YSRCP manipulating poll process: Chandrababu Naidu, Pawan Kalyan file complaint with Election Commission

VIJAYAWADA: TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu and Jana Sena president Pawan Kalyan met Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and raised a slew of complaints against the ruling YSRCP Government in Andhra Pradesh.

After the meeting, Naidu said they explained all the issues clearly to the Election Commission, whose members are on a two-day visit to the State ahead of the upcoming legislative Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.

"Atrocities are happening unlike any other time. Democracy is being ridiculed. To restrain us from working, they (YSRCP Government) tried to destroy the entire structure of our party, its workers and leaders," Naidu alleged. He added that the YS Jagan Government resorted to manipulation of voters lists by including bogus voters.

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Naidu appealed to the ECI to allocate officials for election duty on the basis of best practices followed at the national level. According to him, experienced personnel such as teachers and Government officials were generally appointed on election duty whereas the YSRCP Government was assigning women police officials as Booth Level Officers (BLO).

Stating that 2,600 women police officials have been assigned as BLOs in 83 constituencies, he questioned their expertise in election duties.

He demanded that the Election Commission to deploy central police observers if needed, set up a separate cell, and monitor the election process to root out irregularities.

Naidu also brought to the attention of the ECI that Government officials, including district collectors have been participating in an election campaign titled 'Why AP Needs Jagan' to promote the YSRCP president.