Congress retains its strength in Medak, gets few more votes
The Hindu
Ruling TRS in a tizzy over missing votes at Medak MLC elections
As expected, the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) candidate V. Yadav Reddy has won the MLC election from the Local Area Constituency (LAC) in Medak. Out of the total 1,018 votes polled, Dr. Yadav Reddy got 762 votes against Congress candidate T. Nirmala Jayaparakash Reddy who secured 238 votes. Independent candidate Malla Reddy got six votes and 12 votes were invalid. With this Mr. Yadav Reddy declared elected with 524 votes majority.
By roping in District Congress Committee (DCC) president, and his wife, Nirmala Jayaprakash Reddy as party candidate in the MLC elections, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) working president T. Jayaprakash Reddy made the election prestigious for the ruling party and all the way he tried to irritate the TRS.
With Congress being in the race and his efforts to lure some voters from the ruling party, the TRS was forced to organise camps and send its voters to various places with all sort of facilities to prevent any poaching. At one point of time, the TRS even lodged a complaint with the State Election Commission (SEC) that Mr. Jayaprakash Reddy has been trying to lure its voters and he even contacted some of them over phone, though they were in a camp.
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