Hyderabad, April 30 -- The residents of Mailaram village in Kodair mandal of Nagarkurnool district have resolved not to vote, or let any political party seek votes in their village for the coming general elections. The reason: they are against the mining of a hillock in their village.

On Tuesday, the villagers held a rally with the slogan "Gutta Muddu Vote Vaddu" which translates to "hillock is dear, we don't want to vote."

The villagers say that they have nothing except the hillock as a source of natural resource for the village, whether it is for grazing their livestock on the hillock during the rainy season or letting wildlife (including peacocks) survive on it, in addition to four temples located on the hillock.

The villagers claim...