WATCH: Workers of KCR's party and Congress pelt stones at each other in Hyderabad
WATCH: Workers of KCR's party and Congress pelt stones at each other in Hyderabad
In Hyderabad, a clash broke out between KCR’s Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) party and Congress workers on Thursday.
Video shared by ANI showed workers of the parties indulging in pelting stones at each other after candidates of both – Malreddy Ranga Reddy from Congress and Manchireddy Kishan Reddy from BRS – filed their nominations.
The workers of both the parties, who got into clash, were carrying out procession to the nomination centre at Ibrahimpatnam.
Two people including a woman sustained injuries in the clash in Hyderabad.
#WATCH | Telangana: A clash broke out between BRS and Congress workers in Ibrahimpatnam, Ranga Reddy
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Police reached to the spot and resorted to a lathi charge to disperse the party workers. Additional forces were also deployed on the spot to bring back normalcy.
Assembly elections in Telangana will be held on November 30.
Earlier on Thursday, Telangana Chief Minister and BRS supremo K Chandrashekar Rao filed his nomination papers for both Gajwel and Kamareddy Assembly constituencies.
This will be his third time in contesting from Gajwel - he won the 2014 and 2018 elections from this constituency. This is, however the first time he is contesting from Kamareddy.
Rao will be contesting against Eatala Rajender in Gajwel, while Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president A Revanth Reddy will be in fray at Kamareddy
With inputs from agencies
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