Ponnam accuses Maganti Sunitha of enacting dramas and seeking sympathy votes

BC Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar criticised BRS candidate Maganti Sunitha for allegedly using emotional appeals to gain sympathy votes in the Jubilee Hills by-election. He accused BRS of staging dramas and involving in fake votes while defending the Congress party’s conduct

Hyderabad: Courting controversy, BC Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar alleged that Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) candidate Maganti Sunitha was enacting dramas and trying to seek votes through emotional appeals in the Jubilee Hills by-election.

Taking part in party programmes at Yousufguda on Tuesday, Prabhakar said he sympathised with Maganti Sunitha, who lost her husband and sitting BRS MLA Maganti Gopinath. “But by crying on stage and during political speeches, she is trying to seek sympathy votes. The BRS leaders are not ready for a debate on the development of Jubilee Hills in the last ten years. Instead, sympathy dramas are being enacted like in cinemas,” Prabhakar said.

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He said there was nothing wrong in fielding a woman candidate in the election, but artificial displays of emotion were uncalled for. A few BRS workers were instructing her to cry on every stage and at every programme, he alleged.

“This is artificial crying. Though we have sympathy towards her, sympathy in politics is different,” the Minister said.

On the issue of fake votes, Prabhakar clarified that the State government had not interfered in any way.

“It is the BRS that indulges in fake votes and dada giri, but the Congress is a democratic party. Vote chori is a drama being played by both BRS and BJP. They both should be held responsible,” Prabhakar alleged.

Thummala says BRS trying to derive political mileage

Meanwhile, Agriculture Minister Thummala Nageswara Rao alleged that the BRS was trying to derive political mileage through Maganti Sunitha’s emotions.

“The BRS is not leaving any opportunity, even a woman’s tears. They want to get back to power through sympathy and loot,” he said while addressing party workers here on Tuesday.