Overview
- Campaigning intensified on October 31 with noisy roadshows, corner meetings and door-to-door outreach across Shaikpet, Rahmat Nagar, Borabanda and other areas, with 401,365 electors set to vote.
- BRS sought Election Commission action against Congress candidate V. Naveen Yadav, alleging code violations and improper use of ₹72 lakh for a film workers’ event, and asked for his disqualification and recovery of funds.
- Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy urged voters to choose Congress for development and cautioned that a BRS win would jeopardize subsidised fine rice, 200 units of free power, free bus travel for women and ration card schemes.
- BRS working president K. T. Rama Rao led roadshows for Maganti Sunitha, accusing Congress of failing 2023 promises and reversing prior gains, and rolled out a ‘Maata‑Muchata’ outreach to directly engage voters.
- Community alignments and local grievances loom large, with AIMIM working for Congress, BJP’s G. Kishan Reddy pitching central funds, and voters highlighting power cuts, limited water supply, sewage issues and a graveyard land dispute.