Congress prez poll: Voting underway in Telangana State

Polling was underway at Congress party offices in Telangana on Monday for the election to the post of the president of All India Congress Committee (AICC)

At the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) headquarters Gandhi Bhavan in Hyderabad, leaders queued up to cast their votes.

In Hyderabad, former ministers K. Jana Reddy, Ponnala Laxmaiah and Mohammed Ali Shabbir and former MP Mallu Ravi were among the first to cast their votes.

TPCC president A. Revanth Reddy, Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Mallu Bhatti Vikarmarka and other key leaders are likely to exercise franchise later in the day.

As many as 238 voters from 119 constituencies in Telangana are eligible to cast their votes.

The



polling will continue till 4 p.m. and the results will be declared on Wednesday, after the ballot boxes from across the country reach New Delhi.

In Hyderabad, Raj Mohan Unnathan is the Returning Officer and Raj Baghel is the Assistant Returning Officer for the poll.

Mohammed Ali Shabbir and Mallu Ravi are the poll agents of Kharge, while Kummari Srikanth and Santosh Kumar Rudra are for Tharoor.

Kharge is believed to be enjoying the support of the majority of voters in TPCC. He had visited Hyderabad for campaigning and had held a meeting with the party leaders at Gandhi Bhavan.

Tharoor also visited the city but did not go to Gandhi Bhavan. He addressed a press conference at a city hotel.