Telangana Assembly election 2023: Political campaigning ends today, voting on 30 November | 10 facts
Tale of two states: What numbers tell us about AP, Telangana 1. As many as 2,290 contestants are in the fray for the upcoming elections, including BRS supremo and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, his minister-son KT Rama Rao and BJP Lok Sabha members Bandi Sanjay Kumar, D Arvind, and Soyam Bapurao. EC withdraws permission to Telangana to disburse aid under Rythu Bandhu Scheme 2.
Incumbent CM KCR is contesting from two segments-Gajwel and Kamareddy. The BJP fielded its MLA, Etala Rajender, from Gajwel. 3.
Telangana is poised for a three-cornered contest between the ruling BRS, which is bidding to return to the hustings for a third straight term, the Congress, and a resurgent BJP. 'Rahul Gandhi ke do pyaar hai', AIMIM chief takes swipe at Congress leader 4. In the last Assembly elections in 2018, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), previously known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), won 88 of the 119 seats, hogging 47.4% of the total vote share.
The Congress came in a distant second with just 19 seats while the BJP drew a blank. 5. More than 2.5 lakh staff will be engaged in poll duties for the November 30 Telangana assembly polls, the Chief Electoral officer said.
6. The EC will also deploy 3,000 personnel from other uniformed services in Telangana, 50 companies of Telangana State Special Police and 375 companies of Central forces will be manning the security arrangement. ‘Rahul Gandhi eats biryani, paan…,’ BRS takes a dig at Congress MP | Watch 7.
According to the election commission, as many as 26,660 voters exercised their franchise through the "Home Voting" facility. 8. Law enforcement agencies have seized cash, gold, liquor, and freebies, among others, all worth over ₹709 crore in poll-bound Telangana, ever since
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