Eight IAS officers have been appointed by the Election Commission of India as general observers. The officers have been appointed in order to observe the elections in Hyderabad.
The officers were appointed in 15 Assembly constituencies of Hyderabad. IAS Yatindra Prasad has been appointed for Malakpet and Amberpet constituencies, Sameer Verma for Charminar and Chandrayanagutta, J Jayakanthan appointed for Khairtabad and Jubilee Hills, Dr Ahmed Iqbal for Sanath Nagar and Nampally, Kavitha Ramu for Karwan and Goshamahal, Dipankar Sinha for Yakutpura and Bahadurpura, Gayathri Krishnan for Secunderabad and Secunderabad Cantonment, and Sachindra Pratap Singh for Musheerabad constituency.