33.27 per cent polling till 11 am in Huzurabad Assembly bye-elections

Excluding sporadic incidents of clashes between the TRS and the BJP, the polling is being held in a peaceful manner.

Huzurabad: Voters are turning up in good numbers to cast their votes for the Huzurabad Assembly bye-election. Till 11 am, poll percentage of 33.27 per cent was recorded in the constituency.

Excluding sporadic incidents of clashes between the TRS and the BJP, the polling is being held in a peaceful manner. TRS candidate Gellu Srinivas Yadav, BJP candidate Eatala Rajender and other candidates have cast their votes. While Srinivas Yadav had cast his vote at a polling station in Himmathnagar of Veenavanka mandal, Rajender exercised his voting right at a polling booth in Kandula village of Huzurabad mandal.

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Voters queues up at the polling stations since 7 am onwards across the constituency. At a couple of places, the TRS and the BJP entered into heated arguments accusing each other of violating the model code of conduct and also trying to influence the voters.

TRS leader Padi Kaushik Reddy who is the chief election agent for the party candidate Gellu Srinivas Yadav, stated that the BJP leaders were trying to create an insecure atmosphere unnecessarily and were obstructing him at several polling stations, though he was authorised by the Election Commission of India (ECI) to visit all polling station as the chief election agent for TRS. Though Kaushik Reddy contested from the constituency during the previous elections in December 2018 on behalf of Congress party, the BJP leaders termed him as an outsider.

Meanwhile, elaborate arrangements have been made for the smooth conduct of the polling. Over 3,800 police personnel along with 20 companies of central forces have been deployed in this regard. Arrangements also have been made for polling agents to get a Covid-19 test done. District collector and election officer R V Karnan inspected the facilities at various polling stations.

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