Bypoll for two MLC seats under MLAs quota on July 12
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Bypoll for two MLC seats under MLAs quota on July 12

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada/Anantapur: By-election for two seats of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council, under MLAs quota, will be held on July 12. Ramachandraiah, who was elected as MLC under the MLAs quota on YSRC ticket in 2021, was disqualified in March this year after he defected to the Telugu Desam. The defected MLCs from Rayalaseema region along with senior leaders are in the race for the MLC seat under the MLA quota as notification for the two MLC seats will be released on June 25. He left the YSRC after he faced insults and the YSRC high command fielded a non-local woman candidate from Hindupur and kept the sitting MLC aside.

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A.P. HC restores Indukuri Raghu Raju’s membership of the Legislative Council
2 months ago

A.P. HC restores Indukuri Raghu Raju’s membership of the Legislative Council

The Hindu  

VIJAYAWADA A Division Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, comprising justices G. Narendar and T.C.D. Sekhar, has set aside Legislative Council Chairman K. Moshenu Raju’s order disqualifying Vizianagaram local bodies’ constituency MLC Indukuri Raghu Raju on Wednesday, thereby restoring his membership. Mr. Raghu Raju was disqualified as MLC in June 2024 for allegedly indulging in anti-party activities, as per …

NDA likely to field candidate for MLC bypoll in Andhra Pradesh
4 months, 4 weeks ago

NDA likely to field candidate for MLC bypoll in Andhra Pradesh

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: The TDP-led NDA is likely to contest the MLC byelection for the Visakhapatnam Local Authorities constituency. While former minister Botcha Satyanarayana filed his papers on Monday on behalf of the YSRC for the MLC byelection, it is learnt that Byra Dileep Chakravarthy is likely to be fielded by the NDA. The six-member committee was constituted by Chief Minister and …

Congress Tries To Stop Jeevan Reddy From Quitting As MLC
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Congress Tries To Stop Jeevan Reddy From Quitting As MLC

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Congress high command summoned MLC T. Jeevan Reddy to New Delhi on Wednesday in an effort to prevent him from resigning his post. Reddy has been upset with the Telangana Congress leadership since the recent induction of BRS Jagtial MLA M. Sanjay Kumar into the party, threatening to quit his MLC position in protest. Despite efforts by Deputy …

Andhra Pradesh: Disqualified YSRC MLC plans to move court
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Andhra Pradesh: Disqualified YSRC MLC plans to move court

New Indian Express  

VIZIANAGARAM: Indukuri Raghu Raju, who was disqualified as a YSRC MLC, is planning to move court against the decision taken by Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council Chairman Koyye Moshenu Raju. Addressing a press conference in Vizianagaram on Friday, Raghu Raju, who hails from the Kshatriya community, alleged that Moshenu Raju and Government Whip Palavalasa Vikranth had colluded to disqualify him due …

Andhra Pradesh Lok Sabha Election 2024: Complete List of MLAs From TDP, YSRCP and BJP
7 months ago

Andhra Pradesh Lok Sabha Election 2024: Complete List of MLAs From TDP, YSRCP and BJP

News 18  

Telegu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu-led NDA scored a landslide victory after winning 150 out of 175 assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh on June 4 in the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. This means Jagan Mohan Reddy’s YSRCP has been dethroned from power. “YSR Congress Party will act as the voice of the voiceless,” said Reddy while conceding defeat to TDP. …

MLC bypoll: Defeat a major blow to Congress plans in Telangana?
7 months, 1 week ago

MLC bypoll: Defeat a major blow to Congress plans in Telangana?

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD : The reverse the Congress suffered in the Mahbubnagar local authorities MLC byelection, coupled with the Lok Sabha exit poll predictions, may have dealt a major blow to its plans to strengthen its base as well as the government in the state. CM’s efforts in vain What is more disappointing for the Congress and its cadre is the fact …

Karnataka: Nearly 100 aspirants in race for 7 MLC posts in Congress
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Karnataka: Nearly 100 aspirants in race for 7 MLC posts in Congress

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU : Ahead of filing of nomination starting on Monday for the 11 MLC posts to be elected from the Assembly, lobbying has intensified in the ruling Congress as nearly 100 aspirants have applied for the seven seats the Grand Old Party can win. Siddaramaiah’s son Dr Yathindra and minister NS Boseraju are most likely to get nominated as the …

Jagan Wants YSRC to Wrest Four Seats Lost in Vizag
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Jagan Wants YSRC to Wrest Four Seats Lost in Vizag

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: YSRC president and Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has asked his party’s MLA candidates and corporators to make serious efforts to win all the Assembly segments in Visakhapatnam Urban area – Visakhapatnam East, Visakhapatnam West, Visakhapatnam North, Visakhapatnam South, Gajuwaka and Bheemili. Raju of Visakhapatnam North, Ananda Kumar of Visakhapatnam West, Gudivada Amarnath of Gajuwaka, mayor G. Hari …

Graduates MLC Bypoll in Telangana Soon
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Graduates MLC Bypoll in Telangana Soon

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Telangana state gears up for a crucial byelection as the Election Commission prepares to issue the MLC bypoll notification for the Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda constituency in May or June. The bypoll was necessitated by the resignation of BRS MLC Palla Rajeshwar Reddy, who was elected MLA from Jangaon last year. While about 5.05 lakh graduates were enrolled as voters in March …

Ongole MP Magunta joins TDP
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Ongole MP Magunta joins TDP

Deccan Chronicle  

Ongole MP Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy along with several other leaders joined the Telugu Desam party in the presence of party chief N. Chandrababu Naidu at a programme held here on Saturday.The leaders include: Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy’s son Raghava Reddy, former MLA Bachina Garataiah, Bachina Krishna Chaitanya, Kavali former MLA Vonteru Venugopal Reddy and their supporters. Speaking on the occasion, Naidu …

HC Extends Status Quo on Governor Quota MLCs Till Conclusion of Writs
11 months ago

HC Extends Status Quo on Governor Quota MLCs Till Conclusion of Writs

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Thursday extended the status quo order on the notification appointing Prof. M. Kodandaram and Amer Ali Khan as MLCs under the Governor quota, till the outcome of writ petitions filed by Dasoju Sravan and K. Satyanarayana. In the course of arguments, senior counsel Aditya Sondhi, representing Dr. Dasoju, alleged the Governor made mala fide …

Andhra Speaker questions four YSRCP rebel MLAs over cross-voting in polls
11 months, 1 week ago

Andhra Speaker questions four YSRCP rebel MLAs over cross-voting in polls

Hindustan Times  

Andhra Pradesh assembly speaker Tammineni Sitaram on Monday called four rebel MLAs of the ruling YSR Congress Party, seeking explanation for allegedly voting against party whip in the MLC elections in March last year. Andhra Pradesh assembly speaker Tammineni Sitaram on Monday called four rebel MLAs of the ruling YSR Congress party. The speaker also called four rebel TDP MLAs …

Telangana CM Heads to Delhi for Crucial Meetings and International Engagements
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Telangana CM Heads to Delhi for Crucial Meetings and International Engagements

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy left for Delhi on Friday to meet the high command against the backdrop of the January 29 elections to two seats in the Legislative Council from the MLA quota and the appointment of chairpersons for state-run corporations. Revanth Reddy will meet AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and K.C. It …

Dilemma Over Hindupur MP Seat Continues in Ruling YSRC
1 year ago

Dilemma Over Hindupur MP Seat Continues in Ruling YSRC

Deccan Chronicle  

Anantapur: Dilemma within the YSRC about fielding its candidate from the Hindupur Lok Sabha seat is continuing. The ruling party is firm on retaining the MP seat, though majority of assembly constituencies that comprise the Lok Sabha seat are opposition Telugu Desam strongholds. Speculations are rife that Shanta, sister of former Karnataka minister B. Sriramulu, a close aide of mining …

YSRC Would Retain Power, Claims Kodali
1 year, 1 month ago

YSRC Would Retain Power, Claims Kodali

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: YSR Congress MLA and former minister Kodali Venkateswara Rao claimed on Thursday that “none can defeat the ruling YSRC” in Gudivada constituency. Commenting on the celebrations by the TD after the Congress win in the Telangana state, the MLA said NTR had floated Telugu Desam Party against the Congress but the TD leaders were shamelessly celebrating a Congress victory …

BRS MLC Damodar Reddy faces disqualification
1 year, 6 months ago

BRS MLC Damodar Reddy faces disqualification

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The BRS leadership took a serious view of party MLC Kuchukulla Damodar Reddy holding discussions with TPCC leader Mallu Ravi on joining the Congress. Party sources said BRS president and Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao discussed the issue with senior leaders and is learnt to have expressed severe anger at the meeting. Rao is learnt to have asked the …

BJP Candidates Win MLC Bypolls in Uttar Pradesh, Congress MLAs Refrain from Voting
1 year, 7 months ago

BJP Candidates Win MLC Bypolls in Uttar Pradesh, Congress MLAs Refrain from Voting

News 18  

The ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh sailed comfortably in the legislative council bypolls held on Monday with both its candidates defeating the Samajwadi Party nominees. Asked about the disqualification of votes, Samajwadi Party spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary said, “We will look into the matter.” Uttar Pradesh minister JPS Rathore told PTI, “One of our candidates got six votes more than our …

Lobbying in BRS for 2 MLC Governor's quota seats
1 year, 7 months ago

Lobbying in BRS for 2 MLC Governor's quota seats

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The term of two BRS MLCs, D. Rajeshwar Rao and Farooq Hussain, under the Governor's quota will end on May 27. Notwithstanding this, several aspirants are lobbying for the seats, including former minister Tummala Nageshwara Rao, TSPSC former chairman Ghanta Chakrapani, senior Dalit leader Mothkupalli Narasimhulu and former SATS chairman Allipuram Venkateshwar Reddy. The last time, when the Cabinet …

Three BRS MLCs take oath on Friday
1 year, 9 months ago

Three BRS MLCs take oath on Friday

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The three BRS MLCs, who were declared elected unopposed under the MLAs' quota took oath in the Legislative Council on Friday. Former minister Tummala Nageshwara Rao, former TSPSC chairman Ghanta Chakrapani, senior Dalit leader Mothkupalli Narasimhulu and former Sports Authority of Telangana State chairman Allipuram Venkateshwar Reddy are said to be the frontrunners. In August 2021 when the cabinet …

YSRC suspends four MLAs for cross-voting in MLC elections
1 year, 9 months ago

YSRC suspends four MLAs for cross-voting in MLC elections

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Ruling YSR Congress on Friday suspended four of its MLAs – Anam Ramanarayana Reddy, Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy, Mekapati Chandrasekhar Reddy and Vundavalli Sridevi – for cross voting in the just-concluded MLC elections from MLAs’ quota. Speaking to reporters at the assembly media point, YSRC general secretary Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy underlined that party high command’s inquiries have confirmed that these …

YSRCP suspends 4 MLAs for violation of Whip in MLC elections in Andhra Pradesh
1 year, 9 months ago

YSRCP suspends 4 MLAs for violation of Whip in MLC elections in Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

A day after the unexpected defeat of an MLC from the MLA quota elections in Andhra Pradesh, the ruling YSR Congress Party suspended four of its MLAs from the party, stating that they had violated the Whip. The YSRCP general secretary Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy, at a press conference at the Assembly Media point on Friday, announced that the party was …

YSRC aiming to win all seven MLC seats under MLA quota
1 year, 9 months ago

YSRC aiming to win all seven MLC seats under MLA quota

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The Ruling YSR Congress, on directions from Chief Minister Y.S. In this context, the Chief Minister instructed the party’s poll managers to guard against cross voting and altogether avoid any invalidation of YSRC members’ votes, so as to win all the seven MLC seats. Sensing the danger of invalid votes, Jagan Mohan Reddy directed the party leaders to conduct …

Teachers\' MLC seat in BJP\'s kitty
1 year, 9 months ago

Teachers\' MLC seat in BJP\'s kitty

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: BJP-backed candidate A.V.N. Reddy was declared elected as the MLC in the Mahbubnagar-Ranga Reddy-Hyderabad Teachers constituency polls held four days ago. BRS-backed PRTU candidate Chenna Keshava Reddy got eliminated after the 20th round of counting while the Congress-backed candidate got knocked out of the second round. The second got limited to the top two candidates The counting of votes …

YSRC sweeps local bodies MLC polls; counting progressing for other MLC seats
1 year, 9 months ago

YSRC sweeps local bodies MLC polls; counting progressing for other MLC seats

Deccan Chronicle  

VISHAKHAPATNAM: The ruling YSRC registered a clean sweep of the MLC elections from the local bodies in Andhra Pradesh, winning all the four seats when the results were declared on Thursday. In West Godavari, YSRC candidates K. Srinivas and Vanka Ravindranath snatched both the vacant MLC local bodies seats. YSRC candidate Kavuru Srinivas got 481 first-priority votes and Vanka Ravindranath …

TD upsets YSRC over unanimous MLAs’ quota MLC polls
1 year, 9 months ago

TD upsets YSRC over unanimous MLAs’ quota MLC polls

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: The Telugu Desam has upset ruling YSR Congress’s plan of getting its seven MLC nominees elected unanimously from the MLAs’ quota based on the overwhelming majority the ruling party has. But since then, four of the TD’s MLAs – Vallabhaneni Vamsi Mohan, Karanam Balaram, Maddali Giridhar and Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar – had crossed over to the YSRC. TD politburo …

YSRC confident of winning MLC polls
1 year, 9 months ago

YSRC confident of winning MLC polls

Deccan Chronicle  

ANANTAPUR: Ruling YSRC is confident of winning the two MLC seats of graduates and teachers constituency in Rayalaseema West, apart from the Kurnool local bodies MLC seat. For the teacher MLC seat, an average of 90 per cent polling has been reported from all six districts – Anantapur, Satya Sai, YSR, Annamayya, Kurnool and Nandyal. Graduate constituency YSRC candidate V. …

YSRC ahead of Opposition in MLC poll campaign
1 year, 9 months ago

YSRC ahead of Opposition in MLC poll campaign

Deccan Chronicle  

VISHAKHAPATNAM: The resource-strong YSRC is in the forefront of the MLC election campaign in the region while the Opposition parties are devoting their full time on a criticism of the YSRC government. Subba Reddy has taken the lead, assisted by the two deputy chief ministers -- Peedika Rajanna Dora and Vidadala Rajani, MVV Satyanarayana MP, district party president Panchakarla Ramesh, …

KCR likely to nominate Challa, Tummala and Naveen Kumar as MLCs under MLAs\' quota
1 year, 10 months ago

KCR likely to nominate Challa, Tummala and Naveen Kumar as MLCs under MLAs\' quota

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: BRS president and Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao is learnt to have finalised the candidature of Challa Venkatrami Reddy, Tummala Nageshwar Rao and Kurumaiahgari Naveen Rao for three Legislative Council seats from the MLAs quota. The Election Commission of India issued poll notification for three MLC seats under MLAs' quota on Monday The elections are being held to replace …

Police put TD MLA, YSRC MLC under house arrest
1 year, 10 months ago

Police put TD MLA, YSRC MLC under house arrest

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: Ramachandrapuram division police put Telugu Desam MLA Vegulla Jogeswara Rao from Mandapeta and YSRC MLC Thota Trimurthulu under house arrest on Sunday when they challenged each other for a debate over the allocation of TIDCO houses built in Mandapeta and Ramachandrapuram. They prevented supporters of both leaders from gathering at the TIDCO Colony in Mandapeta, the venue of the …

Top YSRC leaders confident of party winning MLC elections
1 year, 10 months ago

Top YSRC leaders confident of party winning MLC elections

Deccan Chronicle  

TIRUPATI: YSR Congress party regional coordinator and MLA Balineni Srinivas Reddy, Deputy Chief Minister K.K. Narayana Swamy, and ministers Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy and R.K. Roja on Sunday expressed confidence that YSRC will emerge victorious in elections to the State Legislative Council, as the ruling party has the support of all sections of people due to implementation of various schemes for …

Unanimous MLC poll win gives YSRC a boost
1 year, 10 months ago

Unanimous MLC poll win gives YSRC a boost

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The inevitable unanimous win of five MLC seats by the ruling YSRC in nine local bodies has boosted the morale of party leaders towards attaining Chief Minister Y.S. It may be recalled that after its landslide victory with 151 MLA and 22 MP seats in 2019 Assembly and Lok Sabha elections, Jagan Mohan Reddy’s party continued its winning spree …

Local body MLC polls: YSRC nominees win seats without contest in Anantapur and Kadapa
1 year, 10 months ago

Local body MLC polls: YSRC nominees win seats without contest in Anantapur and Kadapa

Deccan Chronicle  

ANANTAPUR: MLC candidates from the Local Bodies constituencies in Anantapur and Kadapa have won the seats without a contest as the nominations of the Telugu Desam and Independents were rejected during scrutiny on Friday, citing technical defects. N. Venkata Ramanaiah’s nominations for the Kadapa Local Bodies MLC seat were rejected after the officials found submission of forged documents. YSRC candidate …

Seema MLC polls will be litmus test for YSRC
1 year, 10 months ago

Seema MLC polls will be litmus test for YSRC

Deccan Chronicle  

ANANTAPUR: MLC polls for Graduate and Teachers constituencies from Rayalaseema would be a litmus test for the YSRC to prove its strength. In the last polls, the YSRC fielded former NGO president Vennapusa Gopal Reddy as its candidate for the Graduates constituency and registered a win. The Rayalaseema West MLC seat for both Graduates and Teachers is connected with the …

Trouble in Gannavaram TD’s attempt at sabotage: Appalaraju
1 year, 10 months ago

Trouble in Gannavaram TD’s attempt at sabotage: Appalaraju

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Fisheries minister Dr. Seedari Appala Raju accused TD leadership of wantonly creating trouble in Gannavaram to divert attention from justice Chief Minister Y.S. Addressing a press conference at the YSRC party office in Srikakulam on Tuesday, the minister said: “The CM has carried out social engineering that has brought in equality within society. Regarding selection of MLC candidates and …

MLC polls no referendum on 3 capitals: Botsa Satyanarayana
1 year, 10 months ago

MLC polls no referendum on 3 capitals: Botsa Satyanarayana

Deccan Chronicle  

VISAKHAPATNAM: Education Minister Botsa Satanarayana said on Sunday that the MLC polls need not be treated as a referendum on the three-capitals plan though the chances of the ruling party winning the elections "are of 200 per cent." YSRC regional coordinator Subba Reddy said the party's high command has decided on the candidature of Seethamraju Sudhakar for the Srikakulam, Vizianagaram …

MLC polls next month crucial for YSRC’s 2024 assembly bid
1 year, 10 months ago

MLC polls next month crucial for YSRC’s 2024 assembly bid

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The ruling YSR Congress, led by Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, is gearing itself fully to win all the five MLC seats of teachers and graduates that are falling vacant. Winning all the legislative council seats will be a major psychological breakthrough in YSRC’s bid to win all the 175 Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh. Election Commission of …

EC releases MLC poll schedule for 13 MLCs in AP, polling on March 13
1 year, 11 months ago

EC releases MLC poll schedule for 13 MLCs in AP, polling on March 13

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The Election Commission of India on Thursday has released MLC poll schedule for biennial elections to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council on March 13 to elect 13 MLCs – eight from local authorities and five from graduates and teachers’ constituencies. The eight local authority constituencies are Nellore, West Godavari, East Godavari, Srikakulam, Chittoor and Kurnool, whose sitting members are …

To quell infighting, KCR to use 7 vacant MLC posts
2 years ago

To quell infighting, KCR to use 7 vacant MLC posts

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: With infighting and discontent brewing ahead of the December 2023 Assembly elections, the BRS president and Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao will attempt to gratify some disappointed leaders by nominating them to the seven Legislative Council seats that will fall vacant in the first half of 2023, with their six-year tenure of the current occupants ending in March …

E.S.L. Narasimhan held back files from KCR, Kiran Kumar Reddy
2 years, 2 months ago

E.S.L. Narasimhan held back files from KCR, Kiran Kumar Reddy

The Hindu  

Just before bifurcation of united Andhra Pradesh, a similar issue of Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan withholding assent for the proposal sent by then Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy to nominate four MLCs under the Governor’s quota was reported. While Mr. Narasimhan cleared the names of Nandi Yellaiah, T. Ratna Bai and Kanteti Satyanarayana Raju, he refused to sign the file …

Botsa, Dharmana \'met CM\' for change of MLC candidate Sudhakar
2 years, 3 months ago

Botsa, Dharmana \'met CM\' for change of MLC candidate Sudhakar

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Ministers Dharmana Prasada Rao and Botsa Satyanarayana seem to have urged chief minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy to change the MLC candidate for North Andhra Graduates Constituency, Seethamraju Sudhakar. The party’s lower-rung leaders said Sudhakar was not seen much in public life and “there is also no record of his contributions” to the party. Another party leader said the …

Maharashtra MLC polls: All 285 MLAs cast vote; ailing legislators taken in wheelchairs to exercise franchise
2 years, 6 months ago

Maharashtra MLC polls: All 285 MLAs cast vote; ailing legislators taken in wheelchairs to exercise franchise

The Hindu  

Voting for the elections to 10 seats in the Maharashtra Legislative Council was completed at 4 p.m. on June 20, with all 285 eligible MLAs casting their vote, including some ailing legislators who were taken in wheelchairs inside the Legislature complex in Mumbai, an official from the Vidhan Bhavan said. The role of Independents and smaller parties is being seen …

UP MLC polls 2022: Polling for 26 Legislative Council seats tomorrow, BJP eyes majority in both Houses
2 years, 9 months ago

UP MLC polls 2022: Polling for 26 Legislative Council seats tomorrow, BJP eyes majority in both Houses

India TV News  

Highlights BJP has set its eye on becoming the single-largest party in the state Legislative Council. Following a resounding victory in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, the BJP has set its eye on becoming the single-largest party in the state Legislative Council as well by winning a majority of the 36 Upper House seats going to polls on Saturday. In the …

MLC polls: Unanimous win for Kavitha in Nizamabad
3 years, 1 month ago

MLC polls: Unanimous win for Kavitha in Nizamabad

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao’s daughter Kalvakuntla Kavitha has been elected as MLC unopposed from Nizamabad local authority constituency). Of the two nominations filed for the MLC election, the returning officer and district collector C. Narayana Reddy rejected the nomination papers of an independent candidate Kotagiri Srinivas citing lack of details in the affidavit on Wednesday. They accepted nomination …

K Kavitha may not get MLC seat
5 years, 5 months ago

K Kavitha may not get MLC seat

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao is said to have decided to fill up the two MLC seats that fell vacant recently — one in the nominated category and the other in the MLA quota — with the disqualification of Mr Ramulu Naik and Mr Yadav Reddy. On a complaint from the Telangana Rashtra Samiti, the Legislative Council Chairman had …

Question mark over T Harish Rao in Cabinet, berth for KT Rama Rao
5 years, 7 months ago

Question mark over T Harish Rao in Cabinet, berth for KT Rama Rao

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: With the completion of the merging of 12 defector Congress MLAs with the Telangana Rashtra Samiti, the way is clear for the much awaited cabinet expansion. Sources close to Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao said the Congress MLAs who defected will have a chance of getting ministerial posts in the Cabinet expansion. Former home minister and Maheswaram MLA Sabitha …

Records of MLC disqualification submitted to HC
5 years, 7 months ago

Records of MLC disqualification submitted to HC

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: On the directions of the High Court, the Telangana state Legislative Council on Thursday submitted the entire records with respect to the disqualification of three MLCs on the grounds of defection to the Congress from the TRS. The division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Raghavendra Singh Chauhan and Justice Shameem Akther was dealing with the petitions of the disqualified …

Hyderabad: TRS leadership foresaw defeat in MLC contest
5 years, 9 months ago

Hyderabad: TRS leadership foresaw defeat in MLC contest

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Anticipating negative results in the MLC elections held for two teachers and one graduates constituency, the TRS leadership decided not to field any candidates and thus reduce the damage to the party politically ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. Going through the trend in postal ballot votes in the Assembly elections, the TRS decided not to field candidates officially …

After MLA quota, TRS shifts focus to graduates' constituency
5 years, 10 months ago

After MLA quota, TRS shifts focus to graduates' constituency

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: After their successful attempt to defeat the Congress at the MLC elections from the Assembly quota, the Telangana Rashtra Samiti is likely to concentrate on the Council elections from the graduates’ constituency, where former Congress minister T. Jeevan Reddy is contesting. With the defection of two MLAs, the Congress leadership has lost hope of winning the one MLC seat …

Telangana: Defected MLA says Congress MLC offered Rs 50 lakh for vote
5 years, 10 months ago

Telangana: Defected MLA says Congress MLC offered Rs 50 lakh for vote

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A day after TPCC chief N. Uttam Kumar Reddy challenged Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao to reveal the details of the deal given to the two Congress MLAs to jump ship, one of the defectors has come up with new allegations. MLA Rega Kantha Rao said that the Congress MLC candidate, Guduru Narayana Rao, offered him Rs 50 lakh …

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