'BRS, Congress Used Cash & Liquor To Influence Voters': Union Minister's Big Charge As Telangana Voting Ends

Union Minister G Kishan Reddy accused the opposition parties like Congress and Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) of distributing money and liquor to the voters.

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New Delhi: After voting for the Telangana polls concluded on Thursday evening, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy accused the opposition parties like Congress and Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) of distributing money and liquor to the voters.

Polling for the 116-member state assembly concluded on Thursday.

"Telangana Assembly polls concluded today. BRS and Congress have distributed a lot of money and liquor to the voters. They have violated all the election norms," Reddy told reporters.

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Reddy casted his vote at a polling station in Barkatpura constituency of Hyderabad today.

 

"People should exercise their right to vote. I appeal to the public to fulfil their responsibility. I want to tell the public that today is the chance to choose your government. People should look at the candidate or party, not be lured by liquor and other things," he said, reported ANI.

 

On Wednesday, he made similar allegations against the opposition parties while interacting with the media.

 

"Since yesterday morning, different parties, especially Congress and the BRS party, have been distributing money. It is the duty of the Election Commission and officers to stop it. The election should happen peacefully. Freedom should be there. I urge the Election Commission that the distribution of liquor should be stopped. One should not scare anyone. If such work is happening despite the presence of an officer, then action should be taken against that officer. Elections should be peaceful and fair," ANI quoted him as saying.

 

G Kishan Reddy, who is the current Lok Sabha member from the Secunderabad constituency has been kept from contesting the 2023 Assembly Polls after he lost to BRS MLA M Venkatesh from the Amberpet constituency in the 2018 Assembly Polls in Telangana.