GHMC Polls: BJP blames TS government, SEC for low turnout of voters

The blame game has begun and the body language is giving away the result of the GHMC election.  The state’s BJP leadership on Tuesday sought to blame the state government and the Telangana State Electoral Commission (TSEC) for the low turnout of voters for the GHMC election.  The saffron party claims that the TRS combined with the SEC to reduce the turnout to its advantage, and also demanded action against the commission and the state police.

Home Affairs Minister Unoin G Kishan Reddy addressed the media here, saying the state government should be ashamed of the low turnout for the corporate election.  “The ruling TRS used the TSEC to achieve its selfish political goal.  Instead of fighting for victory, the TRS is concentrating on ways to defeat us.  “I do not blame the educated and the intellectuals for not coming out in large numbers to vote,” he said, attributing the low turnout to fears of Covid especially during the winter months.

‘There was enough time to hold the election, but the TRS, fearful of the recurrence of Dubbak results, promoted the election, knowing that voters would be reluctant to come out in large numbers for fear of the second wave of the pandemic.  “Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, instead of re-establishing confidence among



voters, has created a fear psychosis among them that states that the BJP intends to create common violence,” Kishan Reddy said.
 
The Union Minister claimed that MIM was giving in to large-scale equipment in the old town and said the police and electoral authorities remained dumb spectators.  ‘The TSEC became a puppet in the hands of the state government and helped lower the percentage of the poll.  “The polling percentage in the border divisions of Jammu and Kashmir was better than that of GHMC,” he said.

However, State President Bandi Sanjay Kumar said the BJP ranks effectively opposed the flow of liquor and money in the GHMC polls and expressed confidence that the party would win the election to hold the mayoral seat.  “But it is unfortunate that the state government and the TSEC have not made the public aware of the importance of corporate elections,” he said.

He claims that the authorities have created an atmosphere of fear among the voters, saying the government knows that voters from Seemandhra go home during holidays and choose the election date preceded by holidays.  “The government has also arranged extra buses that encourage voters to leave,” he claims, demanding action against the SEC and the police chief for their prejudice against the BJP.