Hyderabad, July 04: TRS MP Vijayasanthi, who was arrested yesterday for allegedly making inflammatory statements on the Telangana issue and later released on bail, today submitted her reply to the Election Commission on its notice over her remarks.
“She has sent her reply to the Election Commission before the time given to her by this morning,” state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) I V Subba Rao told reporters here.
Vijayasanthi was served a notice by the EC for allegedly making inflammatory comments at a meeting in the TRS office recently ahead of the bypolls to 12 assembly seats in Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh.
She was arrested by the state police over the issue and later released on bail by the High Court yesterday.
However, state election officials did not disclose the contents of Vijayasanthi’s reply saying that it had been forwarded to the Election Commission in Delhi.
–Agencies