Teachers’ MLC polls held peacefully, 92.48% polling recorded in Telangana’s Khammam

Clash ensues among supporters of TPUS, TSUTF, PRTU candidates over display of flex banners at Ricob Bazar polling station under the two-town police station limits in Khammam city

Khammam: Polling for the Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda Teachers’ MLC constituency election passed off peacefully in erstwhile Khammam district on Thursday, barring minor incidents.

At the end of the polling, 93.03 per cent voting was recorded — of the 4,089 voters, as many as 3,804 cast their vote in Khammam district. In Kothagudem district, of the 2,022 voters, 1,859 cast their vote and the polling percentage was 91.94.

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Police had to intervene as a clash ensued among the supporters of TPUS, TSUTF and PRTU candidates over the display of flex banners at Ricob Bazar polling station under the two-town police station limits in Khammam city.

It was said that the TSUTF candidate’s supporters campaigned at the polling station by displaying a flex banner with a photo of candidate Narsi Reddy. The TPUS supporters displayed a banner with an image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at their tent. A verbal duel broke out between TSUTF and TPUS supporters, who demanded each other to remove the flex banners.

Meanwhile, the PRTU candidate’s supporters took the matter to the police’s notice, who intervened and removed the flex banners while directing the clashing groups to leave the place.

BJP district president Galla Satyanarayana complained that TSUTF supporters spoke offensively about Modi, while the police tried to arrest party leader Allika Anjaiah while sparing the UTF supporters. The police dispersed both the groups, restoring normalcy.

Commissioner of Police Sunil Dutt inspected several polling stations and monitored polling. Seven ACPs, 16 CIs, 25 SIs and 470 constables were deployed to maintain law and order at the polling stations, he said.