On October 28, the Telangana Energy Minister Jagadish Reddy received a notice from the Election Commission (EC) for allegedly scaring voters by stating that if they do not support the candidate of the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), all welfare programmes will be discontinued. The Telangana Minister met with the District Election Commission on Saturday and gave him his statement in response. The Telangana Minister claimed that the BJP is spreading false information while claiming that their government is committed to putting welfare programmes into place. The Minister said, "BJP leaders have filed the false news to the Election Commission as they fear they will lose in the Munugode By-polls." Mr. Jagadish Reddy stated, "I think the Election Commission will agree with my assertion."
