Telangana: Huzurabad Byelection BJP Candidate Eatala Rajender Booked For Violating Covid Norms

Leading party candidates Gellu Srinivas from TRS, Etala Rajender from BJP and Balmoor Venkat from Congress have filed their nomination for Huzurabad byelection

Huzurabad byelection BJP candidate Eatala Rajender. (Image: Twitter/Eatala Rajender)

Hyderabad: Former Telangana Minister and BJP candidate for Huzurabad byelection, Eatala Rajender, on Monday was booked for violating election norms imposed by the State Election Commission. Reportedly, Rajender on Monday attended an election campaign at Huzurabad, and taking to his Twitter handle, the BJP leader said that the people of Huzurabad welcomed him wholeheartedly.

Meanwhile, the election commission's flying squad has filed a complaint against Eatala for violating Covid norms.

హుజురాబాద్ పట్టణంలోని పలు వార్డులలో ఎన్నికల ప్రచారం నిర్వహించడం జరిగింది.

డప్పు చప్పుళ్లతో, కోలాట నృత్యాలు, మంగళ హారతులతో ఘన స్వాగతం పలికి మద్దతు తెలిపిన ప్రజలందరికీ హృదయపూర్వక కృతజ్ఞతలు.#HuzurabadhWithBJP #VoteForChange #VoteForLotus #HuzurabadByPoll #BJP4Huzurabad #BJP pic.twitter.com/iF4wtVGRdP

— Eatala Rajender (@Eatala_Rajender) October 11, 2021

SEC discards Rajender's namesakes from the nomination list

Meanwhile, the election commission has discarded Eatala Rajender's namesakes as three other nominations were filed in the name of 'Rajender, E'. The reason the election commission has given for discarding these namesakes is they would confuse voters and cause disarray. Of the 61 nominations filed in the Huzurabad byelections, only 42 are valid as EC has rejected 19 nominations. Leading party candidates Gellu Srinivas from TRS, Etala from BJP and Balmoor Venkat from Congress have filed their nomination for the Huzurabad byelection.

The BJP has alleged that the TRS leaders made the nominations to confuse voters. According to a report in The New Indian Express, Karimnagar Commissioner of Police V Satyanarayana said that they have deployed police personnel to increase the vigil in the Huzurabad constituency. Another reason for the tightening of security was due to a threat from Maoists as mentioned a few days ago by the Karimanagar Commissioner of Police.