YSRCP state coordinator Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy has expressed his concern that accountability is decreasing in political parties and that there is irresponsibility in the state that any kind of promise can be made for power by using the institutions for temporary needs.
Speaking after unfurling the national flag on the occasion of Independence Day at the YSRCP central office in Tadepalli on Friday, he said that YSRCP chief Jaganmohan Reddy is saying that all institutions should be healthy.
He explained that there was a 12.5 percent difference between the votes cast in the 2024 general elections and the votes that were declared, which is about 50 lakh votes. He deplored that if they were approaching the court against electoral irregularities,evidence would be sought, but that did not happen.
Sajjala came down heavily on the ruling TDP for “stealing” the Pulivendula and Ontimitta ZPTC bypolls, which were held on August 12. Demanding CCTV footage from polling booths and webcasting, Sajjala sought to know why the TDP was afraid to prove that their election victory was legitimate.
Asserting that the YSRCP will approach courts for justice, he expressed concern over the weakening of democracy in the State. He asked to examine how many people in the villages where elections were held recently had ink marks on their fingers.
Sajjala called for a fair investigation into the irregularities during polling at 15 polling booths in Pulivendula for the ZPTC elections. He said a neutral investigation agency should probe the issue.
“If people have actually cast their votes, the ink on their fingers will reveal the truth. It will then become clear how the polling was conducted,” Sajjala said and called upon all those who wanted “freedom and independence to survive” to join the probe.
Asserting that the YSRCP has never lost any election in the history of Pulivendula, Sajjala said, “YS Jagan had called for peaceful elections, which is why the YSRCP did not retaliate to the TDP’s atrocities. People’s lives would have been in danger, had we also fought hard.”