Former MLA and YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) leader Gunda Lakshmi Devi has alleged that Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leaders collaborated with certain officials to alter the outcomes of rural local body elections in Srikakulam.
Addressing the media on Monday, Lakshmi Devi, who recently joined the YSRCP, stated that several of her party's MPTC candidates had initially won in the Gara and Srikakulam mandals. However, she claimed their victories were forcibly turned into defeats because of vote manipulation during the counting process. She further accused the ruling party of misusing administrative machinery to gain political advantage across urban and rural local body contests.
Looking ahead to the Srikakulam Municipal Corporation elections expected to be held soon, Lakshmi Devi expressed confidence in a YSRCP victory. She asserted that residents of Srikakulam city would reject NDA candidates, claiming voters were fed up with the alliance parties following large-scale violence during the election process.
