Telangana: EC turned into BJP affiliate, alleges Ponnam Prabhakar

Karimnagar, Oct 6 (UNI) Telangana Transport and BC Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar alleged that the Election Commission of India (ECI), which is expected to uphold democratic values, was functioning like an affiliate of the BJP and that the names of eligible poor voters were being deleted from electoral rolls. Speaking to the media at Nakirikommula village in Koheda mandal of Karimnagar district on Tuesday, Prabhakar alleged that electoral roll revisions were earlier undertaken with the objective of ensuring that no eligible voter was left out, whereas the present process was resulting in the deletion of votes of poor and marginalised…