Telangana: BRS’ ‘Star Campaigner’ KTR Served EC Notice; KCR Gets Advisory Over Model Code of Conduct

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader KT Rama Rao has been served a notice by the Election Commission for combining an official visit with the political/private one, while his father and party head K Chandrashekar Rao gets an advisory from the poll body where it has asked him to follow the provisions of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC).

KTR, who is also a minister in the outgoing government, was served the notice based on a complaint from Congress leader Randeep Surjewala. It was alleged that he violated the MCC by visiting the T-works office in Hyderabad on November 20 and interacted with a large number of youth employed in the office and promised to fill government jobs in T-Works.

The complaint was regarding the use of government offices for political activities.

In the notice issued to KTR, the EC said he is not only a candidate in the ongoing assembly elections in Telangana but also a star campaigner of the BRS.

“…you are expected to follow the provisions of the MCC and ECI’s extant instructions during the election campaigning and… the Commission is, prima facie, held that by visiting to a Govt. Institution and using the platform of T-works for political activities and combining your official visit with political/private visit, you have violated the above said instruction of the Model Code of Conduct,” the notice said.

KTR has been asked to reply to the notice by 3 pm on Sunday.

KCR Asked to Follow MCC

Meanwhile, KCR was served a notice for following the MCC referring to a speech he delivered last month.

The advisory, issued on Friday and made public on ECI website late on Saturday, was based on KCR’s comments on the Congress at a public meeting in Banswada on October 30.

Based on a complaint filed by NSUI state president Venkat Balmoor on November 3, 2023, the advisory said it has been alleged that KCR, who is also a Star Campaigner of the BRS party, made “derogatory and provocative comments”.

Telangana will go for polls on November 30 while counting of the votes will take place on December 3.