Telangana election 2023: Cong looks to topple BRS...
Telangana is holding elections today to choose 119 members of the Legislative Assembly, two days after the loud campaign concluded. Voting at several state-wide booths began at seven in the morning. Leading national figures, like as rahul Gandhi, prime minister Narendra Modi, and the head of the ruling BRS, K Chandrasekar Rao, courted voters in the state prior to the elections.
In telangana, the bjp, congress, and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) are engaged in a triangular struggle. For each of the 119 seats, BRS has put forth candidates. According to the seat-sharing arrangement, the congress party has granted its ally cpi one seat and is competing 118 others, while the bjp and the actor Pawan Kalyan-led Jana Sena are running for 111 and 8 seats, respectively. The Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM has, meantime, fielded candidates in nine city segments. chief minister KCR, his minister-son K T Rama Rao, state congress president A revanth Reddy, and members of the bjp Lok Sabha bandi sanjay kumar and D Arvind are among the leading contenders.
Throughout its campaign, the saffron party emphasized the need to elect a "double engine government" and cited KCR's "family rule" and purported corruption. The campaign of the BRS focused on the shortcomings of the previous congress administration, the continuation of social programs for women, farmers, and other segments of society, as well as his fight for telangana statehood. During its campaign, congress emphasized its six poll guarantees while primarily focusing on the BRS government's alleged corruption.
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