Results were manipulated in Srikakulam local body polls, alleges YSRCP leader

Former MLA and YSRCP leader Gunda Lakshmi Devi. | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT

Former MLA Gunda Lakshmi Devi, who recently joined the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), has alleged that the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leaders had indulged in malpractices in association with a few officials to alter results in the rural local body elections.

She alleged that several YSRCP MPTC candidates had won the elections, but their fate was forcibly changed with the result ‘manipulation’ during vote counting .

Speaking to media on Monday, she said that many YSRCP MPTC candidates had won in Gara and Srikakulam mandals but were forced to accept defeat following the alleged ‘manipulations’ in counting process. She accused the ruling party of misusing official machinery to gain political milage in the urban and rural local body elections.

Ms. Lakshmi Devi expressed confidence that the YSRCP would register a victory in the Srikakulam Municipal Corporation elections, which are expected to be held soon.

Ms. Lakshmi Devi said that people in Srikakulam city would reject the NDA candidates as they were fed up with the alliance parties following the large-scale violence that she claimed had occurred during the election process.

Published - November 09, 2026 07:59 pm IST