Summary:
VIJAYWADA: Vijayawada on Thursday witnessed an exodus of government employees heading to Telangana for voting in the assembly elections on Friday. The state secretariat has about 1,800 employees. People from coastal Andhra, and Rayalaseema, who are registered voters in Hyderabad, are the swing factor in at least half a dozen constituencies. About 60% of the 10,000 odd state government employees are availing of the facility. “The government has asked us to produce voter ID cards to prove that we have voting in Hyderabad to avail of the attendance exemption..