The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday summoned the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police (DGP) of Andhra Pradesh to New Delhi tomorrow to "personally explain" the recent surge in post-poll violence in the state, sources said.
Former Andhra Pradesh CM and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday termed the filing of the nomination of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi "historical" and said that the country needs PM Modi.
"The man in question was drunk, was creating a nuisance, and was abusing me and my wife. He accused me of supporting the BC, SC, ST, and Minority communities despite being a Kamma. I got enraged over his baseless accusations and the yellow media blew the incident out of proportion without kn
Polling in the fourth phase of general elections, which commenced at 7 am on Monday simultaneously across 96 parliamentary constituencies, recorded an approximate voter turnout of 63.41 per cent as per the latest data issued by the Election Commission of India.
YSRCP and TDP workers clashed near Narasaraopet Municipal High School polling station in Palnadu district of Andhra Pradesh and police fired rubber bullets to control the situation here on Monday.
About 62.31 per cent voter turnout was recorded as of 5 pm across the 96 constituencies in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Monday, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI).
The voter turnout was recorded at approximately 52.6 per cent till 3 pm across 10 States/Union Territories in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Monday, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI).
As the Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency is underway for the fourth phase of Lok Sabha polls on Monday, Commissioner of Police (CP) Ravi Shankar Ayyanar said that elaborate security arrangements have been made for peaceful polling.
Andhra Pradesh Governor S Abdul Nazeer cast his vote at a polling booth in Vijayawada during the fourth phase of polling for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections on Monday morning.