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.  

As the people of Telangana commenced voting to elect the 119 members of the state, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that only a corruption free and pro poor government can work selflessly for the prosperity of the state. 

Taking to social media platform X, formerly Twitter, Amit Shah appealed to the people of Telangana to come out in large numbers to form a government for whom the priority is empowerment and not appeasement. 

Former Congress President and Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also urged voters to vote for the construction of golden Telangana and make Congress win. He mentioned that today the people of Telangana are going to win on drums. On the social media platform X, Rahul Gandhi also shared a video of him in a roadshow.  

In the social media post, Rahul Gandhi wrote that today the Prajala will defeat Dorala, apparently stating that the government of the people will defeat the government of nobles. Calling the people of Telangana and his brothers and sisters, the senior Congress leader urged them to step out and vote in large numbers. 

Meanwhile, the Congress has lodged a formal complaint with the Election Commission against BRS MLA K Kavitha, accusing her of violating the Model Code of Conduct by allegedly urging the public to vote for BRS. Reports said that the complaint was announced in a press note by senior Telangana Congress leader G NIranjan. As per the complaint, K Kavitha, after casting her vote at the DAV School in Banjara hills polling station, violated the Election Code by appealing to the people to vote for BRS. 

There are nearly 3.26 crore eligible voters in Telangana, who would exercise their franchise in 35,655 polling stations set up across the state. The electoral process will conclude at 5 pm in the state. The counting of the votes will take place on December 3. 

Voting to elect 119 members of the Telangana Legislative Assembly commenced at 7 am at 35,655 polling stations. Around 106 constituencies would vote until 5 pm, while the electoral process would conclude at 4 pm in 13 Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected seats. 

Reports said that nearly 2290 contestants are in the fray for the upcoming elections, including CM  K Chandrasekhar Rao, his minister-son KT Rama Rao, state Congress president A Revanth Reddy and BJP Lok Sabha members Bandi Sanjay Kumar and D Arvind.

The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has fielded candidates in all 119 seats. According to the seat-sharing agreement, BJP and actor Pawan Kalyan-headed Jana Sena are contesting in 111 and 8 seats respectively. Meanwhile, the Congress has given one seat to its ally CPI and is fighting from 118 others. In addition, Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM has put up candidates in nine segments in the city.

Reportedly, there are 3.26 crore eligible voters in Telangana, who would exercise their franchise in 35,655 polling stations set up across the state. Over 2.5 lakh staff will be engaged in poll duties for the assembly elections in Telangana, Chief Electoral Officer Vikas Raj told news agency PTI. Nearly, 77,000 security personnel, comprising state police and Home Guards drawn from the state and neighbouring states, besides 375 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), have been deployed across the state as part of the security arrangements for the election.

BRS MLC K Kavitha who was among the early voters in the state urged urban voters to come out and vote adding that voting is a crucial aspect of nation building process. Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to X and urged the people of the state to vote in record numbers and strengthen the festival of democracy. He particularly urged young and first-time voters to exercise their franchise.