തെലങ്കാനയിൽ വോട്ടർ പട്ടികയിൽ നിന്ന് അർഹരായ ലക്ഷക്കണക്കിന് വോട്ടർമാരെ നീക്കം ചെയ്തെന്ന് ആരോപിച്ച് ടിപിസിസിയും ഇന്ത്യ സഖ്യവും പ്രതിഷേധത്തിനൊരുങ്ങുന്നു. തിരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പ് കമ്മീഷൻ ബിജെപിയുടെ താൽപ്പര്യങ്ങൾക്കായി പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്നുവെന്നും, ജനാധിപത്യത്തെ അട്ടിമറിക്കാൻ ശ്രമിക്കുന്ന കേന്ദ്ര സർക്കാർ നടപടികൾക്കെതിരെ ശക്തമായ പ്രക്ഷോഭം സംഘടിപ്പിക്കുമെന്നും നേതാക്കൾ വ്യക്തമാ
Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Mahesh Kumar Goud on Saturday announced a series of protest programmes under the banner of the INDIA alliance, alleging large-scale deletion of eligible voters from electoral rolls and accusing the Election Commission of acting in a partisan manner.
Strongly condemning the conduct of the Chief Election Commissioner, Mr. Goud alleged that lakhs of eligible voters were being removed from voter lists. He accused the Central government of acting against the spirit of the Constitution and alleged that the BJP was misusing central agencies and exerting influence over the Election Commission for political gains.
Speaking on the occasion, CPM State Secretary John Wesley alleged that nearly 13 crore votes had been deleted during the revision process carried out under the SIR exercise. He said restrictive provisions in Form-6 applications were preventing eligible voters from being added to electoral rolls, while complaints were being used as a basis for deleting existing votes.
He accused the BJP of attempting to manipulate the electoral process in its favour and demanded that all eligible voters removed from the rolls be re-included.
CPI leader E.T. Narasimha said the meeting was held in line with decisions taken by the INDIA alliance and urged all democratic forces in the country to respond to what he described as a serious threat to democracy. He alleged that the Chief Election Commissioner was acting at the behest of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and claimed that individuals critical of the BJP government were being targeted and removed from voter lists. Mr. Narasimha also cited instances of notices being issued over discrepancies in parental age details and called upon the public to understand what he termed the BJP government's intentions and join the protest programmes.
Representatives from various political parties and organizations who attended the meeting included Simhadri, State president of the Samajwadi Party (SP); M. Narasaiah, Greater Hyderabad President of Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS); Ashap, State General Secretary of TJS; Jaswanth Kumar, president of BC Jana Samithi; Salim Pasha, State president of Yuvajana Jana Samithi; and P. Shobha Yadav, State president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).