Telangana Polls: On the sidelines

Popular Telugu film comedian Brahmanandam, who acted in Election Commission’s public interest advertisements urging voters to cast their votes, was in for a shock on Wednesday. The Padma Shri-awardee who holds a Guinness World Record for acting in most number of films, found his name missing from the voters' list. Brahmanandam (fondly called Brahmi) requested the election officials at the Jubilee Hills Public School to recheck the list. However, he and his wife Lakshmi had to leave the polling booth disappointed and disheartened as they were informed that their names were missing.

Chandrababu's vote invalid
Chief Elector Officer, Bhanwar Lal, said the vote cast by Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu would be invalidated. The mistake the former minister made was publicly disclosing that he had voted for the Bharatiya Janata Party. According to the election rules, one should not disclose near the polling station to whom he or she voted for.