Hyderabad: Voters in Telangana are holding candidates of all parties to account and questioning them on their record in the last four years. Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) candidates are of course facing the most questions and protests as they belong to the ruling party.
Some villages are not allowing candidates to enter, so disgusted are they with political opportunism. Even in Hyderabad city candidates have been given a tough time by the electorate. MLAs elected in 2014 and contesting again face angry crowds because they have not visited villages in their constituencies after being elected.
Videos uploaded on social media sites show candidates being grilled and questioned by the people.
In the capital city of Hyderabad, the Jubilee Hills TRS candidate Maganti Gopinath was on a door-to-door campaign in Kalyan Nagar in Jubilee Hills when a woman voter told him: "Do you have a brain to ask voters again after not solving our problems?”
In Station Ghanpur, TRS candidate and former deputy Chief Minister T. Rajaiah was stopped by villagers in G Krishnapally and told he had no right to campaign in their village since he did not do any development for the village. The TRS candidate from Tungaturthy, Gadhari Kishore, faced angry Anjanapuram villagers who alleged that Kishore had never visited their village after he became MLA in 2014 and now he has landed up seeking their votes.
The Manakondur TRS candidate Rasamayi Balakishan tried to enter Kandikatkoor village but angry villagers, particularly women, blocked his vehicle and would not let it proceed further. They alleged that Bala Kishan did not keep the election promises he had made.
In Khanapur Assembly constituency the Adivasis have decided not to allow anyone from the TRS, not even Chief Minister K. Chandrase-khar Rao, to enter their villages. Wardhannapet candidate A Ramesh was stopped by villagers who shouted at him to go back. And Peddapalli candidate Dasari Mano-har Reddy faced angry people in some villages, who wanted to know what development of their villages he had done after he become MLA in 2014. Mahbub-nagar Assembly constituency candidate Rajendar Reddy was asked in some villages why they had not got Mission Bhagiratha water for every household as promised during the previous elections.
In Khammam district Aswaraopet candidate Thati Venkateswarlu was stopped in Jaganna-dhapuram by villagers and questioned about his work for the development of their village.
