V.V. Lakshminarayana to contest elections from Visakhapatnam
The Hindu
V.V. Lakshminarayana to contest elections from Visakhapatnam. The former Joint Director of Central Bureau of Investigation underlines the need for weeding out bogus votes and initiating action against those deleting names of genuine voters.
Former Joint Director of Central Bureau of Investigation V.V. Lakshminarayana has announced that he will contest the 2024 general elections from Visakhapatnam.
Addressing the media here on November 29 (Wednesday), Mr. Lakshminarayana said he would not hesitate to float a new party, if necessary, for the purpose.
Underlining the need to weed out bogus voters, he said, while it was essential to delete duplicate votes, there was every need for the Election Commission to initiate action on deletion of the names of genuine voters from the electoral rolls.
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