The saffron party in its complaint has cited many instances across several districts to allege violence and even booth capturing by YSR Congress workers.
BJP claimed that police were acting as mute spectators and not ensuring free and fair elections (Screengrab)
The BJP on Monday, 13 May, accused the ruling YSR Congress in Andhra Pradesh of unleashing “unprecedented violence” to target National Democratic Alliance workers and sought the Election Commission’s intervention.
The party wrote to the poll body even as voting was for the assembly and Lok Sabha was being held in the state.
It claimed that police were acting as mute spectators and not ensuring free and fair elections.
The Election Commission’s aim has been to increase the poll percentage.
However, it has been negated by the police indifference and inaction of district election officers, BJP general secretary Arun Singh, who is his party’s in-charge for the polls in the state, said.
Large queues could be seen before every polling station and people are made to wait two to three hours minimum to exercise their franchise, he said.
The BJP in its complaint has cited many instances across several districts to allege violence and even booth capturing by YSR Congress workers.
#AndhraPradesh: A voter questioned the incumbent @YSRCParty MLA Annabathina Shiva Kumar fOR skipping the queue in #Tenali. Irked by the questioning, the MLA was seen slapping the voter.
In return, the voter slapped back at the MLA, and his supporters stepped in, hitting the… pic.twitter.com/BOXhwX9wcu
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