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  • EC Orders Action Against Andhra MLA Caught Damaging EVM On Camera |

    CCTV footage of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s party MLA damaging an electronic voting machine (EVM) in the Macherla assembly constituency has emerged, prompting the Election Commission to order the Andhra Pradesh police chief to take strict criminal action against the ruling YSRC MLA.  

    The video that surfaced pertains to the May 13 elections, during which seven EVMs were reportedly damaged in the Macherla constituency. Among them was the machine at booth number 202, where local MLA P Ramakrishna Reddy is accused of vandalising an EVM.  

    #BreakingNews : आंध्र प्रदेश में EVM तोड़ने पर चुनाव आयोग सख्त, विधायक के खिलाफ कार्रवाई का निर्देश#EVM #AndhraPradesh #Election2024 #Politics | @supreetanchor pic.twitter.com/bW8un7Y3L3


    — Zee News (@ZeeNews) May 22, 2024

    According to a report by PTI citing a statement from Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Mukesh Kumar Meena’s office, “In Macherla Assembly Constituency, EVMs were damaged in seven polling stations, including the PS no (polling station number) 202 where this incident of damage of EVM by the sitting MLA P Ramakrishna Reddy was recorded in the web camera.” The comment came late on Tuesday.  

    The statement also mentioned that the name of the MLA (P Ramakrishna Reddy) has been included as an accused during the investigation.  

    To aid in the ongoing probe, Palnadu district’s election officials provided footage of the VVPAT vandalism incident. Taking a firm stance on the matter, the election commission instructed the CEO to notify DGP Harish Kumar Gupta to take strict criminal action against all individuals involved.  

    The southern state of Andhra Pradesh conducted the Lok Sabha elections and Assembly polls on the same day (May 13). Following which, several reports of violence have emerged from various locations in the state, including Palnadu, Tirupati, and Anantapur. 

  • Prime Court docket stayed SIT probe in blanket method: Andhra government

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    NEW DELHI: Announcing that the remit of the particular investigation crew (SIT) arrange through the YSRC executive to probe alleged irregularities in initiatives began through the former Telugu Desam regime from 2014 to 2019, together with land acquisition in Amaravati, was once ‘extraordinarily slim’, the Andhra Pradesh State executive on Wednesday wondered as to how may just the Prime Court docket keep the SIT in a blanket method.

    Senior recommend AM Singhvi showing for the State, argued that government was once vested with energy to probe details and this energy was once separate and stood outdoor the distinct energy to create fee underneath the Fee of Inquiry Act.

    The submissions have been made ahead of the bench of Justices MR Shah and MM Sundresh, in a plea that had challenged the AP HC’s September 16 ruling of staying the charter of Cupboard Sub-Committee to study quite a lot of coverage choices, programmes, and so on., undertaken through the erstwhile TDP regime and SIT to probe alleged irregularities. The HC had stayed the federal government orders which had constituted the Cupboard Sub-Committee and SIT prima facie discovering that it was once politically motivated and that the present executive does no longer have the facility to carte blanche assessment all insurance policies propounded through the former executive.

    By means of a separate order delivered on September 16, the HC had additionally refused to impleadment of the Centre and ED as respondents even if the State had wanted to contain them within the investigation of the topic.

    Singhvi had additionally contended that the HC had utterly inaccurate itself through drawing an equivalence between the courtroom’s energy of judicial assessment and the chief’s energy to research. He additional asserted that  a successor executive would possibly examine allegations and costs in opposition to the erstwhile executive and the life of political contention does no longer vitiate any inquiries performed through the successor executive.

    “The issuance of the impugned GOs and assessment of the erstwhile executive’s insurance policies was once necessitated through popular allegations of corruption within the media and in other places. The investigation was once within the pastime of the State,”  he additional added.

    For the TDP chief, senior recommend Siddhartha Dave submitted that the GOs have been not anything however roving and fishing inquiry.“It’s not anything however felony investigation and what they are saying is that it’s not anything however administrative motion. That is arbitrary. There’s no offence disclosed as to what the SIT has to research,” he additional added.

    NEW DELHI: Announcing that the remit of the particular investigation crew (SIT) arrange through the YSRC executive to probe alleged irregularities in initiatives began through the former Telugu Desam regime from 2014 to 2019, together with land acquisition in Amaravati, was once ‘extraordinarily slim’, the Andhra Pradesh State executive on Wednesday wondered as to how may just the Prime Court docket keep the SIT in a blanket method.

    Senior recommend AM Singhvi showing for the State, argued that government was once vested with energy to probe details and this energy was once separate and stood outdoor the distinct energy to create fee underneath the Fee of Inquiry Act.

    The submissions have been made ahead of the bench of Justices MR Shah and MM Sundresh, in a plea that had challenged the AP HC’s September 16 ruling of staying the charter of Cupboard Sub-Committee to study quite a lot of coverage choices, programmes, and so on., undertaken through the erstwhile TDP regime and SIT to probe alleged irregularities. The HC had stayed the federal government orders which had constituted the Cupboard Sub-Committee and SIT prima facie discovering that it was once politically motivated and that the present executive does no longer have the facility to carte blanche assessment all insurance policies propounded through the former executive.

    By means of a separate order delivered on September 16, the HC had additionally refused to impleadment of the Centre and ED as respondents even if the State had wanted to contain them within the investigation of the topic.

    Singhvi had additionally contended that the HC had utterly inaccurate itself through drawing an equivalence between the courtroom’s energy of judicial assessment and the chief’s energy to research. He additional asserted that  a successor executive would possibly examine allegations and costs in opposition to the erstwhile executive and the life of political contention does no longer vitiate any inquiries performed through the successor executive.

    “The issuance of the impugned GOs and assessment of the erstwhile executive’s insurance policies was once necessitated through popular allegations of corruption within the media and in other places. The investigation was once within the pastime of the State,”  he additional added.

    For the TDP chief, senior recommend Siddhartha Dave submitted that the GOs have been not anything however roving and fishing inquiry.“It’s not anything however felony investigation and what they are saying is that it’s not anything however administrative motion. That is arbitrary. There’s no offence disclosed as to what the SIT has to research,” he additional added.