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Telangana BJP Chief Accuses Congress Allies of Undermining Election Institutions
Telangana BJP leader N Ramchander Rao accused Congress and its partners of spreading wrong information about voter lists.
He said Rahul Gandhi and other leaders were misleading people about forms used to register voters or object to names on a list.
Rao said sending in an objection does not by itself remove anyone’s vote.
He said election officials must investigate and give people a chance to be heard before deciding.
He added that voters can appeal or register again if their names are removed by mistake.
Rao also defended electronic voting machines and criticized Congress’s comments about election officials.
He accused AIMIM of benefiting from fake votes in Hyderabad, but the report presents this as his allegation.
The article does not include responses from Congress or AIMIM.
Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao accused Congress and INDIA bloc parties of seeking to create anarchy to make Rahul Gandhi prime minister.
Rao said allegations about voter-roll removals and Form-6 and Form-7 procedures were false, and said applications do not automatically delete votes.
He said electoral-roll objections require notice, inquiry and a lawful decision, and that voters can appeal or re-enrol if a name is removed by mistake.
Rao rejected claims of divisions among Election Commissioners and criticized Congress’s attacks on electronic voting machines.
He accused AIMIM of benefiting from bogus votes in Hyderabad’s Old City and alleged Congress-linked authorities were filing cases against BJP workers; these were Rao’s claims.
- Who
- Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao, speaking about Congress, INDIA bloc parties and AIMIM.
- What
- Rao accused opposition parties of spreading false claims about voter rolls and election institutions, and defended procedures for challenging voter registrations.
- Where
- Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
- When
- October 6; the report does not specify a year.
- Why
- Rao said opposition parties were criticizing voter-list procedures and election institutions; he alleged their actions were aimed at helping Rahul Gandhi become prime minister.
Key facts
- Speaker
- N Ramchander Rao, Telangana BJP president
- Dateline
- Hyderabad, October 6; year not specified
- Form-6
- Rao described it as a process for registering as a voter.
- Form-7
- Rao said it can be used to raise an objection about a voter believed to have moved or died.
- Removal process
- Rao said an application does not immediately remove a name; he described notice, inquiry and a hearing before a decision.
- Voter remedies
- Rao said a voter can appeal and re-enrol online if a vote is deleted by mistake.
- Attribution
- Claims about opposition conduct, bogus votes and cases against BJP workers are allegations made by Rao.
Quotes
N Ramchander Rao
Telangana BJP president who made the allegations in the report
“If they win, the Election Commission is great… if they lose, EVMs and institutions are at fault? People are taking note of the hypocritical stance of the Congress.”
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