BRS demands CM to cancel Husnabad meeting, cites model code violation
Opposition parties, including BRS, have demanded that Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy cancel his December 3 Husnabad meeting, alleging violation of the Model Code of Conduct ahead of gram panchayat elections. The CM’s schedule includes laying foundation stones for roads and rural works, distributing zero-interest loans, and handing over buses and vehicles to SHG women.
Siddipet: BRS leaders and other opposition parties have demanded that Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy cancel his public meeting scheduled to be held on December 3 in Husnabad town, alleging that the meeting would violate the Model Code of Conduct, which is in vogue ahead of the gram panchayat elections.
They are opposing the meeting after Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar released a schedule of the Chief Minister, as per which he would be laying foundation stones for multiple works that connect with rural parts of Husnabad constituency where gram panchayat elections are about to be held. He will also distribute zero-interest loans to women of Koheda mandal villages.
Revanth Reddy is also slated to lay the foundation for the construction of the Husnabad-Akkanapet road with an outlay of Rs 10 crore. While Akkannapet is a gram panchayat, the road would also touch multiple gram panchayats en route.
The Chief Minister will hand over RTC-hired buses to SHG women of Akkannapet panchayat, apart from handing over a waste management vehicle to SHG women of Samudrala panchayat in Koheda mandal.
Another foundation will be laid for the Husnabad-Karimnagar road, which connects multiple gram panchayats en route. All these are being seen as an attempt to influence voters ahead of the elections.
BRS leaders and other opposition parties have demanded that the Chief Minister cancel his meeting and have sought the Election Commission to direct the Chief Minister to cancel the meeting.
However, Siddipet district officials are busy making arrangements for the meeting.
