Two Telangana villages, two battles: Residents stuck in 40-year poll freeze | Hyderabad News
MANCHERIAL: In Gudem, the election buzz ends before it begins. This village in Mancherial hasn’t voted in a gram panchayat poll since 1983, with villagers boycotting elections ever since the govt reserved local seats for STs, a category they say never existed in the village.“I voted in the 1983 sarpanch election. After that, I don’t…