3rd day of filing nominations for MPTC and ZPTCs in AP the arsons, attacks, snatching nomination papers, beating the contesting candidates’ asusual: inaction of police, SEC, Collectors and SPs
Hyderabad: On the 3rd day of filing nominations for MPTC and ZPTCs in AP the inaction of police, SEC, Collectors and SPs the arsons, attacks, snatching nomination papers, beating the contesting candidates by goons is a common scene in the State.
The main rival Y.S. R Congress Party Candidates Arrests – Kidnaps House arrests of major leaders. The police deliberately issuing notices to the YSRCP MPs, MLAs and main leaders not to move from the house until their further orders.
The police have been illegally detaining activists since two days in the name of bind-overs.
The police, TDP alliance rowdies and goons attacked and snatched nomination papers from the YSRCP aspirants of MPTC and ZPTC candidates at the nomination centre.
The police had not followed the Supreme Court guidelines issued by the Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohan’s bench on Wednesday. They directed the SEC to provide protection to the contesting candidates to file their nominations.
The YSRCP contesting candidates are participating in the MPTC and ZPTC elections with clear aspiration to contest in the respective posts amidst the apprehension and suppression of the police. The police are making house arrests, the contesting candidates to not go to the nomination centres to file their nominations.
The police are not allowing the candidates of YSRCP who goes to file the nomination in the nomination centre. The TDP alliance rowdies and goons attacked on YSRCP candidates, snatched and torn the nomination papers. These incidents happened on Wednesday in Kadapa, Chittoor, Anantapur, Kurnool, Ongole and other districts after the Supreme Court delivered its judgement on the incidents happened in Municipal nominations which were held on October 16th to 18th in the State.
The nominations of ZPTC and MPTCs starts from Wednesday morning at 10.30 am while the returning officers have to receive the nominations from the candidates, Y. S. R Congress party contesting Candidates are being illegally arrested and taken away by the police. Also Y. S. R Congress party main leaders, MPs, M. L.As the police are putting them under house arrest. The SEC announced election schedule for 659 ZPTCs and 9, 829 MPTCs in the State.
Y. S. R Congress Party State Secretary V. Satish Reddy in Vempalli and D.C. Govinda Reddy in Porumammilla, Badvel M. L. A Dr.Sudha and all the key leaders Jammalamadugu, Proddatur, Mydukuru, Kadapa, Kurnool, Anantapur, Chittoor, Annamayya, Nellore, Ongole, Vijayawada, Guntur and other districts have been placed under house arrest.
In last week’s election nominations of municipal corporations, municipalities and city panchayats, Telugu Desam alliance hooligans and rowdies committed atrocities and crushed the candidates and tore up the nominations. The police are cooperating Telugu Desam alliance hooligans and rowdies and not allowed Y. S. R Congress party candidates not to file nominations. Apart from blocking the Y.S.R Congress party candidates, the police open fire with AK 47 and a pistol on MP Avinash Reddy and other leaders.
Also Rajampet M.P Mithun Reddy who came to file nominations along with the candidates in Punganur on 16th October, TDP alliance goondas and rowdies attacked P Mithun Reddy’s convey with sticks, stones and other deadly weapons and injured him. Mithun Reddy CRPF gunmen open fire in the air in self-defence.
Telugu Desam goondas and rowdies intercepted MP Gurumurthy and other candidates in Tirupati and tore their nomination papers. The State Election Commission is watching this happening in silence. Collectors who are district election officers are not available to anyone, they are not responding to phone calls. District SPs who have to maintain law and order, they are turning a deaf ear to the pleas of Y.S.R Congress party leaders and candidates.