Hyderabad, July 6 -- Members of the historic Nizam Club voted in a new Secretary and Vice President, with challengers unseating two sitting office-bearers, even as the polling was clouded by attempts to divide voters along caste and religious lines.

B. Muthyam Reddy defeated incumbent Secretary Amarender Reddy for the post of Secretary, while Ashfaq Ahmed beat Asha Lata to be elected Vice President, according to results declared late in the night. For the three Managing Committee seats in the contest, Aamer Javeed, Shailaja Reddy and Rishi Rathore were declared elected.

A total of 2,455 of the club's 6,500 members turned out to vote for the Secretary, Vice President and three Managing Committee posts.

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