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Congress worker stabbed to death in Guntur

Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD: Violence, clashes between Congress and TDP workers, snatching of ballot boxes and other poll malpractices again marred the second phase of polling to the local bodies in 11 districts on Sunday.

A Congress worker was stabbed to death in Guntur and in an election-related incident on Saturday night in Mahbubnagar district, another Congress worker was fatally attacked. The State Election Commission (SEC) ordered re-poll in 44 polling stations and was examining further requests from district Collectors by evening. Guntur alone accounted for 21.

The polling percentage was estimated at 70. Voters turned out in large numbers in spite of heavy rain at several places. APCC president K. Keshava Rao accused the Telugu Desam Party of making "meaningless" allegations on poll malpractices.

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