Hyderabad, Dec. 26 -- A group of women in Telangana's Kamareddy district on Thursday, December 25 returned sarees and beer bottles given by a ward member candidate during Telangana local body polls.

The candidate, Babavva, from Uppalavai village in Ramareddy mandal, contested from the second ward. Apart from sarees, she distributed Thums Up, Sprite bottles and toddy to attract voters and win the election. However, the opposition candidate won the election.

Following the defeat, Babavva accused the voters of accepting the gifts and not voting for her. "I distributed beer, sarees, Thums Up, and Sprite bottles to the voters, promising them that they would elect me. They took everything, drank it all, and then defeated me," she claimed.

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