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
Denying the allegation, the BRS pointed fingers at the Congress state president A Revanth Reddy, who visited the Birla Temple and offered the document on six poll guarantees before the deity.
Upping its ante, the Saffron party is lining up its national-level leaders for campaigning in the state in the last leg before the state goes to polls.
Opposition is banking upon poll arithmetic, but TRS is confident that its irrigation projects, pensions and other populist schemes will see it through
Owaisi also criticised Adityanath for coming to Telangana for election campaign at a time when there was tension in Bulandshahr in the northern state.
The Mahakootami has caught the chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on the back foot with sworn enemies Congress and TDP putting aside their bitter past and coming together with TJS.
Seemandhra parties like YSRCP and Jana Sena are working in favour of TRS as large chunks of their supporters are expected to vote for the ruling party
Campaigning for the Congress-led coalition here in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district, Gandhi simultaneously targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and KCR for crony capitalism and denying rights and protection to tribals and farmers.
The usual election narrative is missing since as a party BJP occupies very little space in Telangana politics, and without its partner TDP it has lost its position of prominence in the entire state, save in some pockets in Hyderabad city.
