Farmers of turmeric and jowar in Nizamabad have requested the Election Commission (EC) to postpone Lok Sabha election by another 10 days as against the scheduled date of April 11. Further, farmers are demanding for a ballot paper instead of EVM.
Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency is witnessing highest number of MP candidates in the fray. Kalvakuntla Kavitha, daughter of TRS supremo and Telangana chief minister k Chandrashekhar Rao, is sitting MP from Nizamabad constituency.
In the memorandum submitted to the Telangana Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), the farmers said: “It’s not justified that candidates of main political parties have been listed in the top of the poll ballot list. We request the EC to list the contesting candidates in alphabetic order. Moreover, so far the minimum awareness programme was not conducted for 185 candidates in the fray. The local election official is not coordinating with independent candidates.”
However, central election commission deputy commissioner Umesh Sinha has clarified that postponement of election is not possible and Lok Sabha polls in Telangana will be held as per the schedule.
The EC has kept poll equipment ready for Lok Sabha elections in Telangana. About 25,000 ballot units, 2,000 control units and 2,000 VVPATs have been earmarked for Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency, which spans over two districts Nizamabad and Jagtial. Nizamabad district has 1,272 polling stations and 516 polling stations in Jagtial district.
