Rash driving to signal jumping: Lok Sabha contestants pile up traffic challans in Telangana

U Sudhakar Reddy / TNN / Updated: May 4, 2024, 14:20 IST

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Lok Sabha poll contestants from BRS, Congress, and BJP have pending traffic challans. Some used police discount but committed fresh violations. Top candidates include Koppula Eshwar, Neelam Madhu, Suresh Kumar Shetkar. Congress finalized Himachal Pradesh candidates, while BSP enters Delhi fight.

Rash driving to signal jumping: Lok Sabha contestants pile up traffic challans in Telangana

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HYDERABAD: Several Lok Sabha poll contestants from major parties, including BRS, Congress and BJP, have pending challans against their vehicles for various traffic rules’ violations. The violations relate to dangerous driving, unauthorized parking, signal jumping and improper number plates, among others.
MP candidates are required to settle all dues before submitting poll affidavits.However, many of them are yet to clear their dues. They claim that they were not driving when the violations happened.
Some aspirants had cleared the challans during the recent discount offer by Telangana police, but some of them failed to utilize the opportunity. Some candidates, after clearing their dues, committed fresh violations.
Peddpalle Lok Sabha BRS candidate Koppula Eshwar has the highest number of challans, totalling Rs 6,210, pending since 2019. Congress Medak candidate Neelam Madhu has to clear Rs 3,305 fines, pending over the months for speeding.
Zahirabad Congress candidate Suresh Kumar Shetkar has pending challans of Rs Rs 3,105 for speeding since December 2023.

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U Sudhakar Reddy

Sudhakar Reddy Udumula is the Editor (Investigation) at the Times of India, Hyderabad. Following the trail of migration and drought across the rustic landscape of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Sudhakar reported extensively on government apathy, divisive politics, systemic gender discrimination, agrarian crisis and the will to survive great odds. His curiosity for peeking behind the curtain triumphed over the criminal agenda of many scamsters in the highest political and corporate circles, making way for breaking stories such as Panama Papers Scam, Telgi Stamp Paper Scam, and many others. His versatility in reporting extended to red corridors of left-wing extremism where the lives of security forces and the locals in Maoist-affected areas were key points of investigation. His knack for detail provided crucial evidence of involvement from overseas in terrorist bombings in Hyderabad.

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