Amidst several controversies, the elections for MAA were held on 10th October in Hyderabad’s Jubilee hills. This time the race for the president post is between Manchu Vishnu and Prakash Raj. Several celebrities, including Bala Krishna, Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna, Power Star Pawan Kalyan, Jaya Pradha, Ram Charan, Raja Sekhar, Ali, Babu Mohan, Manchu Vishnu, Genelia, Poonam Kaur, Manchu Lakshmi, Roja, Nitya Menen, Vadde Naveen, Naresh, among others cast their votes. Now according to the latest report, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Naga Chaitanya skipped MAA elections.
On 2nd October, Akkineni couple Samantha and Naga Chaitanya announced their separation by sharing the statement on social media sites.
Samantha is the life member of the association. Both Chaitu and Samantha avoided to interact with media that was the main reason that they skipped MAA elections.
There are about 925 members in the MAA, of which 883 members are eligible for the voting upon showing a valid membership card. The elections was held amidst police security with at least 50 police personnel guarding the polling station.
The visuals of Hema biting the elbow of Siva Balaji after he tried to obstruct Hema from going to the other end where another Prakash Raj panel member was being manhandled are also going viral. Later, police resolved the issue.