Few states across the country including two Telugu states Telangana and Andhra Pradesh went to polls today. Not only common people but also celebrities like Chiranjeevi, Ram Charan, NTR, Allu Arjun, Pawan Kalyan etc went to exercise vote for their franchise.
Under these circumstances, Ram Charan's mother-in-law- Shobana Kamineni, mother of Upasana Kamineni, much to the shock of all found her name missing. This came as a shock as she is not only the daughter of Prathap Reddy, Chairman of Apollo Hospitals but also Vice Chairperson of the group and ex president of CII.
Expressing her anger she posted, "I've exercised my vote at the same booth in Nampally during assembly polls, but now my vote got deleted. I ran from pillar to post for 4 hours to make my vote happen, but they put it back on me, saying that I would have already got a notification about that. This is the worst day of my life and it&rsquo;s a crime against me as a citizen."

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Janasena Party Chief Pawan Kalyan cast his vote at the polling booth set up at Chaitanya School in Vijayawada. He allegedly broke the queue line to cast his vote. Personal security of the actor-turned-politician allegedly pushed those who were standing in the line to make a way for Pawan Kalyan.
A national media asked voters at the polling booth for their reactions on Pawan Kalyan's act of breaking the queue. One who&rsquo;s standing at the queue said, &ldquo;We came in the morning without having any breakfast or water. When Pawan Kalyan came, people were pushed around, to make a way for him. This is not right. How is he even a CM candidate if he doesn't even follow the basic queue?&rdquo;
Another person reacted in a different way and said, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a good thing that Pawan Kalyan was allowed straight into the polling booth. Because, had he been in the queue, public would have suffered most. If he stays in queue there will be big chaos.&rdquo;
As per eyewitnesses there were huge crowd at the polling booth the moment Pawan Kalyan entered there. &ldquo;Thousands of people gathered to watch Pavan Kalyan. Two police man can't control the crowd. When Pawan Kalyan was there, the entire media personnel and fans etc pushed each other which is a fact. The reason why he was allowed inside first so that it won't create more inconvenience to voters especially women,&rdquo; informs a bystander.
It may be recalled here that, Chiranjeevi was censured for trying to jump the voting queue during 2014 elections. He was forced to walk back and stand in queue. But, the situation is said to be completely different today.

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Voting for 175 Assembly seats and 25 Parliamentary seats in Andhra Pradesh is being held simultaneously in a single-phase election today. It is effectively a three-cornered clash in the State- the ruling Telugu Desam Party led by N Chandra Babu Naidu, YS Jaganmohan Reddy&rsquo;s YSR Congress, and actor-turned-politician Pawan Kalyan&rsquo;s Janasena. There are also the national parties the BJP and Congress contesting sans any alliance with the regional parties.
Clashes between TDP and YSRCP party workers are being reported from various places of Andhra Pradesh. As per reports, leaders of various parties are distributing cash to public to vote for their party. In a video going viral on social media, TDP councilor Shivashankar Yadav is seen distributing money at Nandamurinagar polling station in Kurnool. Kotla Surya Prakash Reddy is the TDP&rsquo;s MLA candidate from the segment.
Two polling agents were taken into custody for allegedly offering voters money at Vemavaram village in Prakasam district's Ballikuruva mandal, as per reports.
Click here for <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XqQ9RqkUQ4" target="_blank">Shivashankar Yadav Money Distributing Video</a>

TDP councilor Shivashankar Yadav distributes money

TDP Leader Caught Distributing Money

Telugu Desam Party and YSR Congress Party workers have clashed with each other in various places of Andhra Pradesh. TDP minister Akhila Priya Bhuma&rsquo;s husband Bhargav and sister Mounika were injured in a violent clash between TDP and YSRCP workers in Ahobilam. She is seeking re-election from Allagadda Assembly constituency.
Two women were reportedly hurt and polling equipment was destroyed in Srinivasapuram village in Guntur's Gurazala mandal in one such case of violence.
In another scuffle in Gudemcheruvu village in Jammalamadugu in Kadapa district, a YSRCP worker was injured. In a stone-pelting incident between the opposing party workers in Ponnathota of the same mandal, a few people were injured. Similar incident is reported in Mydukur constituency.
Eluru TDP MLA Badeti Bujji purportedly attacked YSRCP party workers in Sanivarapupeta, West Godavari district. In a video going viral on social media, a bloodied party worker can be seen asking: &ldquo;Is it right for an MLA to do this? Is he an MLA or rowdy? Why does he have a gunman, to beat people up? We came here to vote. Four people arrived in a car to hit us.&rdquo;

AP Elections 2019: TDP, YSRCP Clashes

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Earlier we reported that, Janasena Party Guntakal Candidate Madhusudan Gupta was arrested for damaging a voting machine. Not Happy with the polling staff for not displaying the names of the Assembly and parliamentary constituencies properly, he threw an EVM on the floor at a polling station in Gutti in Guntakal Assembly constituency of Anantapur district.
Janasena chief Pawan Kalyan, however, defended Madhusudan Gupta. "How do we know who broke the machine?" he said, even though there's a video of Gupta throwing an EVM on the floor at the polling booth.
Pawan Kalyan has cast his vote in Vijayawada. Later while speaking to media, he said he wished to see peaceful polling all across the two Telugu states. &ldquo;I wish to see all types of development in both the Telugu states. It has come to my notice that over 200 EVMs have malfunctioned in many places including Gajuwaka and the same has been brought before the Election Commission,&rdquo; he said.

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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP Chief N Chandra Babu Naidu along with his family- wife Bhuvaneshwari, son Nara Lokesh and daughter-in-law Brahmani casted vote in Amaravati.
As we reported earlier, voting has been delayed in a number of polling booths in Andhra Pradesh due to malfunctioning EVMs. In the wake of reports of faulty EVMs, Chandra Babu Naidu has reiterated his demand to have the voting machines with paper ballots.
Chandra Babu also demanded to conduct re-polling in several areas where EVMs are not functioning. He said 30 percent of the voting machines had malfunctioned, because of which polling started nearly three hours late at many places. &ldquo;EVM is not working where Chief Electoral Officer Gopal Krishna Dwivedi went to cast his vote,&rdquo; informed Babu.
Naidu affirmed EC should review its stand on EVMs. "We have been saying for long that there is possibility for technical problems and manipulation in EVMs. Even technologically advanced countries are using ballot papers," CBN said.
At the 163rd booth in Kadapa city, the button representing the 'fan' symbol did not respond. In the 106th booth in Mydukur also, the 'cycle' symbol was unresponsive. Polling booth officers changed the EVMs immediately on complaints.

Charan MIL's Vote Deleted

Charan MIL's Vote Deleted

Pawan Breaks Queue: Fact Check

Pawan Breaks Queue: Fact Check

TDP Leader Caught Distributing Money

TDP Leader Caught Distributing Money

TDP, YSRCP Bloody Clashes

TDP, YSRCP Bloody Clashes

Pawan Defends Arrested JSP Leader

Pawan Defends Arrested JSP Leader

CBN Demands Re Polling In Those Areas

CBN Demands Re Polling In Those Areas