The political rivalry between the ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) in Andhra Pradesh and the opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has taken a bizarre turn after supporters of the ruling party allegedly constructed a wall to stop TDP supporters from using a road, claiming that it was private property.

The three-feet wall was constructed in Ponugupadu village in Guntur district.

While the TDP supporters claimed that the road was made for the public and that they had been using it for decades, the ruling party supporters who erected the wall claimed that it was private property. Intervening in the matter, local police has established a police picket in the village and referred the matter to the revenue department for dispute redressal.

A caste angle has also emerged from the impasse. While the opposition party supporters mostly belong to the upper caste, the YSRCP supporters belong to the backward classes. To ease the tension, a peace meeting was also called by the police where both the groups were invited to resolve the issue, but in vain.

Earlier police had to book a case after YSRCP supporters allegedly dug up a concrete road built by the earlier TDP government, alleging that the people who were using the road had not voted for YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, the current chief minister of the state.

In the recently held parliamentary election, TDP won from the Guntur Lok Sabha constituency after Galla Jaidev won the seat for the second time in a row. However, in the assembly elections, the YSRCP swept the assembly polls by winning six out of seven constituencies in the district.

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