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Another teacher in Telangana dies of Covid-19 during poll duty, husband blames state govt ANI | Updated: May 20, 2021 23:12 IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 20 (ANI): As the second wave of Covid-19 sweeps across India, another teacher in Telangana succumbed to the virus while she was on poll duty during a by-election last month.
G Sandhya Rani, who was on a duty during the by-polls for the Nagarjuna Sagar seat on April 17, died on May 8 after battling the virus in ICU.
According to the Telangana State United Teachers Federation, with Sandhya s death, the toll of teachers who succumbed to COVID-19 after election duty during the Nagarjuna Sagar by-polls has reached 15.
The ruling YSR Congress Party in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Rashtra Samithi in Telangana have won the two bypolls held in their states in April. The results were announced on Sunday.
: The ruling TRS party candidate Nomula Bhagat on Sunday established a lead in early trends in the Nagarajuna Sagar bypoll held on April 17. Bhagat is leading by 2,118 votes over his nearest Congress rival K Jana Reddy after the second round of vote- counting, according to the Election Commission. The bypoll was necessitated due to the death of sitting TRS legislator Nomula Narsimhaiah in December last. The BJP has put up P Ravi Kumar as its candidate. The Congress candidate Jana Reddy had served as Leader of Opposition in the previous Legislative Assembly. He lost from the same constituency in the 2018 Assembly polls.
TRS retains Nagarjunasagar constituency winning it with comfortable majority
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Party, which was holding the seat, retains it in the bypoll, a first since Telangana formation
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Nomula Bhagat, who won the Nagarjunasagar bypoll.
Party, which was holding the seat, retains it in the bypoll, a first since Telangana formation
The ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi has wrested the Nagarjunasagar Assembly constituency with its candidate Nomula Bhagat winning the by-election with a comfortable majority of over 18,000 votes.
The TRS nominee maintained his lead in all the 25 rounds, barring one round in which he trailed by a slender margin during the counting which commenced early Sunday morning. The bypoll was necessitated following the death of sitting TRS MLA Nomula Narsimhaiah in December last year. While the TRS fielded Mr. Bhagat as its nominee, veteran leader K. Jana Reddy represented the Congress and P. Ravi Kumar was the B