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The alleged slapping of a bank manager by Congress MP Manda Jagannatham has snowballed into a major row with bank employees in Andhra Pradesh taking to the streets demanding action against the politician even as he defended his action and refused to apologies.
Jagannatham, who represents Nagarkurnool Lok Sabha constituency, slapped Andhra Pradesh Grameen Vikas Bank (APGVB) manager Ravinder Reddy for allegedly not having released loans to beneficiaries of government schemes who belong to Scheduled Castes (SC) and Schedule Tribes (ST) in the last six months. The incident took place Monday at Uppununtala in Mahabubnagar district.
Television footage showed the MP slapping the manager more than once. However, the MP claimed that he resorted to violence when the bank branch manager did not speak to him properly over the phone. He told police that the bank official was drunk and made demeaning remarks about a Dalit MP.
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