Hyderabad, July 09: The PCC office bearers have submitted a memorandum to the state Chief Electoral Officer here on Thursday giving explanation on the complaint lodged by the Telangana Jagruthi Samstha against the speech of PCC Chief Mr D Srinivas on June 29.
The memorandum, copies of which were released to the media, said that Mr Srinivas in his personal capacity as the president of district unit of his own community had a meeting with his community associates on June 29, and no campaign or no decisions about party candidatures were announced by then. Mr Srinivas’s candidature was decided and announced on July 4 by the high command, the memorandum said and added that the PCC wishes to remind the fact that the head of any political party or any contesting candidate needs to approach his voters and is supposed to explain the activities undertaken by him and also his wish after the winning the election which can not be treated as corrupt practice.
The memorandum said the TRS petitions were false and the allegation of corrupt practice by Telangana Jagruthi leaders was just to create sensation, mislead the general public and to get publicity through the media. The PCC said in the memorandum that this type of mischievous petitions also attract action under provisions of Representation of People Act which may also punishable under Indian Penal Code. The complainants have lodged their petitions only to gain undue advantage with false and frivolous complaints against the targeted personalities and it was conspiracy in itself for which they were liable for punishment.
The memorandum also said that the official candidate of Telangana Rashtra Samithi of Dharmapuri of Karimnagar district has mis-utilised the precious precincts of a temple in his constituency on July 7 and conducted his election campaign meeting.
——-NSS