Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Bhasker Reddy on Thursday directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to submit a report on the voters’ list enlistment applications and approvals and rejections in the Munugode constituency by Friday. The panel was dealing with a writ petition filed by BJP Telangana general secretary G Premender Reddy.
The petitioner said an unusual number of Form 6 applications
for enlistment were made in the last two months for the upcoming Munugode by-election. About 25,000 applications were being processed by the ECI without verifying the authenticity, the petitioner said.
The ruling party was abusing its position to pressure officials into accepting and processing potentially bogus voters and passing them off as Munugode citizens and voters to fraudulently acquire polling places and votes.