Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Madhavi Latha, BJP candidate from Telangana’s Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat, is embroiled in controversy after a video surfaced of her allegedly checking the identity of Muslim women voters at a polling booth. Although she says that she was not wrong. He said today (May 14) that he has received information that the presiding officer has caught a minor girl casting her vote at the booth.
While talking to news agency ANI, Madhavi Lata, BJP candidate from Hyderabad, said, “We got information that the presiding officer has caught a minor girl while casting her vote. They are not registering an FIR. They are trying to register an FIR against me.” Madhavi Lata said that I am getting FIR in the form of ‘Ram Baan’.
According to media reports, this is not the first time that an FIR has been registered against BJP candidate Madhavi Lata. Last month, a video of Madhavi Lata was severely criticized in which she was seen pretending to make and shoot an arrow near a mosque. Although he later denied targeting the mosque, he publicly apologized to the people for hurting religious sentiments.
#WATCH , Telangana: On FIR registered against her, BJP candidate from Hyderabad, Madhavi Latha says, “… We got the information that presiding officer caught a minor girl casting her vote… They are not registering an FIR. They are free to register an FIR on me but not on… pic.twitter.com/ijvGtXUUYB
— ANI (@ANI) May 14, 2024
Madhavi Lata’s claim – 90 percent polling booths were messed up
An FIR was registered on Monday against BJP candidate Madhavi Lata in connection with the removal of hijab from Muslim women during voting in Hyderabad on Monday. On this, while contesting from Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat, he defended himself by saying that his work was only an effort to ensure the integrity of the electoral process. Along with this, he alleged that there were irregularities in 90 percent of the polling booths.
Madhavi Lata lifted the hijab of Muslim women during voting.
During this, when BJP candidate Madhavi Lata was asked about removing the hijab of Muslim women, she said – I am a candidate. According to the law, the candidate has the right to check the identity without face mask. I am not a man. I’m woman. Madhavi Lata said, ‘I politely asked those women if I could see (the face) and check it with the identity card. If someone wants to make an issue of it, it means that he is scared.
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