Leaders of the NDA Alliance staged a demonstration at Garuda Circle in Tirupati on Sunday. | Photo credit: KV Poornachandra Kumar
NDA Alliance leaders and cadre staged a demonstration across Rayalaseema on Sunday (February 1, 2026) to protest YSRCP leader and former minister Ambati Rambabu’s alleged offensive remarks against Nara Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu.
In Tirupati, party leaders led by MLA Arani Srinivasulu staged a protest at Garuda Circle in Alipiri, while another team led by Deputy Mayor RC Munikrishna, TUDA President C. Divakar Reddy, Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh (SAAP) A. Ravi Naidu and former MLA M. Sugunamma protested at Ambedkar Circle.
Leaders termed the “unparliamentary comment” against the head of state as testimony to the “culture of the YSRCP”.
“YSRCP leaders feel strongly that offensive comments against political opponents can make them stand out in the eyes of their party chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy,” said Mr. Divakar Reddy.
“While the government is striving to bring development and take social programs within the reach of the public, the politically unemployed YSRCP are leaving no opportunity to create trouble,” said Mr. Munikrishna.
Mr. Ravi Naidu warned that any wild comment or baseless allegation against Mr. Chandrababu Naidu and Mr. Nara Lokesh will be met with retaliation in similar proportion.
In Chandragiri, TDP MLA Pulivarthi Nani led a demonstration where he condemned the attack. “The discipline cultivated by our TDP leadership comes in the way of our response in a similar manner,” he said.
Published – 01 Feb 2026 21:52 IST