A delegation of YSR Congress leaders led by Lella Appireddy called on state election commissioner Nilam Sawhney here on Monday to complain about electoral violence, mainly in Tuni.
Vijayawada:A delegation of YSR Congress leaders led by Lella Appireddy called on state election commissioner Nilam Sawhney here on Monday to complain about electoral violence, mainly in Tuni.
They urged the SEC to ensure that the upcoming bypolls to the urban local bodies be held in a fair manner.
Later, Lella Appireddy said that they explained to the SEC about how the TD-led alliance leaders were resorting to irregularities in the bypolls. “There is no governance in the state except for the Red Book Constitution of minister Lokesh,” he alleged.
He asked how the alliance could fight in Tirupati where it had only one corporator? In Piduguralla, the YSR Congress had won all the 33 seats, he said and wondered how a contestant representing TD was in the fray there.
As for Tuni, he said the YSRC had won all 30 seats but the conduct of the bypoll was postponed thrice there. He slammed the TD for making all-out efforts to win there by “influencing the voters.”
Appireddy was critical of the imposition of Section 30 of Police Act allegedly aimed at controlling the YSR Congress leaders and supporters planning a march. “Hundreds of TD supporters blocked the road when YSRC organised a ‘Chalo Tuni’ march to protect democracy,” he said.
“We urged the election commissioner to take necessary steps to ensure that the bypolls are held in a peaceful manner,” he said.
The other members in the delegation were MLA Thatiparthy Chandra Sekhar, former MLA Malladi Vishnu, Kommuri Kanaka Rao and Ankam Narayana Murthy.
