The TDP is making a hue and cry on the Election Commission’s decision to order a repoll in five booths in Chandragiri Assembly constituency only to divert the attention of people and create confusion among them, YSRCP State general secretary Dadi Veerabhadra Rao has said.
The recommendation of the District Collector is not needed for issue of the repoll orders It was common for the Opposition parties to complain to the Election Commission, when the Collector or other officials favour the ruling party during the elections. The EC would conduct an inquiry on the complaints and, if it was satisfied, it would issue orders for a repoll, the YSRCP leader told a media conference here on Friday.
He recalled that the TDP had lodged a complaint with the EC alleging malpractices in the repoll held in Visakhapatnam, following the death of Congress leader Dronamraju Satyanarayana, during the Congress rule. The then Election Commissioner IJ Rao came to Visakhapatnam, conducted an inquiry, and ordered a repoll.