YSRCP made a mockery of democracy, says TDP
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The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) accused the ruling YSR Congress Party of having resorted to large-scale irregularities within the recently-held byelection to the Tirupati Lok Sabha constituency, at a press convention held right here on Monday.
“The ruling party has made a mockery of democracy. The incidents that occurred on election day show the temple city in a poor light,” M. Sugunamma, the TDP’s Tirupati Assembly constituency in-charge, mentioned on the press convention which was attended by TDP State secretary B. Changalrayudu, youth wing chief Sridhar Varma and metropolis unit chief D. Bhaskar Yadav.
Recalling the flip of occasions on election day, when “bus loads of people from outside the constituency were brought here to cast their votes”, Ms. Sugunamma puzzled why the ruling occasion, which was assured of victory resulting from its welfare schemes, was so determined to win the election.
“Such incidents happening in remote villages generally go unnoticed, but it is an insult to the voters of Tirupati, which is home to intellectuals, academicians, educated people and industrial employees. Instead of importing voters from outside by paying them money, the ruling party could have spent the same on the welfare of local voters,” Ms. Sugunamma remarked.
“The ruling party received intelligence inputs that the TDP will win 30% votes after the campaign of our president N. Chandrababu Naidu, hence the irregularities,” she alleged, questioning why the micro observers have been unable to seek out a single act of discrepancy within the 380 polling stations within the metropolis constituency.
BJP calls for FIR on ‘fake votes’
Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has urged the police division to register FIRs on the complaints lodged by the occasion activists relating to large-scale irregularities by the ruling occasion.
Party spokespersons Kola Anand Kumar and Samanchi Srinivas instructed reporters on Monday that the ruling YSRCP had resorted not solely to impersonation, but additionally in creation of ‘fake’ EPIC playing cards, which they claimed was a grave offence.
“Though we personally caught several persons and handed them over to the police, no action was taken against them and they were let off. Not initiating legal action against culprits will spell doom for democracy in the coming days,” the duo mentioned.
The occasion additionally mentioned it might submit proof of discrepancies to the High Court within the type of a report. They charged Srikalahasti MLA B. Madhusudhan Reddy of highhandedness and large-scale rigging.
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