This is a special election and voters have come in large numbers said Chandrababu Naidu the former CM. He talked to the media after voting along with his wife and son here in Undavalli.
Please come and vote , the people are coming from USA, Hyderabad and Mumbai to vote he suggested. They are just voting in the name of party and are not bothered about candidates he explained.
This is the real democracy he said. Old people and handicapped are coming to vote for the protection of democracy he stated. The central election commission is looking into the issues he said.
The police must give all the protection he requested.
Among those who were early voters included several ministers including Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, Konda Surekha, Damodar Rajanarsihma, Seethakka, and Ponnam Prabhakar. Among the BJP leaders those who exercised their right to vote early were Bandi Sanjay Kumar in Karimnagar, Arvind Dharmapuri in Nizamabad, and Dr K Laxman in Musheerabad.
Governor of Haryana Bandaru Dattatreya in the city for the election, accompanied by his family, cast his vote at the JV High School in Ramnagar area. Many BRS leaders including the party working president KT Rama Rao, senior leader T Harish Rao, and others too cast their votes early in the day.