Madhavi Latha booked for checking Muslim women's IDs at polling booth

BJP candidate from Hyderabad, Kompella Madhavi Latha has landed in trouble for asking burqa-clad women at a polling booth to show their faces so that she can match them with their voter ID cards. The video of the same went viral. Soon after that, police registered a case against her in Malakpet Police station.

A case has been registered under sections 171C, 186, 505(1)(c) of IPC and Section 132 of the Representation of the People Act.

Madhavi Latha is up against the sitting Member of Parliament (MP) from Hyderabad Asaduddin Owaisi.

While speaking about the incident, Madhavi Latha told the news agency ANI that a candidate has the right to check voter ID cards.

She further said, "I am a candidate. As per law, a candidate has the right to check ID cards without facemasks. I am not a man, I am a woman and with a lot of humility, I requested them. If somebody wants to make a big issue out of it, it means they are scared."

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