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ZPTC, MPTC Polls Turn Violent in Rayalaseema, Petrol Bombs Hurled in Pulivendula

ZPTC, MPTC Polls Turn Violent in Rayalaseema, Petrol Bombs Hurled in Pulivendula

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Around 1.5 crore voters, representing 58.55% of the electorate, cast their votes in 30,994 polling stations by 3 p.m. across Andhra Pradesh, with the overall process described as largely peaceful. Stray incidents were reported in Kadapa, Chittoor and other districts. Tension was noted at the Saptagiri Nagar polling station in Chandragiri when YSRC leader Chevireddy Bhaskar Reddy and MLA Pulivarthi Nani arrived. In the Kotia villages of Odisha’s Koraput district, voting took place amid heightened tensions and heavy police deployment along the disputed border, with booths shifted away from the border.

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Supporters of the Telugu Desam and YSRC allegedly attacked each other with stones.

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