BRS accuses Congress of bogus voting, malpractices in Jubilee Hills by-election

BRS MLC Dasoju Sravan accused the Congress government of large-scale rigging and code violations in the Jubilee Hills bypoll. He alleged that police acted under Congress control, AIMIM leaders ran illegal camps, and open bribery occurred under the Chief Minister’s banner.

Hyderabad: BRS MLC Dasoju Sravan has accused the Congress government of large-scale electoral fraud and violations in the Jubilee Hills by-election, stating that fear of defeat is driving the ruling party to rig the polls.

Sravan, along with BRS General Secretary R.S. Praveen Kumar and former MLA Jeevan Reddy, submitted an urgent complaint to the Election Commission, demanding immediate action against the irregularities.

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Speaking to the media, Sravan said police in the constituency are working under Congress leadership’s control. BRS workers face unlawful detentions, intimidation, and attacks. Attempts were made even to thwart their election campaign.

He alleged open bribery under the cover of Revanth’s birthday celebrations in Erragadda division, where cake-cutting, public feasting and saree distribution marked the occasion flouting the Model Code of Conduct. Election and police officials have remained silent spectators to the violations, he added.

Sravan claimed that the Congress had planned systematic rigging, including bogus voting by booking function halls for running illegal camps in Shaikpet, Rahmathnagar, Yousufguda, Erragadda, and Borabanda to house the perpetrators by issuing fake voter IDs, and preparing for booth capturing on polling day, November 11.

Nearly all polling booths in Erragadda, Rahmathnagar, Borabanda, and Yousufguda are highly sensitive, he said. In Shaikpet, areas like Gulshan Colony, Mini Gulshan Colony, Diamond Hills, and others are major concerns.

He further alleged AIMIM leaders, in collusion with Congress ministers, have set up illegal camps. Leaders include Kausar Moinuddin (MLA, Karwan), Yasir Arafath, Rahmath Baig (MLC), Rasheed Faraz (Corporator, Shaikpet), and Congress ministers Jupally Krishna Rao and Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy played key role, he alleged. They had reportedly mobilized women voters for impersonation and threatened the BRS agents with police backing.