T'gana EC declares poll process in Gaggallapalli MPTC poll

The Telangana State Election Commission Saturday declared as void, the election process so far held in Gaggallapally Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituency in Nagarkurnool district on charges that the Congress candidate was offered a bribe to withdraw.

The Commission had asked the district officials to send a factual report in the wake of media reports on the issue.

In a notification, the EC said the Collector and District Election Authority, Nagarkurnool,had sent a detailed report to it on the events that occurred in the election, "alluding to abuse of force/influence/money power,leading to the withdrawal of the candidature of Dodla Venkat Narayan Reddy, the Congress candidate."