Andhra Pradesh BJP unit has taken up an all-out fight with DGP RP Thakur, who is in the thick of political controversies ahead of elections. BJP delegation led by AP unit president Kanna Lakshminarayana met with officials of Election Commission of India in Delhi. They explained the ground level issues on the police bias in favour of the TDP. They demanded that AP DGP be transferred from his present post at the time of elections.

BJP spokesman GVL Narasimha Rao has also accused the AP police of acting like the Telugu Desam Party activists rather than the public servants or government employees. Kanna Lakshminarayana told the Election Commission that the TDP government is misusing the official machinery and committing data thefts. The names of voters belonging to non-TDP parties are being deleted from the lists by filing fake form-7 applications, he said.

Kanna said the AP officials are not bothering to take any action though many complaints were made and they were favouring the TDP in all issues. YCP leaders have also complained that the TDP is getting its voters’ names illegally deleted from the lists. Meanwhile, the TDP says it is a larger conspiracy by Jagan, KCR and PM Modi.