blockbuster movie Athadu, Operation Duryodhana starring Srikanth and others, for the Jagan attack episode. They posted clippings and claimed that the plot went wrong. Amaravati TD supporters questioned why there was no hole in Jagan’s shirt due to the attack when doctors had applied nine sutures. TD supporter, Mohan Ravipati, while raising doubts on the attack, posted CM Naidu’s photo on Facebook, reminding everyone about the attack on him. TD leader, Darapuneni Narendra, posted photos of the Alipiri attack on Naidu claiming “this is real attack” and the attack on Jagan as a fake.
FB user, Kasi Viswanath, commented that Jagan had gained maturity but CM Naidu was losing balance even with the vast experience of 40 years. Former MLA, Adusumilli Jayaprakash, commented on FB about a threat to the accused Srinivas Rao. FB user, Kiran Kumar Reddy, posted plans A, B and C of the TD as encounter, murder or suicide possibilities respectively. Other FB users, referring to the Mallela Babji episode during the NTR regime, posted comments about repeating the same on Jagan by the TD. They further commented that as the murder of Vangaveeti Mohana Ranga had brought huge losses to the Kamma community due to attacks on them, the TD had now planned the murder of Jagan through a simple cockfight sharp knife.
Similarly, BJP and Jana Sena supporters also posted comments on social media like Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Telegram and other platforms.