Hindupur Parliamentary constituency candidate Gorantla Madhav, who awaits relieving orders from Kurnool DIG, approached the Election Commission of India. On behalf of the ECI, Chief Electoral Officer Gopalakrishna Dwivedi in an official order asked the DIG to expedite the relieving process so that the former Circle Inspector could file his nomination on Monday.
Gorantla Madhav, who is on his way to Hindupur after meeting party president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, told reporters here on Sunday that it was mastermind of Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu to put hurdles in the nomination filing process.
“I was asked to come into Telugu Desam Party when I took on Anantapur MP J.C. Diwakar Reddy to protect the self-respect of police personnel, but I refused and joined the YSR Congress Party attracted by the party’s ideology,” said Mr. Madhav.
The YSR Congress Party has issued two B-forms to Mr. Madhav and his spouse Savitha, who will be filing another set of nominations on Monday. If technically Mr. Madhav’s nomination is rejected if his VRS application is not approved by the Kurnool DIG, Ms. Savitha would become the official nominee of the party.
Terming this as an attack on the Backward Classes, he said the TDP had relieved persons within days who chose to contest on TDP ticket, but was delaying his case just because he chose to join YSRCP. He pointed out that TDP which never gave importance to this class of people, was stopping him from contesting elections through back door means, Mr. Madhav alleged.
