Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president and former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu met Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India Rajiv Kumar in New Delhi on Monday, and requested him to visit Andhra Pradesh along with the members of the Election Commission (EC) to assess the grave situation prevalent in the State due to the alleged subversion of electoral practices and to constitute a high-power committee, including experts in forensic science, to monitor the revision of electoral rolls and take remedial action against those violating the norms.
Mr. Naidu told the CEC that it was widely perceived under the given circumstances that the 2024 general elections would be a violent affair caused by the usage of money and muscle power, and pointed out that eligible citizens were robbed of their right to vote. The ECI should, therefore, treat A.P. as the ‘most sensitive State’ and provide a special monitoring mechanism to ensure free and fair elections.
