Hyderabad activist Lubna Sarawath hunger strike against Election Commission
Hyderabad: Hyderabad based activist, Lubna Sarawat sits in for a hunger strike from dusk till dawn, a day before the counting on June 3, Monday at her residence. Lubna began her fast, as she was denied electoral information from the election commission despite multiple requests.
Lubna had planned for a hunger-strike at the Dharna Chowk, however, she was disallowed by the Domalguda Police and they took her to the police station. Further her advocate, Qudisa Tabassum got her out of station.
Lubna in her statement to the media said, “I have not been given the election documents’ information about that i am entitled to, in spite of repeated requests thru various modes of communication viz., whatsapp, calls, emails, social media.” Lubna is also one of the candidates contested from the Hyderabad Parliamentary constituency.
EC did not provide information, entitled for the candidate
Lubna said that she was asking information related to the account of votes recorded in all the 1944 polling booths in the Hyderabad constituency through Form 17C Part 1, Annexure I Polling Station Data for Scrutiny Decision’ & ‘Annexure II Recommendation of Retuning Officer for Re-poll after scrutiny of Form 17A and other documents’. She further asked for the Tabulated polling booth wise data of number of electors vis a vis Number of Votes polled in Hyderabad constituency and booth wise lists of ASD (Absentee, Shifted, Deceased) as given to the Presiding Officer on the day of election, held on May 13, 2024.
She further notified that she is going on a hunger strike at her home to the CEO of Telangana through a letter. In the letter, she said, “It is an affront to the democratic process that I as a candidate have not been given the above documents till date, which should have been actually available in public domain. This is highly distressful that even as counting day i.e, 4 June 2024 is approaching i do not have a single document sought for.”