Complaint made to Election Commission as nomination rejected

Vikarabad: The district leaders of Congress party complained to the State Election Commission for rejecting party's ZPTC candidate. District party president and Tandur MLA Rohith Reddy, former minister Prasad Kumar, ZPTC candidate Sunitha Sampath, leaders P Narsimlu, A Srinivas and others lodged a complaint to State Election Commissioner Nagireddy, here on Tuesday. Responding to the complaint, the commissioner assured them to look into the matter after obtaining details from the respective collector.

Later, speaking to the media, MLA Rohit Reddy said, the returning officer unilaterally rejected nomination of Sunita Sampath, who is the party's nominee of ZP chairperson. The congress leaders said they would continue the legal battle until they get justice.