The Election Fee on Sunday barred Telangana Vitality Minister G. Jagadish Reddy from campaigning within the Munugode Meeting bypoll for 48 hours after discovering him in violation of the Mannequin Code of Conduct.
The EC had issued Reddy a discover on Saturday over his speech asking voters to help Chief Minister Okay. Chandrashekar Rao in the event that they wished sure welfare schemes to proceed, or help Prime Minister Narendra Modi if they didn’t. The EC had obtained a grievance from BJP chief Kapilavai Dileep Kumar alleging that Reddy had stated welfare schemes can be stopped if voters didn’t vote for the TRS candidate.
In its order, the EC stated Reddy had responded to the discover saying that he had not made any speech saying that every one welfare schemes can be stopped if folks didn’t vote for the candidate. He added the assertion didn’t come below the definition of “corrupt practices” . The EC barred Reddy from holding public conferences, processions, rallies, interviews and public utterances within the media in reference to the November 3 by-poll from Sunday pm onwards.