According to Chandrababu Naidu, the people have already made up their minds to expel the YSRCP.
Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh:
On Monday, Chandrababu Naidu, leader of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), accused the YSRCP government of engaging in a “bogus vote racket” out of fear of losing power in the next assembly polls.
While in the village celebrating Makara Sankranthi with his family, Chandrababu paid a visit to Pulivarthi Nani, the party leader, at Chandragiri. Nani had recently doused himself in kerosene outside the office of the local Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) in a demand for the removal of fake voters, and he had suffered serious injuries as a result.
Chandrababu told reporters in Chandragiri that the “irregularities” in the voter rolls for the Chandragiri Assembly seat should be used as a lesson by the Election Commission. The governing YSRCP is engaging in massive irregularities, which the former chief minister slammed, saying that not even dacoits would dare to undertake.
It is the responsibility of the polling authorities, he said, but in this state the YSRCP leaders are enumerating voters and “deleting” the votes of those who support the TDP. “What is happening in the Chandragiri Assembly segment is certainly a case study with regard to enrollment of voters,” said Chandrababu.
In a recent statement, the TDP supremo alleged that the Election Commission had questioned the SP and the Tirupati District Collector about their actions in relation to the repeated anomalies in the Lok Sabha bypolls and expressed wrath against them.
Along with the “deletion of the votes of the TDP sympathisers,” Mr. Naidu said that Pulivarthi Nani has been battling against this for the last six months.
Actually, I’m becoming increasingly irritated by these people’s actions. The widespread use of Forms 6, 7, and 8 in all eleven Assembly segments of the united Chittoor district was something Chandrababu asserted was unprecedented in his lifetime.
The TDP chairman voiced his astonishment at the dramatic increase in voter turnout, saying that the district had only 2.90 lakh votes in the previous elections. He added, “So steeply to 3.08 lakh.” The number of booths in Thummalagunta has increased from four to seven, he said.
“I am really surprised to know that the voters enrolled fresh are of the age of 40 to 80 years and from where they have come here now,” said he.
Additionally, according to Chandrababu, 13,928 votes have been cast using identical photos, with Sangeetha Hari and Hari Sangeetha listed as voters in the Tirupati and Chandragiri segments, and Sravya Duvvala and Duvvala Sravya as voters in the Srikalahasti and Chandragiri segments.
Voters in the Peeleru and Chandragiri segments are registered under the name of Mallaguntla Mahesh, the TDP supremo said, adding that this shows how the officials “colluded with the ruling party leaders.” Chandrababu made it plain that the authorities are primarily accountable for checking the voter rolls for inconsistencies and threatened to punish them criminally if they were found guilty.
According to Chandrababu Naidu, the people have already made up their minds to expel the YSRCP. “The officials should function as per the norms and if they are found violating the guidelines they will be sent to jail by the coming TDP-Jana Sena combine government,” the former head of state stated.
