Hyderabad, Feb. 3 -- A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker, contesting for Ward No 1 in Ramagundam in Telangana's Peddapalli district for the municipal elections, has alleged she was forced to withdraw her candidature by the police and Congress.

On Tuesday, February 3, Reema Biswa, accompanied by her party leaders, filed a complaint with the Ramagundam Police Commissioner, accusing the Congress candidate Madipalli Vijaya and the police of harassment.

She alleged that on the orders of Vijaya, police forcibly took her and her family in an auto and threatened to kill them if she did not withdraw her nomination.

While Vijaya is contesting on a Congress ticket and Biswa was on a BJP ticket, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has fielded Shwet...