Congress MLA B Haripriya Naik Who Defected to TRS Gets Greeted With Stones, Slippers in Her Home Constituency
Banothu Haripriya Naik, who recently defected from the Congress to join the ruling TRS, faced the anger of her former party's supporters who attacked her with chappals (Slippers) and stones on Saturday when she entered the village to campaign for a TRS candidate.
Yellandu, May 4: Banothu Haripriya Naik, a lawmaker in Telangana, who recently defected from the Indian National Congress (INC) to join the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi, faced the anger of her former party's supporters who attacked her with chappals (Slippers) and stones on Saturday when she entered the village to campaign for a TRS candidate in the local elections, reported Hindustan Times.Congress in Telangana Requests Election Commission to Take Action Against Chief Secretary, Officials for 'Model Code Violation'.
Naik, who represents Yellandu assembly seat in Khammam district, visited Govindrala village on Saturday morning to campaign for TRS candidate Lakhavarthu Sunitha, who is contesting for Mandal Parishad territorial constituency member, reported Hindustan Times. According to reports, when she entered the village in an open-top vehicle, the villagers, mostly Congress supporters, shouted at Naik and asked her to go back.
The villagers were also heckling of the leader and questioned her how she dared to enter the village after betraying them by joining TRS. “We toiled day and night in the assembly elections held in December to get Haripriya elected braving tough fight with the TRS. But within a couple of months becoming the MLA, she joined the TRS betraying our faith,” an angry Congress worker told local reporters, quoted Hindustan Times.
As the condition started to worsen, the TRS workers formed the shield and helped her to escape. The shocked leader went back to her car and left the village immediately. As soon as the police were informed, they were soon at the spot. Meanwhile, the security has been beefed up in the village. At least five people were injured in the stone pelting. The injured have been shifted to the government hospital.
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