BJP seeking to win next Telangana Assembly polls throgh vote removal during SIR: Revanth Reddy
Accusing the NDA Government at the Centre of resorting to a vote-theft conspiracy in non-BJP-ruled states, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday alleged that the BJP is making attempts to win the next Assembly elections in Telangana by deleting votes of Congress supporters during SIR of electoral roll.
Reddy, who attended a meeting of Congress leaders and workers in his Kodangal assembly constituency, alleged that the BJP won Maharashtra, Bihar, and West Bengal elections through vote removal during Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral roll. The BJP is now adopting the same “deceitful tactic” in Telangana and the party targeted SC, ST and Minority voters in the SIR for removal, he claimed.
“We will not sit idle and are ready to counter the BJP’s move to delete the names of the Congress supporters. The party workers will not tolerate any such attempt,” a release quoted Revanth Reddy as saying.
The chief minister also alleged that the BJP exploited ED and CBI to defeat political rivals in the previous elections and the party is now resorting to deletion of votes.
The CM strongly objected to the alleged deletion of votes, citing minor errors as a pretext, the release said.
Reddy further said the BRS was also supporting the BJP in the deletion of votes to defeat the Congress.
He stressed that the responsibility of “safeguarding the right to vote” lies with all Congress workers and leaders, the release said. The Congress Booth Level Agents (BLAs) should coordinate at the village level to ensure that the votes of the poor are not deleted, he said. The CM instructed that each mandal-level leader should take responsibility of four villages and ensure that not a single vote is deleted from any booth.
“Everyone must remain vigilant and thwart the conspiracies of the BJP and BRS,” he said. Reddy also said Kodangal constituency gained national recognition and respect because the local people extended all kinds of support to him.
