AMARAVATI: The YSRCP on Monday rejected Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu's claim that the local body poll results showed growing support for the ruling alliance. Former minister Perni Nani told reporters at the party's central office in Tadepalli that the alliance had won through the police, officials and money, and challenged Naidu to release CCTV footage from every polling booth.
What Perni Nani alleged
- Police obstructed YSRCP nominations for 84 ZPTC seats and more than 2,000 MPTC seats.
- The party was left without chairperson candidates in 17 municipalities.
- YSRCP workers faced bind-over cases and rowdy sheets, and the State Election Commission did not act independently.
- Despite this, the YSRCP polled 34% of the vote.
- He asked the government to name who got the 20 lakh jobs it claims to have created and questioned its promise of 34% reservation for Backward Classes.
Naidu's figures
Earlier on Monday, Naidu said the alliance's vote share rose from 55.3% in 2024 to 58.9%, while the YSRCP's fell from 39.81% to 33.56%. He said the alliance won 3,233 of 3,941 wards in urban local bodies, against 558 wards and four urban bodies for the YSRCP. At the same press conference he renewed his demand that ₹500 notes be scrapped. The TDP had not responded to Nani's allegations by Monday night.
The schedule for gram panchayat elections is due on November 13, with polling in three phases on November 26, November 29 and December 2.
