YCP MLA Undavalli Sridevi is controversial for her frequent complaints under the SC, ST Atrocities (Prevention) Act against political rivals. Is she truly an SC dalit woman to be eligible to make atrocities complaints? Sridevi herself said in an interview that she is a converted SC Christian married to a Kapu community person. Christian converts cannot claim SC status or reservations. But the police have been booking atrocities cases without second thoughts based on the complaints given by Sridevi.

Now, the woman MLA is caught in the eye of a political storm. She complained that TDP leaders insulted her by her dalit caste name when she visited a Ganesh Mandapam at Anantavaram village in Amaravati Capital City area. AP Women’s Commission Chairperson Vasireddy Padma spoke to DGP Gautham Sawang for taking action. Following this, three villagers were arrested. Have the police cross checked the dalit status of Sridevi before filing the case? TDP boss Chandrababu Naidu now says that Sridevi cannot contest in SC reserved seat as she herself claimed her Christian status. Will TDP go to court to get Sridevi’s MLA election cancelled altogether?