Visakhapatnam: YSRC president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy criticised Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, police and SEC for winning the elections, by ensuring that the opposition never gets a chance to compete. Following the clean sweep by NDA candidates in the urban local body elections, Jagan expressed anguish over the election process.
On X, he posted: Congratulations, Team @ncbn, Police, and SEC!
You have demonstrated how to win an election spectacularly by ensuring that the opposition never gets a chance to compete!
At every stage, the process was rigged:
* Nomination: Hijacked!
* Scrutiny: Hijacked!
* Withdrawal: Hijacked!
* Polling agents: Obstructed or Pulled Out!
* Poll: Rigged!
* Poll percentage: Manipulated!
* Counting: Hijacked!
You selected the candidates; the people never elected them!
These are no longer elections but selections!
The need for electoral reforms has never been more obvious!
Counting of votes for the second general election of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) began at Andhra University on Tuesday, with 113 counting halls and 1,507 counting tables set up across the university’s North and South campuses.By 8:50 AM, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) had secured 53 votes in the mayoral contest, while the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) had received 29 votes, Congress two votes and other candidates 31 votes.
In the ward-wise trends, TDP was leading in eight wards, YSRCP in five, Jana Sena in two, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in one and an Independent candidate in one ward.Counting began at 8 am, with eight blocks arranged at the AU North Campus and two blocks at the South Campus.
In the ward-wise trends, TDP was leading in eight wards, YSRCP in five, Jana Sena in two, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in one and an Independent candidate in one ward.Counting began at 8 am, with eight blocks arranged at the AU North Campus and two blocks at the South Campus. Around 5,000 personnel have been deployed for counting duties.Officials opened the strong rooms at 6 am in the presence of candidates and election agents. The counting process began with postal ballots, which had been completed in four wards- 23, 43, 56 and 89 by 8:30 am.Arrangements have been made to complete the counting in a maximum of two rounds.
