The stage is set for the Assembly Elections in Telangana on November 30. Voting will be held for 119 Assembly seats from 7 AM to 6 PM. With the campaigning ending yesterday, all eyes are now on the Election Commission.
Telangana Chief Electoral Officer Vikas Raj informed that Section 144 has been imposed in the state wherein the gathering of four or more people is prohibited. Over 2.5 lakh personnel will be engaged in poll duties.
50 companies of Telangana State Special Police and 375 companies of Central forces have been deployed for security arrangements to ensure peaceful polling.
The state is set for a two-cornered contest in the Assembly polls between ruling BRS, and Congress.The BJP is giving the fight here and there. 2 290 candidates are in the fray. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, Three BJP Lok Sabha members and three Congress Lok Sabha members are among the prominent candidates.
Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, PCC President Revanth Reddy and BJP senior Leader Etala Rajender are contesting from two constituencies each.
In the last Assembly elections held in 2018, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), previously known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), won 88 of the 119 seats, with 47.4 percent of vote share. The Congress came on a distant second with 19 seats while the BJP drew one seat.
All the surveys and agencies are giving an edge to the BRS for winning the elections. The Congress is overconfident that it would come to power this time.
