This time, there are as many as 2,290 contestants in the fray which includes Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, his Minister-son K.T. Rama Rao, State Congress President A Revanth Reddy and BJP Lok Sabha members Bandi Sanjay Kumar and D Arvind.
Long queues were seen outside the polling stations in towns and rural parts of Telangana since early this morning
Besides Rijiju, party president Jagat Prakash Nadda appointed Nagaland Deputy Chief Minister Yanthungo Patton and party’s national secretary Anil Antony as election co-in charge for the northeastern state.
Chief Justice Chandrachud observed “All kinds of promises are made before elections and we cannot control this.”
Record turnout The voting passed off peacefully in Karnataka with a voting turnout of 73.19 per cent, surpassing the 72.36 per cent recorded in 2018.
State had crossed 50 per cent turnout in post-lunch period. By 5 p.m., 65.69 per cent of voters turned out and excercised their voting rights.
He stated that digital payment transactions amounted to 1.5 trillion in India in 2022. He said that India has 700 million Internet users and stressed that they have transformed India's service delivery system to a level which could not be imagined earlier.
Our agenda is peace, prosperity and equitable development in J&K. The divisive agenda adopted by traditional political parties was responsible for unaccounted deaths and destruction for the last 72 years, said Bukhari.
Notably, EC passed the interim order saying in Andheri East bypolls, neither of the two groups shall be permitted to use the symbol "Bow and Arrow", reserved for "Shiv Sena".
Eastern Nagaland Legislators Union, a forum of legislators from the state's eastern districts, has decided to participate in the forthcoming assembly polls against the backdrop of a poll boycott call given by the Eastern Nagaland People's Organisation.
