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HYDERABAD
The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) complained to the Election Commission of India (ECI) that the ruling Congress had resorted to gross violations of the exemplary codification of predetermination behaviour connected the time of polling to the Jubilee Hills constituency byelection connected Tuesday.
Even leaders who bash not beryllium to the constituency, including MLAs Beerla Ilaiah (Alair) and J. Ram Chander Naik (Dornakal), MLC Shankar Naik and hubby of M. Ragamayee (Sattupalle) M. Dayanand, G. Amith Reddy and others, went astir respective polling stations, interacted with voters and canvassed successful enactment of the Congress campaigner V. Naveen Yadav.
In a ailment sent to the Chief Election Commissioner, Chief Electoral Officer and others, BRS leaders led by erstwhile MLA B. Mallaiah Yadav said the Congress leaders who had resorted to canvass codification violations held positions of governmental powerfulness and influence, contempt being outsiders. They moved astir polling stations without immoderate hindrance, engaged with voters and issued instructions to enactment workers.
Their question crossed polling stations and enactment with voters created an ambiance of power and intimidation. Ordinary voters, peculiarly those from marginalised and economically weaker backgrounds felt unit and fearfulness owed to the disposable governmental powerfulness and authorization of the leaders and the intelligence power undermined the rule of escaped prime and compromised the autarkic decision-making process of the voters, the BRS leaders said successful the complaint.
Separately, the BRS leaders alleged that the Congress leaders and activists had distributed wealth to voters astatine polling stations 203, 205, 320, 321, 381, 382, 387, 394, 395, 399, 400, 403. At Borabanda, Corporator Baba Fasiuddin attacked a BRS activistic and prevented the second from acting arsenic the polling agent. In Vengalrao Nagar division, the BRS activists caught red-handed a Congress person who was recovered distributing wealth among voters.
The BRS leaders further alleged that constabulary had acted with bias against BRS and cooperated with the Congress. They stated that Deputy Chief Minister M. Bhatti Vikramarka visited Jubilee Hills constituency successful usurpation of the canvass code.
