Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 2 : Telangana Minister and Congress leader Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy on Thursday claimed Congress will win 14-15 seats, while K Chandrashekar Rao and BJP will not win any in the upcoming Lok Sabha election.
"Congress will win 14-15 seats in the state. KCR will not win even one seat. BJP will not be able to retain its four seats in the state," he said.
Meanwhile, in the wake of heatwave conditions prevailing in the state, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has extended the polling hours in various assembly segments of Telangana for the Lok Sabha elections scheduled on May 13.
The Election Commission has set the new timing for the polling from 7 am to 6 pm. The decision by the EC has been taken to increase voters' participation.
Voting for all 17 seats in Telangana will take place on May 13 in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024.
The hours of polling will be 7 am to 6 pm in Adilabad, Peddapalle, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Zahirabad, Medak, Malkajgiri, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Chevella, Mahbubnagar, Nagarkurnool (SC), Nalgonda, Bhongir, Warangal (SC), Mahabubabad and Khammam.
The announcement by the Election Commission came after the India Meteorological Department's (IMD) bulletin on Wednesday that said heatwave conditions will prevail in most districts of the state until May 6.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) (now known as the BRS) won 9 seats, the BJP secured 4 seats, the Congress won 3 seats, and the AIMIM emerged victorious in 1 seat.
The voting of the first and second phases was concluded and the next round of voting will be held on May 7. The counting of votes will be held on June 4.