Money is king: ‘Omitted’ of cash-for-vote; Tamil Nadu residents protest, demand cost | India Information
COIMBATORE: A protest in Tamil Nadu left behind an ungainly fact for the election season – outrage, this time, was not over bribery itself however over who did not get it. Anger over being omitted of the alleged cash-for-votes payout spilt onto a key street in Kottur, a rural pocket about 40km south of Coimbatore and roughly 500km southwest of Chennai, as residents blocked site visitors in the direction of close by Pollachi on Monday.Protesters mentioned that households in close by areas had acquired cash from a political get together earlier than polling on April 23, whereas their locality was skipped. They demanded “equal remedy, turning a routine election malpractice right into a public standoff”.Native police warned that each demanding and accepting cash for votes is a felony offence and informed the gang that instances may observe for illegal meeting and blocking a public street. Protesters dispersed quickly after.District officers mentioned complaints about money distribution had surfaced, however this seemed to be the primary protest pushed by exclusion from such handouts. Flying squads and static surveillance groups have been requested to accentuate patrolling within the Kottur space to hint the supply of the alleged money distribution.A social activist mentioned that the episode underscored how entrenched the apply has change into. “Folks now see money for votes as an entitlement,” he mentioned. TNN
