🧨 1. When Glamour Met Grit — and Scandal Followed
Just weeks before the high-stakes jubilee hills by-election, hyderabad woke up to a script straight out of a political thriller — fake voter ID cards bearing the faces of actresses tamannaah bhatia, samantha Ruth Prabhu, and rakul Preet Singh. Yes, you read that right. Three of Tollywood’s biggest stars, unknowingly dragged into one of the city’s most bizarre election controversies.
🎭 2. The Discovery That Rocked Jubilee Hills
Officials stumbled upon the forged IDs during verification drives in one of Hyderabad’s most high-profile constituencies. Each card carried not just celebrity photos, but the same address — a clear indicator of a coordinated forgery. The election commission quickly swung into action, ordering a probe into what could be part of a larger voter fraud network operating ahead of the by-election.
⚖️ 3. The Legal Tussle Begins
The BRS party wasted no time in calling out what they described as “a calculated voter manipulation attempt,” directly accusing congress of orchestrating the mass fake registration. Their allegations pointed to “thousands of fabricated voters” quietly added to the rolls. But when the case reached the telangana High Court, the bench refused to intervene — stating that the election commission was already revising and verifying the rolls. Still, the damage had been done. The cloud of suspicion now looms large over Jubilee Hills.
🕵️ 4. ec on Alert — Political Heat on Overdrive
With the election commission launching a full-scale investigation, both congress and BRS are now on high alert. The EC’s internal reports suggest that multiple voter ID discrepancies have surfaced beyond the celebrity fakes — indicating a deeper rot in the registration process. The commission is tightening checks across polling booths to prevent ghost voters from haunting the ballot box on November 11, with counting slated for November 14.
🔥 5. A Seat, a Scam, and a Storm Brewing
The jubilee hills Assembly seat, once held by the late BRS mla Maganti Gopinath, has turned into the epicenter of Telangana’s electoral storm. With congress, BRS, and bjp all locked in a prestige battle, the emergence of fake voter IDs has turned the by-election into a full-blown credibility crisis. What was meant to be a routine poll now feels like a script ripped from a political thriller — only this time, the stakes are painfully real.
💣 6. The Bigger Picture — and the Uncomfortable Questions
Who printed those IDs? Who submitted them? And most importantly, who benefits from a fake voter list that includes A-list film stars? As the election commission tightens its grip, these questions hang in the air like smoke over a slow-burning fire. Hyderabad’s poshest constituency is suddenly under the microscope — and no party looks entirely clean.
🧩 7. The Filmy Irony That india Can’t Miss
The actresses whose faces were used — tamannaah, samantha, and rakul — have all played powerful women on screen, often fighting corruption and injustice. Now, their images are at the center of an election scandal that exposes just how easily identity can be hijacked for political games. If irony had a postal address, it would be Jubilee Hills.
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