Only two days are left for the Huzurnagar by-election polling, which will be held on October 21. The results will be announced on October 24. Rival parties stepped up electioneering as the campaign comes to an end today evening. It’s a keen contest between the TRS and the Congress party. The CPI withdrew support to TRS at the last minute. This has reduced TRS chances to some extent.
Meanwhile, BJP leaders are making a strong bid to leave their mark in the Assembly segment. BJP MLA Raja Singh toured extensively and he promised to rename Huzurnagar as Poncherla in tune with the local sentiment. The BJP is promising to change the names of villages that were there since the Nizam’s times. The TDP is also contesting separately.
The multi-cornered contest is making the poll result very tough to guess. Analysts say that whoever it is, the winner will get just around a thousand votes majority this time. There is also curiosity what impact the RTC strike will have on the TRS votes.