On the day of counting of votes for the Telangana Assembly elections on December 3, DGP Anjani Kumar and Additional DGP Sanjay Kumar Jain, both clad in khaki uniform, and CID chief Mahesh Bhagwat, in civilian clothes, walked into TPCC president A. Revanth Reddy’s house at Jubilee Hills around noon.
At the time, the Congress party had taken a big lead and was set to unseat the ruling BRS in Telangana. Mr Reddy was already being talked about as a potential Chief Ministerial candidate.
Mr. Anjani Kumar and Mr. Jain handed over flower bouquets to Mr. Revanth. The top police officials meeting the politician even before the official completion of the results announcement raised many an eyebrow. Moreover, the model code of conduct (MCC) was in force till 5 p.m. on Sunday. Construing this as a violation of the MCC, the ECI wrote to the State government to initiate action against the DGP.
But this is not an isolated incident. The Hindu’s Telangana deputy editor, Marri Ramu, looks back at other recent examples when top police officials in Telangana have invited the wrath of the ECI.
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Presentation: Marri Ramu
Videography: K Shiva Shanker
Production: Shibu Narayan
