Days before polling visuals surfaced of huge piles of empty liquor bottles in villages, a testimony to the free flow of alcohol and reports suggested that liquor worth Rs 200 crore was distributed and consumed.
A high drama, accusations and counter-accusations by the three key political parties and scuffles between the cadres of BJP and TRS marked the polling.
The campaign at Munugode bypoll which is slated for November 3, has not only been one of the most expensive bypoll elections with money and liquor flowing freely but ugly too with accusations and counter accusations of political bribery, phone tapping, MLA poaching against each other.
Rapolu Ananda, who belongs to the weavers’ community, has quit the party to join TRS. The TRS has taken up the issue of imposition of GST on handloom products
Komatireddy Venkat Reddy said that with both ruling parties (the TRS in the state and the BJP at Centre) in the fray Congress does not seem to stand a chance in the election. His brother is contesting the seat on BJP ticket.
TRS working president KT Rama Rao has objected to the decision of the ECI to transfer the Returning Office, stating that this was an indication of how the BJP misuses the Constitutional institutions.
With both assembly and general elections round the corner a win or loss at Munugode in Telangana will have far-reaching consequences for BJP, Congress and TRS.
