The Telangana municipal elections witnessed clashes, bogus voting attempts, and allegations of police bias, yet the State Election Commission maintained that polling was largely peaceful. The final turnout stood at 73.01 per cent.
BRS leaders launched a fierce attack on Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and the Election Commission, alleging widespread electoral malpractices in the Jubilee Hills by-election. They claimed voter intimidation, bogus voting, and complicity of police and election staff in favour of Congress.
The Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) has accused the ruling Congress of orchestrating a conspiracy to rig the Jubilee Hills Assembly by-election through booth capturing, bogus voting and intimidation. In a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner, BRS leaders alleged misuse of state machinery, collusion with police, and inducement of voters.
Police said the trio had plotted to carry out bogus voting on the polling day and were waiting at a place of worship for a right oppurtunity, when they were nabbed
