Hyderabad: In support of the movement against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar a unique ballot box movement was launched in Sangareddy on Friday.
Jagga Reddy alleged that 73 lakh votes had been deleted and 92 lakh voters had been issued notices during the SpecialIntensive Revision (SIR) process in Telangana. Under the banner of ‘Save Our Votes’, a specially designed ballot boxwas introduced to allow people to express their solidarity with the campaign.
He accused the BJP govt at the Centre of vote theft and said the BJP govt and CEC should go. In support of his fight, I am sending voter cards from Sangareddy to the President of India,’ Jagga Reddy said. Telangana Congress working president Jagga Reddy asked the people submit appeals in a ballot box with their names, polling booth numbers and messages, expressing solidarity withthe campaign to protect voting rights. “Rahul Gandhi has met the President of Indian on this issue. TPCC working president organised the innovative programme in Sangareddy in support of Congress leaderRahul Gandhi’s campaign to protect voting rights. As part of the programme, people wrote down their names and polling booth numbers and dropped messages into the ballot box, appealing to Rahul Gandhi to safeguard their votes. Through these messages, they expressed their support forRahul Gandhi’s fight to protect democratic rights. Through the initiative, Jagga Reddy sought to highlight that the protection of voting rights is not merely an issueconcerning political leaders, but a matter directly linked to the democratic rights of every citizen. The primary objectivewas to gather grassroots support for protecting voting rights by collecting messages directly from the public. He criticised the BJP, alleging that its MPs were winning electionsbecause of vote theft and that Narendra Modi was becoming Prime Minister with their support. He further alleged thatModi was attempting to become Prime Minister for a fourth time using the same methods.