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**Headline: Allegations of Fake Memberships Threaten Telugu Cine Digital Artist Union Elections**
**Hyderabad, September 27, 2025** – The Telugu Cine Digital Artist Union is facing calls to postpone its elections scheduled for September 28th amidst serious allegations of fraudulent memberships. Members of the Telangana Cinema Vedika (Telangana Cinema Platform) are claiming that certain individuals are manipulating the membership process to gain an unfair advantage in the upcoming election.
Representatives from the Telangana Cinema Vedika submitted a petition to the State Labour Department’s Additional Commissioner, Dr. E. Gangadhar, on Friday, outlining their concerns. They specifically accused Vellanki Srinivas, KD Raju, and Narsimha Reddy of unchecked misconduct within the Union.
According to Telangana Cinema Vedika’s honorary president and advisor Thummala Praful Ram Reddy, president Lara, and secretary Mohan Bairagi, the group is demanding a thorough accounting of all membership fees collected over the past decade, including renewals and related details, which they claim have not been provided. Further, they request the removal of all illegitimate memberships before any election proceeds. They also stated the accused where threatening them by claiming to have a “ganja batch” behind them.
The representatives of the Telangana Cinema Vedika present included KCS Prasad, Shankar, Govindraju, Suji, Ravi, Ajay Kumar, and Narsaiah, among others. The Labour Department is now expected to investigate the allegations and determine whether to delay the election.
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