Overview
- State president N. Ramchander Rao said Congress was using power to target BJP workers and leaders across multiple towns, including Narayankhed, Shadnagar, Mahbubnagar, Kothagudem and Nizamabad.
- Rao alleged distribution of money to voters and use of brute force, while asserting the BJP would still show its strength in the municipal elections.
- He said the party views the death by suicide of BJP candidate Erukala Mahadevappa in Makthal as a murder carried out by the Congress.
- Rao stated that repeated complaints to the State Election Commission and the police had drawn no action and questioned whether the SEC was functioning.
- The claims were presented at a press conference and the report included no independent verification or responses from the Congress or the State Election Commission.