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Hyderabad
A case was filed against BJP candidate from Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency, Madhavi Latha on Monday (May 13) after her video asking burqa-clad Muslim women to reveal their faces at a polling booth in order to match identities with the voter ID cards went viral on the internet.
The case against Latha was lodged under sections 171C, 186, 505(1)(c) of IPC and Section 132 of the Representation of the People Act at the Malakpet Police Station.
Hyderabad, Collector in a post on X wrote, "A case is registered in Malakpet Police Station against Smt Madhavi Latha, contesting candidate, BJP under sections 171C, 186, 505(1)(c) of IPC and Section 132 of the Representation of the People Act."
A case is registered in Malakpet Police Station against Smt Madhavi Latha, Contesting candidate, BJP under sections 171C, 186, 505(1)(c) of IPC and Section 132 of the Representation of the People Act
— Collector Hyderabad (@Collector_HYD) May 13, 2024
Clarifying her stance, in a conversation with news agency ANI Latha said that she had only requested the women to verify their identity and that there wasn't anything wrong in this.
#WATCH | Telangana: BJP candidate from Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency, Madhavi Latha visits a polling booth in the constituency. Voting for the fourth phase of #LokSabhaElections2024 is underway. pic.twitter.com/BlsQXRn80C
— ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2024
"I am a candidate. As per law candidate has the right to check the ID cards without the facemasks. I am not a man, I am a woman and with a lot of humbleness, I have only requested them - can I please see and verify with the ID cards? If somebody wants to make a big issue out of it, that means they are scared," she said.
Also read: Lok Sabha Elections 2024: YSR Congress MLA slaps voter in polling queue. Watch
Latha alleges discrepancies in voter list
Earlier today, Latha claimed discrepancies in the voter list in her constituency.
"The Police personnel seem very dull, they are not active...They are not checking anything. Senior citizen voters are coming here but their names are deleted from the list. A few of them are residents of Goshamahal but their names are in the list of Rangareddy...," ANI quoted the BJP leader as saying.
Latha is competing against four-time Lok Sabha MP and AIMIM chief, Asaduddin Owaisi from the Hyderabad seat and Bharat Rashtra Samithi's Gaddam Srinivas Yadav.
This is for the very first time that the saffron party has fielded a female candidate from this Lok Sabha constituency.
(With inputs from agencies)