In a big relief to Ramakrishna Reddy, YSR Congress Party’s Macherla MLA in Andhra Pradesh’s Palnadu district, the state high court on Thursday directed the police not to arrest him till June 5, in a case pertaining to destruction of an electronic voting machine inside a polling booth on May 13, people familiar with the matter said. Ramakrishna Reddy, who …
Vijayawada: The Election Commission and the state police face criticism that they failed to control law and order in Palnadu, where violence and damage to EVM occurred. YSRC MLA and Narasaraopeta MP candidate Poluboina Anil Kumar Yadav said that the role of the EC in the video footage release raised suspicions. EVMs were destroyed in eight places but the EC …
The high-voltage political drama over the whereabouts and possible arrest of Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy, the incumbent ruling YSRCP Macherla legislator and contestant from the same constituency again, continues. In the backdrop of the issue kicking up a stink, YSRCP legislators Anil Kumar Yadav, who was contesting for the Lok Sabha from Narasaraopet, and Ambati Rambabu, Water Resources Minister and contestant …
YSR Congress Party general secretary Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy has questioned the Election Commission of India how the video, in which MLA Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy was seen breaking an EVM at a polling booth in Macherla on May 13, leaked out, and whether it checked its authenticity. Besides, Mr. Ramakrishna Reddy sought to know why only the video related to vandalising …
The Election Commission of India on Tuesday directed the Andhra Pradesh police chief to take strict criminal action against a ruling YSRCP MLA who was caught on camera damaging an EVM in the Macherla assembly constituency during the May 13 polls. As reported by PTI, the Electronic voting machines were damaged on May 13 in seven polling stations in the …
