Munugode by-election begins, police beefed up security
The polling for the by-election of Munugode has started on Thursday morning. The polling, which will continue from 7 am to 6 pm has 298 polling stations.
Meanwhile, the election commission officials have made all the arrangements and deployed a total of 2,000 Rachakonda policemen along with six companies of Central Armed Police, CRPF, CISF and RAF at the polling stations.
Munugode by-election
Mobile striking force, special striking force, special surveillance teams and flying squads are also participating in the election duties.
The Munugode constituency has 2,41,805 voters including 1,21,672 men and 1,20,126 women. The webcasting has been arranged in all the booths.
BJP candidate K Rajgopal Reddy from the Munugode Assembly bypoll took out a march to the RO office in Chandur. Reddy demanded action against TRS workers. BJP leader detained during protest. Munugode by-election turned violent as a clash broke out between workers of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Polling for the by-election has begun in constituency.
It is to mention here that assembly bypoll voting is underway on Thursday in seven constituencies across Maharashtra , Haryana , Bihar , Telangana , Odisha and UttarPradesh . voting commenced at 7 am and is anticipated to continue until 6 pm, with results expected on November 6.