National

ETV Bharat / state

Telangana elections 2023: Kishan Reddy asks people to foil BRS, Cong bid to buy votes through money, liquor

G Kishan Reddy, who cast his vote at a polling station in Barkatpura constituency in Hyderabad, requested the Election Commission to stop the free distribution of money and liquor by Bharat Rashtra Samithi and Congress. He also pitched for free and fair polls without any intimidation in Telangana.

Telangana elections 2023: Kishan Reddy asks people to foil BRS, Cong bid to buy votes through money, liquor
Telangana elections 2023: Kishan Reddy asks people to foil BRS, Cong bid to buy votes through money, liquor

By ETV Bharat English Team

Published : Nov 30, 2023, 12:59 PM IST

Hyderabad:Soon after coming out of the polling booth, Telangana BJP chief G Kishan Reddy appealed to the voters to listen to their conscience, pick up the right candidates and not to influenced by money and liquor.

Reddy cast his vote at a polling station in Barkatpura constituency of Hyderabad today. Interacting with media persons, Reddy said "People should exercise their right to vote. I appeal to the public to fulfil their responsibility. I want to tell the public that today is the chance to choose your government. People should look at the candidate or party, not be lured by liquor and other things".

Reddy alleged that the opposition parties like Congress and Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) have been distributing money and liquor in the poll-bound state. "Since yesterday morning, different parties, especially Congress and the BRS party, have been distributing money. It is the duty of the Election Commission and officers to stop it. The election should happen peacefully. Freedom should be there. I urge the Election Commission that the distribution of liquor should be stopped. One should not scare anyone. If such work is happening despite the presence of an officer, then action should be taken against that officer. Elections should be peaceful and fair", he said while speaking to media on Wednesday.

G Kishan Reddy, who is the current Lok Sabha member from the Secunderabad constituency has been kept from contesting the 2023 Assembly Polls after he lost to BRS MLA M Venkatesh from the Amberpet constituency in the 2018 Assembly Polls in Telangana. Polling for the 119 Assembly constituencies in Telangana began on Thursday morning. As many as 2,290 candidates from 109 national and regional parties including 221 women and one transgender are in the fray. Voters would exercise their franchise at 35,655 polling stations set up across the state. In 2018, BRS (then Telangana Rashtra Samithi) won 88 of the 119 seats and had 47.4 per cent of the vote share. The Congress came a distant second with just 19 seats.

Read more:

  1. BJP's win in Dubbaka bypoll creates tremors in Telangana politics

2. Delhi violence was orchestrated with eye on US President's visit, Says G Kishan Reddy

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

...view details