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BJP Alleges Intimidation and SEC Inaction in Telangana Municipal Campaign

The party voiced the charges at a Hyderabad briefing attended by Union minister G. Kishan Reddy.

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.