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More than 3.31 crore voters are expected to exercise their right to vote at 35,356 polling stations across the state.
The Election Commission has also scheduled a by-election for the Secunderabad (Cantonment) Assembly seat to be held tomorrow
After intense campaigning by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior leaders of the Congress and BRS, the stage for polling on Monday is all set to elect 17 Lok Sabha members of the state in one go.
The Election Commission has also scheduled a by-election for the Secunderabad (Cantonment) Assembly seat to be held tomorrow.
As part of the security measures, 73,000 civilian police personnel, 500 State SWAT teams, 164 companies of Central Armed Police, 3 companies of Tamil Nadu Police, 2,088 other department officials and 7,000 home guards have been deployed. .
All vehicles carrying EVMs and VVPATs are equipped with GPS systems and are provided with armed security by central forces at all times.
As many as 625 candidates, including Union minister and Telangana BJP president G Kishan Reddy, party national general secretary Bandi Sanjay Kumar and senior Leader Etala Rajender is a saffron party candidate, while the Congress has fielded BRS turncoats Danam Nagender and K Kavya among others people.
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi is seeking re-election from Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency and the BJP has fielded a political novice but passionate K Madhavi Latha, who has started a campaign A fierce election campaign.
Former IPS officer RS Praveen Kumar and sitting MP Nama Nageswar Rao, among others, are in the electoral fray from the BRS led by former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao. In addition to Prime Minister Modi, many union ministers including Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah, as well as Congress leaders Malik Rajon Hag, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Both Gandhi Vadra and Telangana Chief Minister Ravensh Reddy canvassed votes for their respective party candidates.
The Congress party has campaigned on reservations for SC, ST and OBC, claiming that the BJP will try to abolish quotas in the above sections if it comes to power again at the Centre.
It also highlighted the implementation of five of the six assembly poll guarantees in Telangana by the party-led government. The main concern of the BJP is how the grand old party will allegedly try to snatch reservation rights and allot them to “Muslims” and Congress leader Sam Pitroda’s controversial remarks about the race and color of Indians remarks.
The BRS movement, led by former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, has highlighted the failures of the current Congress government besides attacking the BJP on various issues.
According to state chief electoral officer Vikas Raj, cash, freebies and other items worth around Rs 320 crore have been seized during the polls.
More than 3.31 crore voters are expected to exercise their right to vote at 35,356 polling stations across the state. Counting will take place nationwide on June 4.
Telangana’s turnout in the 2019 assembly elections was 62%. In the 2019 general election, the BRS (then TRS) won 9 seats, the BJP won 4 seats, the Congress won 3 seats and the AIMIM won 1 seat.
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