Hyderabad: In just a few hours it will be known which party is going to rule Telangana state for the next five years. The counting of votes will start at 8 am on Tuesday. There are in all 119 Assembly constituencies. An early indication of the results will emerge by 11 am.
There was a massive turnout in rural areas and both the TRS and the Congress are claiming that this is in their favour. The TRS says its several welfare schemes will win it the rural vote. The Congress claims the high voter turnout indicates that people are against the TRS government and have voted in favour of their coalition.
Poll experts said that polling will naturally be high when there is a close fight between two contenders.
According reports from the districts, the Muslim minority has not voted for any one particular political party. Where BJP candidates are strong, they have chosen to vote for whoever has a wining chance against the BJP.
Whichever party wins, the new government is most likely to be formed on Wednesday, December 12. According to astrologers, Wednesday is panchami tithi, which is an auspicious day. Since there are apparently no other auspicious days in the near future, TPCC president N. Uttam Kumar Reddy has repeatedly said that if the People’s Front is voted to power the new government must be formed on December 12. Since TRS chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao is equally a believer in astral signs, he too has said the new government must be formed on December 12.
