Money power influencing elections: J.C. Diwakar Reddy
The Hindu
“There is no democracy left in the country, elections at all levels are now influenced by distribution of money for each vote,” said former Anantapur MP and Telugu Desam Party leader J.C. Diwakar Reddy.
During his 78th birthday celebrations at his house here on Tuesday, he told mediapersons that none was looking at development. “It is no more relevant if Y.S. Jagan has done something or N. Chandrababu Naidu has done anything. People are bothered only about getting money for the vote they cast,” alleged Mr. Diwakar Reddy.
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