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However, throughout electioneering and on election day, the major political parties, the ysr congress party and the telugu Desam party, did all possible to hijack the polls and obtain a last-minute advantage.
Though he managed to flee macherla, purportedly with the assistance of police, the ec took serious note of the video showing the mla damaging the EVM and initiated harsh action against him, the polling personnel, and even police officers.
The tdp succeeded in exposing Pinnelli. Aside from publishing comments and holding news conferences criticizing Pinnelli's actions at the polling booth, tdp officials sent memorandums to the SIT, the ec, and even the DGP, requesting the MLA's arrest.
The police understandably put tdp leaders like Julakanti Brahma Reddy, devineni Uma, Nakka anand Babu, Kanaparthi Srinivasa Rao, and others under house arrest. They placed some tdp leaders and cadres in preventive custody so that they would not travel to Macherla.
It would be preferable if tdp leaders exercised restraint and let the ec and police machinery perform their jobs.