TDP president Nara Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday wrote to the Chief Electoral Officer to order repoll in several polling stations in Seemandhra region as YSRCP activists resorted to serious violation of rigging of votes by throwing out the TDP polling agents.
The TDP chief in his letter to Bhanwar Lal has stated that he was deeply anguished at the high-handed conduct of the leaders and contesting candidates of YSRCP, who have captured the poll booths and resorted to rigging by throwing out the TDP polling agents. The contesting candidates have also terrorized the voters in the villages. “I am enclosing a list of polling stations in which the election rules were violated thus vitiating the polling process. The mandate of the people in these villages is not reflected in view of the tension and violence caused by the YSRCP leaders. Therefore, there is a need to conduct re-poll in these polling stations.
The TDP president alleged that in collusion with polling officials in polling stations 145 to 159 in Narpala town under Singamala Assembly constituency in Anantapur district, the YSRCP candidate attacked his rival candidates and drove out TDP polling agents. Similarly, YSRCP candidate Raghurami Reddy resorted to rigging in polling stations nos. 129, 132, 133, 134, 135, 157, 158, 159, 160 and 162 under Mydukur constituency in Kadapa district after chasing out the TDP agents.
Naidu alleged that in Jammalamadugu of Kadapa district, TDP candidate was attacked with stones, knives and his polling agents were kidnapped by the YSRCP activists and resorted to rigging in polling stations nos. 80 to 88, 139 to 141. Naidu has alleged that in Brahmanapalli, native village of Mekapati brothers, under Atmakur constituency of Nellore district, the YSRCP candidates resorted to rigging after ejecting the TDP agents. He also alleged that some unauthorized persons, who are relatives of the YSRCP candidate in Punganur Assembly constituency in Chittoor district resorted to rigging in polling stations Nos. 146 to 150 in Saddam village under Punganur constituency. (NSS)
