The Telangana High Court on Thursday directed the Director General of Police and the Chief Electoral Officer of the State to respond to representations made by a person, who sought action against top leaders of main political parties, alleging that they were indulging in corrupt practices to influence voters, by November 30.
The order was passed by a bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Anil Kumar Jukanti in a writ petition filed by a social activist and advocate clerk M.A. Khadar Mohiuddin. The petitioner wanted to contest from Nizamabad Assembly constituency but his nomination papers were rejected by the Returning Officer. In his petition, Mr. Mohiuddin said top leaders of political parties were resorting to unfair means to secure votes for them and their respective party candidates.
The petitioner made BRS supremo and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, Ministers T. Harish Rao and K.T. Rama Rao, MLC K. Kaviktha, MPs of BJP Bandi Sanjay and Aravind Dharmapuri, Malkajgiri MP and TPCC president A. Revanth Reddy, the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate as respondents in his petition. He informed the court that he had submitted memorandum to the DGP on November 11 and to the CEO on November 4 seeking against political leaders who were resorting to distribution of money and liquor to influence voters.
