The Election Commission of India announcing the bypoll scheduled for the Huzurabad segment in Telangana to be held on October 30 and the results to be on November 2, the political heat increased in the state.
The ruling TRS party has already made a vigorous campaign in the segment and launched Dalit Bandhu besides implementing several schemes and giving benefits to the people. The opposition parties during their campaigns criticized the government on corruption and irregularities in the welfare schemes. The bypoll in Huzurabad has turned prestigious for the ruling party to retain and the BJP to clinch the seat.
The TRS is at the forefront of the segment by reaching out to the women groups, people, and communities and gave financial benefits. Finance Minister T Harish Rao and other ministers stayed there in the segment wooing the voters to support the TRS candidate to develop more. They distributed loans and financial assistance under various schemes to the people in the segment. However the opposition parties are lagging behind as per political analysts. Congress and the BJP tried their best to make allegations of corruption and dictatorial rule by the KCR Government. The opposition parties appealed that the voters support them for corruption-free development.
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While the BJP fields Etela Rajender the former minister who was ousted as the minister on land grab charges by the Chief Minister. The congress is yet to field its candidate for the Huzurabad segment.
The BJP may field Rajender or his wife for the prestigious polls and the Congress is yet to announce their candidate. Though Konda Surekha candidature was favoured in the congress its chief Revanth Reddy is to announce who will contest the by-polls. This delay of announcing the candidate will prove a damp squib for the congress party and the BJP has made it clear to retain the seat. The TRS leaders charged the opposition parties as coming in the development and only making false charges of corruption.
The political parties are now following the poll code and planning to win the prestigious bypoll.
The EC disclosed that the polls will be conducted for Huzurabad in Telangana will be on October 30 and the results to be announced on November 2.
The EC said that as per schedule and the notification will be issued on October 1, nominations would be accepted till 8. Scrutiny of the nominations will be till October 11 and withdrawals on 13 respectively.
Bypoll to Huzurabad segment was necessitated as Etala Rajender resigned to the MLA post and quit the health minister post and resigned to his post the bypoll.
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CEO Shashank Goel said that they set up 305 polling stations as the poll code comes into immediate effect in Karim Nagar and Hanmakonda districts.
The bypolls he said, will be conducted on October 30 and the results on November 2 with as many as 2,36,269 voters (NRI and service voters 2,36,430) will exercise their franchise. District officials were instructed for smooth and fair polls following corona norms.
SOURCE-NSS
