Off The Record: Jumbo Ballot in Jubilee Hills By-Election Whose Horn is Going to Dig? How effective will they be in a neck to neck fight? If there are 58 candidates, why are 48 of them non-locals? Nominations filed to take revenge on the ruling Congress as well as the opposition BRS? Why oppose both parties at the same time?
In any election, there are usually four or five independents along with the main party candidates. But… this time the situation in Jubilee Hills by-election looks completely different. While the deadline for filing nominations was 3 pm on the last day, it was the wee hours of the morning to receive the documents from the candidates who had stood in the queue till then. Even to vote as a general they will not queue till that time.
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So… a total of 211 people made 321 nominations. Even after a majority of them were rejected in the scrutiny, 81 people remained in the ring. After that 23 people withdrew… finally 58 candidates stood in the competition. However… this is not a small number either. Out of those 58 candidates, 10 are locals along with the main party candidates, while the remaining 48 are outsiders who have no connection with the constituency. Here a new discussion has arisen. Even if there is no connection with the constituency, if there is a huge number of nominations, then the campaign has started saying that it is opposition to the government.
Another interesting point here is that people who are opposed to the government as well as the opposition party have also filed nominations. The farmers of Mirkhanpet, Yacharam, Muchharla and Kadtal surrounding areas during the previous BRS government had opposed the acquisition of land in the name of pharmacy. Also… if he comes to power in 2023 assembly elections…. Even though they have announced that the lands will be returned to the farmers, they are also opposing the Congress as the process has not yet started. All the land victims of Pharma City… have nothing to do with Jubilee Hills… they stood in the bye-election against both parties.
Also… the farmers who are losing their land due to the change in the alignment of the regional ring road, the representatives of the unemployed JAC and SC who have lost their jobs due to the non-announcement of job vacancies, the retired employees’ welfare association who are not getting the retirement benefits… to whom are they trying to express their protest in the Jubilee Hills ring? If he comes from somewhere and puts nomination in Jubilee Hills… will the voters here support him? Since there are so many people, the discussions are going on in the sense that if one or two can make an impact, who will lose.
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The main parties are also fighting each other. BRS is determined to retain the sitting seat by any means due to the death of its MLA who scored a hat-trick in Jubilee Hills. Also… the Rose Party also has a plan to show that there is opposition to the Congress government within two years, and through that they can benefit in the local elections. Also, since the Congress party is in power, it wants to win under any circumstances and prove that its strength has not diminished. Hence…Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka has been entrusted with the responsibility of monitoring constituency by-elections and two ministers have been appointed as in-charges for each division. The state leadership, which has been assigned the responsibility of one person for every ten polling booths, is aiming for the victory of the Congress candidate with the largest majority in the by-election.
The situation is so tight.. neck to neck and every vote is becoming the most important in the case… the excitement is increasing as to whose horn the independents in the ring will sink. And two of the independent candidates got BRS party symbols of car like road roller and chapati roller symbols.
Concerns are being expressed in pink circles about this. However…this time, the name and symbols of the candidates in the ring are going to be put in the first time EVM along with their photo, which is a bit of relief. Like this… the Jablihills by-election is becoming very exciting with various twists.