Hyderabad: Telangana Congress working president T Jayaprakash (Jagga) Reddy on Monday claimed that BJP has been coming to power through vote chori and accused the party of trampling upon people’s voting rights.Stating that Rahul Gandhi had taken to the streets of Delhi to fight for the protection of democracy and the right to vote, he called upon Congress workers and the public to support Rahul Gandhi’s struggle against alleged vote theft and for the protection of voting rights.Jagga Reddy organised a rally in Sangareddy town on Monday in support of Rahul Gandhi’s campaign ‘SIR Go Back’ and ‘Gyanesh Kumar Go Back’. Hundreds of Congress workers, along with Nirmala Jagga Reddy, participated in the rally, which began at the IB Guest House and proceeded to Ambedkar Chowk near the Old Bus Stand.Participants raised slogans such as ‘Gyanesh Kumar must resign’, ‘Down down Modi’ and ‘Long live Rahul Gandhi’. Upon reaching Ambedkar Chowk, Jagga Reddy paid floral tributes to the statue of BR Ambedkar.“Is it right for us to remain comfortably at home while our leader Rahul Gandhi is fighting on the streets of Delhi? We must all come out onto the streets to support him,” Jagga Reddy said.He explained that although he could have travelled to Delhi, he had chosen to organise a rally in Sangareddy to express solidarity with Rahul Gandhi’s struggle.Jagga Reddy urged every Congress worker to spread awareness about the alleged irregularities in electoral rolls to at least 10 other people. He said Rahul Gandhi had declared that the agitation would continue until chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar resigns.Stating that his own protest in Sangareddy would continue until the demand was met, Jagga Reddy called upon party workers to stand firmly behind Rahul Gandhi’s campaign.
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