Naidu cries foul, demands repoll in Tirupati

The YSRCP “imported many outsiders” to rig the byelection to the Tirupati Lok Sabha constituency on Saturday, TDP nationwide president N. Chandrababu Naidu alleged.

In a letter addressed to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Mr. Naidu demanded cancellation of the election, which, he alleged, was replete with violations of the election code of conduct.

Buses loaded with folks from outdoors descended on Tirupati and fanned out to totally different cubicles, the place the TDP election brokers had been denied entry, Mr. Naidu alleged.

‘Fake voters’

The native election authorities turned a blind eye even because the “fake voters” had a free run on the polling cubicles, he alleged.

Stating that he had enclosed video proof of impersonators, who had been allegedly unable to inform their names and different particulars, Mr. Naidu alleged that the officers and the police personnel on obligation had been hand-in-glove with the ruling occasion leaders.

Alleging that Panchayat Raj Minister P. Ramachandra Reddy had violated the code by staying again in the Tirupati Lok Sabha constituency even after campaigning got here to an finish April 15, Mr. Naidu mentioned, “The Minister is a native of Yerrathivaripalle of Sodum mandal in Chittoor district as per the election affidavit. But he stayed put in Tirupati and even addressed the media on the polling day in violation of the code.”

Mr. Naidu demanded that the Minister be dismissed and a case booked in opposition to him.

Charge in opposition to police

The police acted on the behest of the ruling occasion leaders, Mr. Naidu alleged. The police arrested TDP leaders who had been making an attempt to determine the “fake voters” and detained them in the Tiruchanur and Alipiri police stations, he mentioned.

“In view of the large-scale violations and anarchy unleashed by the ruling party leaders, the CEC should cancel the byelection and order re-election,” Mr. Naidu demanded.

Earlier, in a letter addressed to the State’s Chief Electoral Officer, Mr. Naidu alleged that Mr. Ramachandra Reddy’s brother Dwarakanath Reddy was behind transporting the “outsiders to impersonate, capture booths, cast fake votes and trigger violence.”

The PLR Convention Centre and some different locations in Tirupati had been the hub of their actions, he alleged.

The TDP brokers had been prevented from coming into the polling cubicles at Ammapalyam in Srikalahasti mandal, Kandelugunta in Tottembedu mandal and Bhimunicheruvu and Kasimitta in Narayanavanam mandal, he alleged.