Cartoon Controversy Escalates Tensions Between Rival AP Political Factions
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Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Mohan Reddy took part in a "Siddham" program where YCP activists brought mocking cartoons of Chandra Babu and Pawan Kalyan.
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Videos went viral of people smashing and punching the cartoon flexis at Jagan's meeting. In one video, a man repeatedly punches a Pawan Kalyan cartoon bag.
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TDP-JSP alliance supporters are calling for Jagan's cartoons to be placed at their meetings so they can take revenge and thrash them.
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If Jagan's flexis are also obliterated, it would set an ugly precedent of crowds destroying political leaders' imagery in public.
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Critics comment that verbal attacks on opponents are expected in politics, but setting up mocking opponent flexis will lead to shameful retaliation.