EC Orders Motion Towards Andhra MLA Caught Damaging EVM On Digicam

CCTV footage of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s get together MLA damaging an digital voting machine (EVM) within the Macherla meeting constituency has emerged, prompting the Election Fee to order the Andhra Pradesh police chief to take strict felony motion towards the ruling YSRC MLA.  

The video that surfaced pertains to the Might 13 elections, throughout which seven EVMs had been reportedly broken within the Macherla constituency. Amongst them was the machine at sales space quantity 202, the place native MLA P Ramakrishna Reddy is accused of vandalising an EVM.  

In line with a report by PTI citing an announcement from Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Mukesh Kumar Meena’s workplace, “In Macherla Meeting Constituency, EVMs had been broken in seven polling stations, together with the PS no (polling station quantity) 202 the place this incident of harm of EVM by the sitting MLA P Ramakrishna Reddy was recorded within the internet digital camera.” The remark got here late on Tuesday.  

The assertion additionally talked about that the title of the MLA (P Ramakrishna Reddy) has been included as an accused in the course of the investigation.  

To assist within the ongoing probe, Palnadu district’s election officers offered footage of the VVPAT vandalism incident. Taking a agency stance on the matter, the election fee instructed the CEO to inform DGP Harish Kumar Gupta to take strict felony motion towards all people concerned.  

The southern state of Andhra Pradesh performed the Lok Sabha elections and Meeting polls on the identical day (Might 13). Following which, a number of stories of violence have emerged from numerous areas within the state, together with Palnadu, Tirupati, and Anantapur. 




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