Hyderabad, Former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Telangana BJP president Kishan Reddy, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, film actors Chiranjeevi, Allu Arju and Jr NTR were among the prominent personalities who exercised their franchise in the Lok Sabha elections on Monday.
BJP general secretary Bandi Sanjay Kumar and the party's Hyderabad Lok Sabha candidate Madhavi Lata also cast their votes.
Voting for 17 Lok Sabha seats began at 7 am and will end by 6 pm in some places where it will end two hours earlier.
The Election Commission has also made arrangements to hold by-elections for the Secunderabad (Cantt) Assembly seat simultaneously today.
Kishan Raid told reporters after casting his vote, “Many voters, including some senior citizens, cast their votes.A large number of people are coming out to vote. I am requesting people to exercise their franchise for democracy and security of the country."
Reddy said voters should not treat polling day as a holiday.
Owaisi, whose birthday is today, said the country is bigger than any individual and people should vote for the country.
The AIMIM leader said, “The country is bigger than any individual.Don't vote for an individual, vote for the country and vote for a party."
In response to a question, he said that he never celebrated his birthday and today is special for him because it is the day of democracy.
"It is a day for people to come out and show their likes and dislikes through voting. So it is a very special (day)," he said.
The saffron party's candidates include 625 candidates, including Union minister and Telangana BJP chief Kishan Reddy, Bandi Sanjay Kumar and senior leader Eatala Rajender, while the Congress has fielded turncoats BR Danam Nagendra and K Kavya.Asaduddin Owaisi is seeking re-election from the party's bastion Hyderabad and is pitted against BJP's Madhavi Lata, a political novice who had run a spirited campaign.
Former IPS officer RS Praveen Kumar and sitting MP Nama Nageswara Rao, among others, are contesting from former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao-Le BRS.
BJP general secretary Bandi Sanjay Kumar and the party's Hyderabad Lok Sabha candidate Madhavi Lata also cast their votes.
Voting for 17 Lok Sabha seats began at 7 am and will end by 6 pm in some places where it will end two hours earlier.
The Election Commission has also made arrangements to hold by-elections for the Secunderabad (Cantt) Assembly seat simultaneously today.
Kishan Raid told reporters after casting his vote, “Many voters, including some senior citizens, cast their votes.A large number of people are coming out to vote. I am requesting people to exercise their franchise for democracy and security of the country."
Reddy said voters should not treat polling day as a holiday.
Owaisi, whose birthday is today, said the country is bigger than any individual and people should vote for the country.
The AIMIM leader said, “The country is bigger than any individual.Don't vote for an individual, vote for the country and vote for a party."
In response to a question, he said that he never celebrated his birthday and today is special for him because it is the day of democracy.
"It is a day for people to come out and show their likes and dislikes through voting. So it is a very special (day)," he said.
The saffron party's candidates include 625 candidates, including Union minister and Telangana BJP chief Kishan Reddy, Bandi Sanjay Kumar and senior leader Eatala Rajender, while the Congress has fielded turncoats BR Danam Nagendra and K Kavya.Asaduddin Owaisi is seeking re-election from the party's bastion Hyderabad and is pitted against BJP's Madhavi Lata, a political novice who had run a spirited campaign.
Former IPS officer RS Praveen Kumar and sitting MP Nama Nageswara Rao, among others, are contesting from former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao-Le BRS.
