HYDERAABED: Polling in Ward No. 26 in Old Malakpet will be held on December 3. The voting was stopped by the presiding officer after voters said the Communist Party of India (CPI) symbol of corn and sickle was replaced with the CPI(M) symbol of hammer, sickle and star on the ballot paper.
Firdous Fatima, a CPI candidate, complained to the state election commission and the polling officials before voting in the area was stopped.
“The AMIM went to Firdaus Fatima and told her to withdraw her nomination. How can there be a wrong party symbol? This is a threat to democracy,” alleged Chadda Venkat Reddy, a CPI leader.