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Owaisi flags BLOs refusing enumeration forms in Telangana
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has urged the Election Commission and GHMC Commissioner to probe complaints that Booth Level Officers in Telangana refused to accept enumeration forms on August 9 and 10, citing…
The Story in Brief
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has urged the Election Commission and GHMC Commissioner to probe complaints that Booth Level Officers in Telangana refused to accept enumeration forms on August 9 and 10, citing public holidays. Owaisi said on X that many people panicked at his party's guidance desk after BLOs told them forms would not be accepted on Bonalu and Rangam. He noted that the EC deadline to submit forms is August 10 and asked authorities to ensure eligible voters are not deprived.
Separately, BJP leader N Ramchander Rao told an SIR workshop in Hyderabad that party workers are helping eligible voters enrol. Rao alleged that BRS, Congress and AIMIM are trying to include illegal immigrants in the electoral rolls to protect vote banks. He also questioned the issuance of Family Register Certificates, calling it an attempt to legitimise illegal elements. The second phase of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls has begun in Telangana.
The Indian Opinion
The Owaisi complaint and Rao's counter-accusation show how every routine election exercise becomes a communal blame game. Owaisi's claim that BLOs cited Bonalu and Rangam holidays needs a clear ECI response: did it instruct BLOs to work on those dates? Rao's charge that rivals are sneaking in illegal immigrants through SIR is the other side of the same lazy narrative. Neither party offers proof. The concrete test: how many forms were actually rejected and on what grounds in the two days? The data will settle whose panic is real.
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com
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