Making mountain out of mole hill

April 23, 2014 08:52 pm | Updated May 21, 2016 01:01 pm IST

ADILABAD,AP,23/04/2014:The Amma Hastam bags with former CM N. Kiran KUmar Reddy's image on it.-FILE PHOTO

ADILABAD,AP,23/04/2014:The Amma Hastam bags with former CM N. Kiran KUmar Reddy's image on it.-FILE PHOTO

During elections, minor lapses are looked at as crime and politicians never lose a chance to make a mountain out of a mole hill. One such incident occurred when TDP leaders complained to the election authorities against YSRC nominee Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy, saying that he has votes in two places. The issue became a point of debate during scrutiny. But it was resolved after the YSRC leaders clarified that Mr. Rajamohan Reddy applied for deletion of his vote at his native village Brahmanapalli and it was still in the processing stage. He enrolled in Nellore two months ago and it was shown in his nomination papers.

Subsidised rice not worth the promise

Major political parties neither have promised subsidised rice to the poor this time, nor has it been included in their election manifesto. For the first time since N.T. Rama Rao made it an election issue in 1983, subsidised rice is not considered a promise to be made to lure voters. “By lowering the price of the subsidised rice to Rs. 1 a kg, former Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy has hardly left any scope for the parties now to subsidise it further,” opined a Congress activist in Adilabad. “We have decided to not take credit for the scheme as it would mean praising Mr. Kiran,” he added. Referring to the scheme, a TRS leader said: “We could have talked of issuing rice free of cost and enhancing monthly quota by say, a couple of kgs per elector. But the voters seem to be aiming higher than that.”

Voters the puppeteers!

During elections, contesting candidates and their supporters are nothing but puppets in the hands of voters. Whether the politicians like it or not, they have no choice but to do certain things to impress the voters. And former Minister J. Geeta Reddy did exactly that by dressing like a tribal person and dancing with a group of women at Zaheerabad. It did surprise many who have otherwise seen the sophisticated side of her.

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