BJP MP and candidate from Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency, Arvind Dharmapuri who cast his vote in Kakatiya school in Nizamabad appealed to everyone to increase voter turnout and claimed they were "riding a wave".
Braving the odds, senior citizens, some in wheelchairs and a few others using walking sticks defied age and arrived at polling stations to cast their franchise for the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Monday.
Filmmaker Teja, best known for his work in Telugu cinema, arrived at the polling booth on Monday morning in Telangana to cast his vote during the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections.
Former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and his wife Usha Naidu cast their votes for the fourth phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections at a polling booth in Hyderabad's Jubilee Hills on Monday.
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen candidate from Hyderabad, Asaduddin Owaisi, cast his vote at a polling booth in Hyderabad and said that every opponent in the elections should be taken "seriously."
Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Secunderabad Parliamentary constituency, G Kishan Reddy cast his vote at polling booth number 214 at Deeksha Model School of Telangana's Barkatpura.
Madhavi Latha is pitted against a formidable opponent in the form of four-time Lok Sabha MP and AIMIM chief, Asaduddin Owaisi, from Hyderabad Lok Sabha Constituency. This is the first time that the BJP has fielded a female candidate from the Hyderabad constituency.
Of the 96 Lok Sabha seats, 25 are from Andhra Pradesh, 17 from Telangana, 13 from Uttar Pradesh, 11 from Maharashtra, eight each from Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, five from Bihar, four each from Jharkhand and Odisha, and one from Jammu and Kashmir.
Actor Pavithra Jayaram, who essayed the role of Thilottama in the hit Telugu television series 'Trinayani' passed away in a road accident at Mahbubnagar in Telangana.
Polling for the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections will happen in 96 Parliamentary Constituencies across 9 States and one Union Territory on Monday (May 13).
Ahead of polling for the Lok Sabha polls on Monday, Telangana police seized Rs 99.94 cash which was being transported in two travel bags in a car, police said.