It seems Telangana Congress leaders are in no mood to accept the results of Assembly polls. The shocking defeat of Congress led People’s Front (Praja Kutami) has created disbelief in not just Congress party workers and supporters but also in general public.
While TRS won 88 seats, Congress could win only 19 and its ally TDP won 2 seats. Besides the unbelievably low number of seats, what has surprised everyone is the victory margins. While Congress candidates won with narrow margins, TRS’s candidates won with huge majorities.
“TRS candidates who got backlash from people during campaigning also got huge majorities. How is it possible? Also there is difference between the actual votes polled, total votes counted and the voting percentage announced by Election Commission in many constituencies. How is it possible? How can EC officials announce three figures for the same constituency? Is this not enough to prove that there are irregularities? We have completely lost trust in Election Commission and Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs),” said senior Congress leader Mallu Ravi, explaining the reasons behind Congress raising doubts over EVMs.
While the huge defeat pushed the whole Congress unit into shock, slowly the leaders are coming out from shock and planning future course. First of all TPCC has directed all Congress candidates to file RTI petitions and get the details of votes polled, votes counted and others in all constituencies.
Later Congress has decided to raise the issue in Parliament and demand for a Joint Parliamentary Commission inquiry on the irregularities in polls.
TPCC spokesperson Dasoju Sravan announced that Congress will launch a movement in Hyderabad demanding to Bring back Ballot Paper system in elections again in India.