Jupally Asks Congress BLAs to Monitor SIR
Jupally also asked BLAs to focus on minority voters, stating that the BJP attempts to remove such votes under ‘absent’ or ‘shifted’ categories during household surveys.
Adilabad: Tourism minister Jupally Krishna Rao on Saturday said the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls was critical for Congress leaders planning to contest MLA, MP, MPTC and ZPTC elections, as well as for the party.
Addressing a training programme for the party’s BLA-2 workers in Adilabad, he alleged that the BJP would focus on the SIR process to remove voters sympathetic to the Congress, as seen in other states. He asked party leaders to monitor the process closely to protect genuine voters.
The minister directed booth-level agents (BLAs) to track booth-level officers (BLOs) and obtain daily updates on the number of enumeration forms uploaded, identify anomalies and review the status of unmapped voters in their polling booths.
He also asked BLAs to focus on minority voters, stating that the BJP attempts to remove such votes under ‘absent’ or ‘shifted’ categories during household surveys.
Vedma Bojju said some party BLAs and Anganwadi workers appointed as BLOs were unable to supervise voter enumeration effectively, and suggested replacing them with qualified personnel.
He alleged that BJP MLAs Payal Shankar and Aleti Maheshwar Reddy were being given priority and that some officials were favouring them by withholding information on appointments.
Vedma Bojju further alleged that Payal Shankar was projecting proximity to the Chief Minister and acting like a Congress MLA to get work done. He said BJP legislators would not join the Congress and party leaders would have to contest against them in the next elections.
Former MP Soyam Bapurao urged the minister not to prioritise MLAs Payal Shankar of Adilabad and Anil Kumar Jadhav of the BRS in allocation of development works, and instead give preference to local Congress leaders and activists.
Former MLA Atram Sakku, Adilabad party in-charge Kandi Srinivas Reddy, market committee chairman Srikath Reddy, former DCC president Sajid Khan and TPCC former general secretary Gandrath Sujatha were among those who spoke.