Reddy said that his party is doubting that tampering could have been done in EVMs. He added that slips should be counted in Voter-verifiable paper audit trails (VVPAT).
As the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leading for a massive victory, Congress party on Tuesday blamed EVM tampering for the same. Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee's Uttam Kumar Reddy has said that he is having doubts on results.
Reddy said that his party is doubting that tampering could have been done in EVMs. He added that slips should be counted in Voter-verifiable paper audit trails (VVPAT).
Alleging EVM tampering in the Telganagan Assembly elections, Reddy asserted that all Congress leaders will complain to RO officers and will also complain to ECI about the same issue. "How can TRS leaders say before counting that who will lose in elections," he was quoted as saying on ANI.
However, TRS MP K Kavitha refuted the charges and said, "The losing party always says the EVMs have been tampered with, this is absolutely false. Even the CEC in a press meeting yesterday said that it is not possible. People have given victory to TRS, what Congress is claiming is false."
Counting of votes in Telangana commenced at 8 in the morning.
Meanwhile, The TRS was on course to return to power with a thumping majority in Telangana if the initial trends hold, with party candidates leading in 92 out of the total 119 assembly constituencies.
TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao (Gajwel), his son K T Rama Rao (Sircilla) and nephew T Harish Rao (Siddipet) have established handsome leads, as the party's gamble to go in for early elections seems to be paying off.
KCR, as the caretaker chief minister is referred to by many, is leading by 9,212 votes over his nearest Congress rival Vanteru Pratap Reddy.
Rama Rao was ahead of K K Mahender Reddy (Congress) by by 15,096 votes.
Harish Rao was leading by 19,989 votes over his nearest TJS nominee Bhavani Reddy.
Several of KCR's cabinet colleagues were leading in their constituencies.
"This was expected because the people have accepted the (welfare) schemes (initiated by the government)...the infrastructure that has been built....24-hour power supply and timely pensions," TRS floor leader in the Lok Sabha, A P Jithender Reddy told PTI.
The Congress, which forged an opposition alliance with the Telugu Desam Party, the Telangana Jana Samiti, and the CPI, is heading for a heavy defeat, according to initial trends.
The Rahul Gandhi-led party is ahead in only 16 segments, while the TDP headed by the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu was leading in just two.
The BJP, which had won five seats in alliance with the TDP in the previous elections in 2014, went alone this time and was leading in two constituencies.
Telangana BJP president K Laxman was trailing his TRS rival M Gopal in Musheerabad seat in Hyderabad by 2710 votes.
(With inputs from PTI)
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