Meet Telangana 'EPIC voters' who have multiple ID cards
Four votes are cast by Shaik Rehman, a resident of the Greater hyderabad district of Nampally, at a voting place in Ahmed nagar - New Oxford school, Syed Nagar. The same image and nearly similar characteristics are on four of his Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC) numbers. His name is written correctly, yet three cards indicate his age as 52 and one as 53. The spelling of his father's name varies slightly as well; on two cards, it is Alim, while on the other two, it is either Shaik Alam or Shaik Alm.
On the other hand, Venkata Phani bhushan Reddy Kodumuru owns two EPICs in the Serilingampally constituency in the western region of Hyderabad. One of his votes is recorded at the vidya Nikethan Model High school in Taranagar, while another is recorded at the Mandal Praja Parishad school in Miyapur's Ambedkar Nagar. Five km separates the two places. In the case of Phani Bhushan, one of his EPICs displays his entire name, while the other displays K v Phanibhushanreddy. There are subtle differences in his age and father's name as well.
This is just a small example of the wider problem of duplicate votes that affects constituencies outside of the ghmc data-borders. india Herald looked through the records of at least four constituencies to find several instances where voters were discovered to have been registered more than once, either at the same booth, within the same constituency, or in different constituencies, using the same name, photo, or minor variations in other details. Political parties and social groups claim that little has changed on the final electoral roster despite their repeated calls for an end to the rampant voter duplication. For instance, according to bjp leaders, over 90,000 identical ballots were cast in Serilingampally alone, of which only 40,000 have been so far eliminated. The assembly district has 6.83 lakh registered voters.
Triangular or Bipolar Battle in Telangana?
On the other hand, Venkata Phani bhushan Reddy Kodumuru owns two EPICs in the Serilingampally constituency in the western region of Hyderabad. One of his votes is recorded at the vidya Nikethan Model High school in Taranagar, while another is recorded at the Mandal Praja Parishad school in Miyapur's Ambedkar Nagar. Five km separates the two places. In the case of Phani Bhushan, one of his EPICs displays his entire name, while the other displays K v Phanibhushanreddy. There are subtle differences in his age and father's name as well.
This is just a small example of the wider problem of duplicate votes that affects constituencies outside of the ghmc data-borders. india Herald looked through the records of at least four constituencies to find several instances where voters were discovered to have been registered more than once, either at the same booth, within the same constituency, or in different constituencies, using the same name, photo, or minor variations in other details. Political parties and social groups claim that little has changed on the final electoral roster despite their repeated calls for an end to the rampant voter duplication. For instance, according to bjp leaders, over 90,000 identical ballots were cast in Serilingampally alone, of which only 40,000 have been so far eliminated. The assembly district has 6.83 lakh registered voters.
Triangular or Bipolar Battle in Telangana?
Congress has published its six promises, but has not yet made public its manifesto. Analysts claim that the major debate centres on whether kcr should be awarded another term after serving two straight terms in office. Beginning on october 15, the cm will begin touring. While congress leader G Niranjan insists that his party is the only option, bjp leader Marri Shashidhar reddy argues that the bjp is experiencing a quiet wave in Telangana. KT Rama Rao, the head of the BRS, hopes to serve a third term on the treasury benches. Rajanikanth, a political strategist, argues that whether the conflict is triangular or bipolar would have a significant impact. How the anti-incumbency votes are split between the congress and bjp will be crucial to how well the BRS does.