A clash between workers of the rulling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and the Congress party broke out in Rangareddy district during the ongoing state elections in Telangana. The police reached the spot to control the situation and no injuries have been reported in the clashes.

Earlier scuffle broke out the Congress, BRS and BJP workers at a polling booth in Jangaon. According to reports BRS workers stopped state Congress president – party candidate Revanth Reddy’s brother Konadal Reddy from visiting the polling station in Kamareddy. They said Reddy is not a voter here and as a result is not authorized to visit.

BRS workers told the media, Kondal Reddy is roaming around with a fake pass with 20 people. He went to three polling stations with them in three vehicles but the police did not stop them. The BRS workers said Reddy is indulging in hooliganisim after coming here. BRS workers told the media that they are going to complain to the Election Commision.

Telangana is the youngest state in India where the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress party are up against each other. A total of 2290 contestants are fighting the elections. Some of the important candidates fighting the election are  Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, his son KT Rama Rao, Congress President A Revanth Reddy and BJP’s Bandi Sanjay Kumar and D Arvind.

A total of 119 candidates are contesting the elections from 119 seats from the BRS. According to the seat sharing agreement between the BJP and Jana Sena are contesting the state elctions on 111 and 8 seats respectively. The voting started at 7am and will continue till 5pm in 106 constituencies. In 13 Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected areas in the state, the polling started at 7am and will continue till 4pm. According to the Election commission a total of 20.64% polling was recorded till 11 am.

AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi cast his vote at St Faiz school in the Rajendra nagar assembly constituency on Thursday. He urged people to vote to exercise their franchise to strengthen democracy and further restore faith in the constitution during the ongoing Telangana state elections. Voting started at 7am at various polling booths across the state amid heavy security arrangements.

Speaking to the media Owaisi said it is not a day to celebrate at home. He stressed on the importance of every vote. He said if the people caste their vote, then the accountability of politicians will also increase. He said first time voters have a greater responsibility to fulfill.

 Voting is taking place at 35,655 polling stations across the state. He appealed to the families to preserve the Ganga Jamuna Tehzeeb and take Telangana towards development. Owaisi is a three time member of the parliament, representing the Hyderabad constituency in Lok Sabha. The city has been a stronghold of AIMIM since 1984 and Owaisi is seeking re-election

For the first time in Telangana home voting for citizens aged over 80 years and persons with disabilities has also been made available. About 27,600 voters have been enlisted to cast their vote during the elections. An election official said about 1000 voters have also been registered for the electronically transmitted Postal Ballot system.

BRS leader K Kavitha, Telangana minister and BRS MLA KT Rama Rao, state Congress chief Revanth Reddy and others cast their votes. In the first state elections Telangana, the Congress party got 25.20 percent votes and BRS got 34 percent in the Telangana area.

In the year 2018 BRS won 88 of the 119 seats and had 47.4% of the vote share. The Congress came in the second position with nineteen seats. The counting of votes is going to take place on Dec 3.   

Many Tollywood celebrities were seen queueing up at polling booths in Hyderabad to cast their votes for the Telangana state elections. Allu Arjun, Jr NTR and megastar Chiranjeevi reaching the election booth early in the morning and cast their votes.

Allu Arjun was seen wearing a crisp white shirt with black pants as he stood in the line waiting for his turn to cast at the BSNL centre polling booth no 153 in the posh Jubilee Hills area of Hyderabad. After casting his votes he was seen encouraging others to do it as well.

Megastar Chiranjeevi cast his in the jubilee hills club polling station along with his wife Surekha and daughter Sreeja. He was surrounded by the media and his fans as soon as soon as they came to know their favourite superstar had come out to vote. Jr NTR was seen waiting in line for his turn to cast his vote. He kept was seen wearing a white t-shirt and jeans as he cast his vote and made a quick exit from the area.

Oscar winning music composer MM Keeravani cast his vote and urged everyone to cast their vote. He said this is not a holiday. He said voting is their responsibility and it is important to exercise this right. He said he came first and voted to inspire everyone and he felt happy to vote. Keeravani was accompanied by his son, famous singer Kala Bhairava to cast his vote. Actor Sumanth cast his vote at Jubilee Hills Club.

Polling started in all the 119 assembly constituencies in Telangana on Thursday morning at 7am. The voting will continue through the day and will conclude at 6pm. Over 3 crore people in the state are eligible to cast their votes.