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Over 81 pc polling recorded Nothing but exploitation of poor: Sonia writes to PM on fuel prices in final phase of GP polls PNS n NEW DELHI Accusing the government of PNS n VIJAYAWADA spirit of voters as they lined up "profiteering" off "people's mis- in good numbers to exercise ery", Congress chief Sonia their franchise in some man- Gandhi on Sunday wrote to A few incidents of violence, dals in SPS Nellore district, Prime Minister Narendra mostly in Guntur district, sources in the State Election Modi over "spiralling" fuel marred the fourth and final Commission here said. prices, urging him to follow BJP not serious con- phase of elections to the gram In the fourth phase, polling Raj Dharma' and reduce the tender in Kerala, says panchayats in Andhra Pradesh was held to elect 2,743 village prices by partially rolling back on Sunday, which saw 81.78 sarpanches and 22,423 ward excise duty. Shashi Tharoor per cent polling. members in 3,299 gram pan- In a three-page letter to Police made lathicharge at a chayats. Modi, she said the truth is that couple of places in Guntur dis- Already, 554 sarpanches as GDP "nosedives", the prices trict to quell clashing mobs were declared elected unop- of gas, diesel and petrol con- 5 while polling agents of candi- posed. tinue to rise unchecked. dates were allegedly beaten up According to the State Gandhi also said govern- almost all household items petrol price to Rs 90.58 a litre in some places, police sources Election Commission, more ments are elected to ease the and essential commodities," in Delhi and to Rs 97 in said. than 80 per cent polling was burden of people and at the the Congress chief said. Mumbai. In Sattenapalli constituency, recorded in each of the four very least, not work directly "Sadly, in these distressing Stressing that fuel prices are agents of rival candidates phases of elections to the pan- contrary to their interests. times, the government has at an "historic and unsustain- clashed with each other inside tors while the miscreants was deployed under the direct chayats. "I write to you to convey chosen to profiteer off people's able" high, Gandhi said petrol a polling station and suffered jumped over the polling station supervision of a Deputy After a protracted stand-off every citizen's anguish and misery and suffering," Gandhi has breached the Rs 100 per injuries. Both were rushed to compound wall and carried out Superintendent of Police to between the YS Jaganmohan deep distress regarding the said. litre mark in many parts of the the hospital for treatment. the attack on the agent. prevent untoward incidents, Reddy government and the spiralling fuel and gas prices. Petrol price on Saturday country and the surging price At Mutluru village near "Some stray incidents do given the sensitive nature of the State Election Commissioner On one hand, India is witness- touched an all-time high of Rs of diesel has added to the Guntur, a polling agent happen but we have acted polling station. N Ramesh Kumar and the ing systematic erosion of jobs, 97 per litre in Mumbai while escalating woes of millions of attempted to immolate himself swiftly. We will bring the cul- In East Godavari district, resultant legal battle, elections wages and household income. diesel rate crossed Rs 88-mark. farmers. after rivals allegedly thrashed prits involved in the violent two old-aged men collapsed to the gram panchayats, the The middle class and those at This was the 12th straight day "What baffles most citizens, him inside a polling station, the incidents to book," Guntur and died after exercising their lowest tier in the Panchayat Raj the margins of our society are of price hike and the largest is that these prices have been sources said. Urban district Superintendent franchise in separate villages, in structure, were completed in struggling. These challenges daily increase since oil compa- increased despite moderate This led to tension in the vil- of Police Ammi Reddy told what was suspected to be cases four phases between February have been compounded by nies started to revise rates on prices of international crude oil. lage as villagers alleged that reporters. of heart attack. 9 and 21. runaway inflation and an a daily basis in 2017. 2 Less under Modi rule police remained mute specta- He said a strong police force Rain did not dampen the 2 unprecedented rise in price of The increase pushed the than UPA: Chugh Govt working on BJP playing law to regulate YSRCP-backed candidates bag histrionics on VSP 4 social media, says all panchayats in Pulivendula privatisation: Ganta Ram Madhav PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM SNV SUDHIR Of the total 109 panchayats YS Vivekananda Reddy won PNS n KOLKATA n VIJAYAWADA of Pulivendula, notifications twice, while YS Vijayalakshmi Former minister Ganta were issued for 108 panchayats bagged the seat once. Srinivasa Rao has charged the BJP leader Ram Madhav said Even as the YSRCP-backed withholding one panchayat. Jagan has been representing BJP with playing histrionics that social media has become candidates had continued the While 90 panchayats had Pulivendula since 2014. In on Visakhapatnam Steel Plant so powerful that it can even winning streak in the fourth unanimously elected YSRCP- 2019, polls he won with a (VS) privatisation issue. topple governments, leading to and final phase of the panchay- backed candidates, the polling majority of 90,110 votes by He appealed to the politi- anarchy and weakening DGP Gautam D Sawang interacts with voters during a visit to Kothavalasa village at polls, the ruling party has was held for the remaining 18 securing 73.48 per cent of the cal outfits to work united to democracy, and solutions to in Vizianagaram district on Sunday. one more reason to cheer. panchayats on Sunday. total polled votes over the TDP save the VSP setting aside the tackle this are needed to be While the opposition leader In all the 18 panchayats, candidate SV Satish Reddy. political affiliations. found within the constitution- and TDP chief N Chandrababu YSRCP-candidates won regis- Out of the total 89 panchayats that In a statement on Sunday, al framework. Speaking at the Naidu, who is considered a tering 100 per cent victory. went to polls during the third Ganta Srinivasa Rao noted launch of his new book DGP inspects booths political giant, lost majority of These 109 panchayats come phase in Kuppam, 75 have been that every political outfit is 'Because India Comes First', panchayats that come under his under Pulivendula, Vemula, bagged by the candidates backed resorting to one protest or the Madhav said democracy is home-turf Kuppam in Chittoor Simhadripuram, Thondduru, by YSRCP. TDP supporters had other to prevent privatisation stressed and facing new chal- in Vizianagaram dist district, his bête noire and Lingala, Vempalli, Chakraya- bagged only 14 panchayats which of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant lenges with the rise of "non- Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan peta mandals of Pulivendula is 13.59 per cent.