The Election Commission has served notices to five politicians in Telangana after receiving various complaints against them for allegedly violating the Model Code of Conduct (MCC).
Telangana Chief Electoral Officer Rajat Kumar said that notices had been issued to Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao, Congress leaders Revanth Reddy and Vanteru Pratap Reddy and TDP leader Revuri Prakash Reddy.
"We have also received a complaint against Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) chief Uttam Kumar Reddy for speaking at a religious meeting. We have also sent a notice to him. We have asked them to file their replies," he said.
He further informed that they have also received a complaint against former MLA and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) candidate Gangula Kamalakar for threatening a BJP leader and added that they are examining the complaints and will take action accordingly.
Telangana CEO said that around 32,796 polling stations have been created for the convenience of the voters.
As many as 48,000 police personnel will be deployed on the polling day for security purposes. Apart from the police force, 279 companies of Central Paramilitary Forces (CPMF) will also be deployed for the polls, Rajat Kumar said.
He said the EC had received around 3,583 nominations for the assembly polls.
