Dalit residents cry foul in division bifurcation
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Shrinking of voter list changes equations, allege the community members
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Shrinking of voter list changes equations, allege the community members
With a slight tweak in the voters’ list to shift half of the Dalit residents into the neighbouring division, the marginalised community became shrunken in population and their collective bargaining power diluted.
Though a majority in this locality, the community lost reservation status and as such, representation in both the wards.
Mariapuram, Bhavani Nagar, Marathi Street, and Arundhati Nagar fall under the 40th division of Kadapa municipal corporation. Of the 5,100 votes, around 2,200 votes have allegedly been shifted ‘clandestinely’ to the adjoining 41st division by an upper caste leader belonging to the ruling party, who reportedly nurtures aspiration to jump into the fray in elections.