KTR alleges Congress bid to tamper with voter list

BRS working president KT Rama Rao alleged that the Congress government was attempting to manipulate the voters’ list ahead of local body polls. He urged party leaders to verify names, report discrepancies, and expose irregularities through the media before the final list publication

Hyderabad: BRS working president KT Rama Rao alleged that the ruling Congress was attempting to manipulate the voters’ list ahead of the upcoming local body elections. He asked party leaders to remain alert and ensure that no genuine voter is excluded from the list.

Speaking in a teleconference with senior party leaders on Thursday, Rama Rao said the government was deliberately removing the votes of BRS sympathisers and activists with the malicious intention of winning local body elections at any cost. He said the unusually short deadline given to raise objections over missing names only strengthens suspicions of foul play.

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To counter this, the BRS constituted a committee led by MLCs Dasoju Sravan, L Ramana, and BRS legal cell in-charge Soma Bharat Kumar to monitor irregularities. They have been directed to meet State Election Commissioner A Santhi Kumari on behalf of the party and raise concerns over irregularities in the draft voters’ list.

Rama Rao directed party leaders to collect draft voter lists from officials immediately after district- and mandal-level meetings scheduled on August 29 and 30, respectively. He asked district-level leaders, legislators and senior leaders to mandatorily attend these meetings, and also ensure thorough verification at the village level.

He instructed that any discrepancies should be reported to the MPDO offices by August 31 and urged leaders to expose the government’s conspiracies through media conferences. He stressed that it is the party’s responsibility to safeguard every supporter’s vote ahead of the final list publication on September 2.