KCR all set to dissolve state Assembly today
6 years, 4 months ago

KCR all set to dissolve state Assembly today

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The crucial cabinet meeting to be held on Thursday will decide whether Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao dissolves the state Assembly and calls for early elections. According to sources close to the CM, he has two options: either to straightaway make the decision in the Cabinet meeting on September 7, or to hold the Assembly session and then announce the dissolution of the assembly in the house itself. Sources close to the CM said that if early elections to the Assembly are to be held in December, then the Assembly should be dissolved before September 22. At the Pragathi Nivedana Sabha, Mr Rao said ministers and MPs had asked him to take whatever decision was good for the party.

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Governor dissolves Haryana assembly day after cabinet recommendation
4 months ago

Governor dissolves Haryana assembly day after cabinet recommendation

Hindustan Times  

Governor Bandaru Dattatreya on Thursday dissolved the Haryana Vidhan Sabha, exercising his powers under Article 174 of the Constitution. Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini and the council of minister recommended the assembly’s premature dissolution to avert a constitutional crisis. The dissolution comes a day after the council of ministers, headed by chief minister Nayab Singh Saini, recommended the assembly’s …

Polls round the corner, Haryana govt may skip House meet, dissolve assembly
4 months ago

Polls round the corner, Haryana govt may skip House meet, dissolve assembly

Hindustan Times  

Faced with a constitutional predicament of its own making, the BJP government in Haryana is contemplating to dissolve the state legislature. The dissolution of the state legislature under Article 174 of the Constitution will avert a constitutional crisis for the Nayab Singh Saini government, parliamentary affairs experts said. Former additional secretary of Haryana Vidhan Sabha Ram Narain Yadav said the …

Jammu Kashmir Elections: Announcement of Assembly Election Dates For J&K Likely Today | Breaking
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Jammu Kashmir Elections: Announcement of Assembly Election Dates For J&K Likely Today | Breaking

ABP News  

The Election Commission of India is likely to announce the dates for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections on Friday, possibly after 3 PM. There is also a possibility that the Commission may announce the dates for the Haryana Assembly elections today as well. On November 21, 2018, the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly was dissolved, with an assurance that elections …

Telangana Assembly elections: CM KCR confident of winning 95-105 seats
1 year, 2 months ago

Telangana Assembly elections: CM KCR confident of winning 95-105 seats

India TV News  

Gajwel: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has expressed confidence in Bharat Rashtra Samithi winning with majority in the upcoming Assembly polls and securing between 95 and 105 seats in the 119-member house. Claiming that although Telangana’s economic growth had declined due to demonetisation in 2016 and the COVID-19 pandemic, he said that the “youngest state of the country achieved …

KCR meet to give clarity on poll tie up and candidates
1 year, 7 months ago

KCR meet to give clarity on poll tie up and candidates

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: BRS president and Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, who called a meeting on Wednesday at Telangana Bhavan, is expected to give clarity on announcement of the party candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections and on having an alliance with the Left parties. In the meeting, which will be attended by the party’s MLAs, MLCs, MPs, party state executive committee …

Congress plans to ‘wipe out’ BJP, NDDP from Nagaland in upcoming state assembly polls says K. Therie
1 year, 11 months ago

Congress plans to ‘wipe out’ BJP, NDDP from Nagaland in upcoming state assembly polls says K. Therie

The Hindu  

Congress president in Nagaland, K. Therie on Wednesday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party of betraying the people and said that their party would ensure a wipeout of BJP and Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party. They want to fish out of troubled waters," State Cong President K. Therie said after the Election Commission announced the dates of Assembly elections here. Meanwhile, …

Discuss Election Date, Or We Will Dissolve Assemblies: Imran's Bouncer to Pak Govt - News18
2 years, 1 month ago

Discuss Election Date, Or We Will Dissolve Assemblies: Imran's Bouncer to Pak Govt - News18

News 18  

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday asked the Shehbaz Sharif-led government to come “sit and talk and give a date for the general elections” while warning that otherwise “we will dissolve the assemblies”. “Now we are left with the only option of dissolving assemblies and then this government will arrange elections in 60 per cent of Pakistan,” said …

CM KCR convenes TRSLP meet; early polls on cards
2 years, 4 months ago

CM KCR convenes TRSLP meet; early polls on cards

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: TRS president and Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao on Tuesday called a meeting of the TRS Legislature Party at Telangana Bhavan, the party's headquarters, on September 3, soon after the Cabinet meeting. Rao's sudden decision to hold the TRSLP meeting immediately after the Cabinet meeting and asking even MLCs and MPs to attend the meeting triggered speculation in TRS …

CM Thackeray Says No Proposal to Dissolve Assembly: Maha Cong Chief
2 years, 6 months ago

CM Thackeray Says No Proposal to Dissolve Assembly: Maha Cong Chief

News 18  

Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Wednesday said Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has made it clear that there was no proposal to recommend dissolution of the state Assembly. Patole told reporters that Thackeray has asserted that the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi will sail through the present crisis, and there was no proposal to recommend dissolution of the state Assembly. Earlier …

Goa Cabinet Passes Resolution To Dissolve Assembly, New Govt To Take Charge In 2-3 Days
2 years, 10 months ago

Goa Cabinet Passes Resolution To Dissolve Assembly, New Govt To Take Charge In 2-3 Days

ABP News  

New Delhi: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, whose party BJP won 20 of the state assembly's 40 seats, convened a cabinet meeting on Friday, during which a resolution was passed to dissolve the assembly, news agency IANS reported. New Govt To Be Formed In Goa In Next '2 To 3 Days': Minister Godinho Talking to the media after the meeting, …

KCR plans meet for Chief Ministers of states ruled by regional parties
2 years, 11 months ago

KCR plans meet for Chief Ministers of states ruled by regional parties

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra Samiti president and Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao is understood to be keen to host the conclave of Chief Ministers of states ruled by regional parties in Hyderabad. Addressing a joint meeting of TRS MLAs, MLCs and MPs, Rao said, "Very soon, I am going to hold a conclave of India's Opposition parties in Hyderabad. With the …

Telangana government can’t dissolve GHMC body
5 years, 6 months ago

Telangana government can’t dissolve GHMC body

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Legal experts say that the state government cannot dissolve the elected civic bodies without there being allegations of abuse of power by the elected body. There has been speculation within the Telangana Rashtra Samithi for the past two months that Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao would advance the elections for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation after dissolving the council. …

Congress dissolves Karnataka Pradesh Committee; Dinesh Gundu Rao to stay on as state party chief
5 years, 6 months ago

Congress dissolves Karnataka Pradesh Committee; Dinesh Gundu Rao to stay on as state party chief

Firstpost  

The All India Congress Committee has decided to dissolve the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee. State party president Dinesh Gundu Rao and working chief Eshwara Khandre will continue to hold their posts. The move to dissolve the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee is believed to be a fallout of the constantly reported infighting within the party’s state unit and the instability of …

KCR may announce Telangana cabinet this week
6 years ago

KCR may announce Telangana cabinet this week

Live Mint  

Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao is likely to announce his cabinet by the end of this month, nearly three weeks after winning the assembly elections with a thumping majority. Rao, who heads the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, is a staunch believer in astrology and thus the announcement was kept at bay as there are only two auspicious days for …

Telangana election results 2018: KCR's risky move to dissolve Assembly pays rich dividends as TRS storms to victory
6 years, 1 month ago

Telangana election results 2018: KCR's risky move to dissolve Assembly pays rich dividends as TRS storms to victory

Firstpost  

TRS supremo K Chandrashekar Rao repeatedly emphasised that his party would win 100 seats out of 119 on offer in Telangana. Notwithstanding the criticism on his undemocratic and inaccessible style of functioning, KCR remained popular both as the leader of Telangana and as the chief minister who authored several welfare schemes. Despite the positive image the chief minister is enjoying …

J&K governor dissolves Assembly: Some of his arguments ring true, but move will be viewed through partisan prism
6 years, 1 month ago

J&K governor dissolves Assembly: Some of his arguments ring true, but move will be viewed through partisan prism

Firstpost  

Desperation can take many forms. Mehbooba’s claim that she had the numbers to form the government with the support of Congress and the National Conference was denied by Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief Ghulam Nabi Azad, who noted that his own party and NC met separately only a day earlier, and that no decision was taken on forming a grand …

Jammu and Kashmir Opinion Poll: Major losses predicted for PDP, Congress in Assembly polls; massive gain for NC
6 years, 1 month ago

Jammu and Kashmir Opinion Poll: Major losses predicted for PDP, Congress in Assembly polls; massive gain for NC

India TV News  

Jammu and Kashmir’s political temperature suddenly went up on Wednesday after Governor Satya Pal Malik dissolved the state assembly amid contrasting claims on government formation from PDP-NC-Congress combine and BJP-backed Sajad Lone who heads Peoples’ Conference. Many political parties have said that they would prefer assembly elections to be held along with 2019 Lok Sabha elections. What if elections were …

Satya Pal Malik may have dissolved J&K Assembly guided by parties' claims of intimidation, recent gains on security front
6 years, 1 month ago

Satya Pal Malik may have dissolved J&K Assembly guided by parties' claims of intimidation, recent gains on security front

Firstpost  

Satya Pal Malik said that for the past 15 days, he had been receiving intelligence that some MLAs were being intimidated, and some were being offered huge sums of money. Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik ’s decision to dissolve the state Assembly was not an abrupt one. Keeping this in consideration, if the Assembly had been dissolved a …

Governor Satya Pal Malik dissolves J&K Assembly, scuppers PDP-NC-Congress; Sajjad Lone bids to form govt
6 years, 1 month ago

Governor Satya Pal Malik dissolves J&K Assembly, scuppers PDP-NC-Congress; Sajjad Lone bids to form govt

Firstpost  

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti had written to Malik to inform him that her party, National Conference, and the Congress will “shortly” approach him to stake claim to form the government in state. Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik dissolved the state Assembly on Wednesday after both the PDP-NC-Congress combine and the Peoples Conference-led alliance approached him to stake a …

J&K assembly dissolved after Mehbooba stakes claim to form govt
6 years, 1 month ago

J&K assembly dissolved after Mehbooba stakes claim to form govt

Live Mint  

New Delhi: In a dramatic turn of events, governor Satya Pal Malik on Wednesday dissolved the Jammu and Kashmir assembly even as an alliance of anti-Bharatiya Janata Party parties led by the People’s Democratic Party staked claim to form the government. The governor’s move capped a day of hectic political developments that began with former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti-led PDP …

J&K | Governor's decision to dissolve Assembly 'based on material available to him from multiple sources'
6 years, 1 month ago

J&K | Governor's decision to dissolve Assembly 'based on material available to him from multiple sources'

The Hindu  

In a sudden development, the Jammu and Kashmir Governor late on November 21 dissolved the State Assembly, which has been in suspended animation, shortly after rival alliances staked claim to form the government. Party Strength 1 Peoples Democratic Party 28 2 Bharatiya Janata Party 25 3 J&K National Conference 15 4 Indian National Congress 12 5 Independent & Others 5 …

India dissolves Kashmir assembly, fresh polls likely
6 years, 1 month ago

India dissolves Kashmir assembly, fresh polls likely

Al Jazeera  

Jittery over a ‘grand alliance’ bid to form government, the BJP-backed governor dissolves the state assembly. Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik dissolved the assembly on Wednesday, shortly after former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti staked claim to form the government by forming a “grand alliance” with two rival parties. But Governor Malik, in a statement, said “there is the …

Ruling TRS worried about advancing Telangana Assembly elections, claims Congress leader Jaipal Reddy
6 years, 3 months ago

Ruling TRS worried about advancing Telangana Assembly elections, claims Congress leader Jaipal Reddy

Firstpost  

The Telangana polls were scheduled to be held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections next year, but the Assembly was dissolved earlier this month as per a state cabinet recommendation. Hyderabad: Claiming that the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi is now worried about having chosen to advance the Assembly elections, senior Congress leader S Jaipal Reddy said his party would have …

Amit Shah to kick off campaigning for Telangana Assembly polls from Mahabubnagar on 15 September
6 years, 4 months ago

Amit Shah to kick off campaigning for Telangana Assembly polls from Mahabubnagar on 15 September

Firstpost  

BJP’s Telangana unit president K Laxman has already said the party would go it alone in the coming Assembly polls. Hyderabad: BJP president Amit Shah would kick off the party’s campaign for Assembly polls in Telangana with a public meeting at Mahabubnagar on 15 September. National leaders of the party and chief ministers of BJP-ruled states are also expected take …

EC chief OP Rawat says predictions on schedule for Telangana election 'unacceptable,' poll body yet to take decision
6 years, 4 months ago

EC chief OP Rawat says predictions on schedule for Telangana election 'unacceptable,' poll body yet to take decision

Firstpost  

Rawat said that Telangana Chief Electoral Officer Rajat Kumar has been asked to file a report on the current situation of the state, based on which the Election Commission of India would take further decisions. New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat on Friday said that Assembly elections in Telangana might not be necessarily held along with Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, …

K Chandrasekhar Rao bites the ballot, dissolves assembly
6 years, 4 months ago

K Chandrasekhar Rao bites the ballot, dissolves assembly

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Ending weeks of speculation and anxiety, Governor E.S.L. 46 Legislature Secretariat dated September 6, 2018, dissolving the Telangana state Legislative Assembly with immediate effect, the Governor of Telangana hereby authorises the Chief Minister, Sri K. Chandrasekhar Rao, and his colleagues in the council of ministers to continue in office as a caretaker government”. “After K. Chandrasekhar rao presented the …

Telangana governor accepts state cabinet recommendation to dissolve Assembly; ask KCR to continue as caretaker CM
6 years, 4 months ago

Telangana governor accepts state cabinet recommendation to dissolve Assembly; ask KCR to continue as caretaker CM

Firstpost  

Chief Minister KCR Rao is likely to meet Governor ESL Narsimhan who will convey the decision to the State Assembly. The Telangana government wants to proceed with Assembly elections which were originally scheduled to be held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha election 2019. Chief Minister, KC Rao met the Governor ESL Narasimhan who accepted the Telangana cabinet’s recommendation to dissolve …

Telangana Cabinet dissolves State Assembly, state to go in for early polls
6 years, 4 months ago

Telangana Cabinet dissolves State Assembly, state to go in for early polls

Op India  

Following a cabinet meeting, Telangana Chief Minister KC Rao today met the Telangana Governor and informed that the Cabinet has decided to dissolve the state assembly, thereby paving way for early polls in the state. Telangana CM KC Rao meets Governor, informs him about Cabinet’s decision to dissolve the state Assembly. Telangana, after being separated from Andhra Pradesh, held its …

Telangana set for early polls after KC Rao Cabinet's decision to dissolve assembly
6 years, 4 months ago

Telangana set for early polls after KC Rao Cabinet's decision to dissolve assembly

India TV News  

The Telangana Assembly has been dissolved, Governor ESL Narasimhan announced on Thursday after CM K Chandrashekhar Rao met him and submitted cabinet resolution recommending the dissolution of the House. Reacting over KCR's decision to dissolve Telangana Assembly for early polls, the state Congress unit said that people of the state have have got rid of an 'autocratic rule'. Catch all …

Telangana cabinet decides to dissolve Assembly, official announcement by CM KCR shortly
6 years, 4 months ago

Telangana cabinet decides to dissolve Assembly, official announcement by CM KCR shortly

India TV News  

The Telangana Assembly is set to be dissolved. Amid indications of early polls in the state, the KC Rao cabinet met on Thursday afternoon during which it was decided that the state Assembly be dissolved for early elections. State assembly elections are originally scheduled to be held along with the Lok Sabha elections 2019 in April-May but Rao is keen …

Narendra Modi, Amit Shah unlikely to oppose KCR's plan to advance Telangana Assembly polls: Here's why
6 years, 4 months ago

Narendra Modi, Amit Shah unlikely to oppose KCR's plan to advance Telangana Assembly polls: Here's why

Firstpost  

On Sunday night, a few hours after KCR addressed the TRS public meeting on the outskirts of Hyderabad, leaders of the Telangana BJP were closeted with Amit Shah, their national president at the city airport On Sunday night, a few hours after K Chandrasekhar Rao addressed the Telangana Rashtra Samiti public meeting on the outskirts of Hyderabad, leaders of the …

TRS rally: After cabinet meet, Telangana deputy CM says no decision on Assembly dissolution, early polls yet
6 years, 4 months ago

TRS rally: After cabinet meet, Telangana deputy CM says no decision on Assembly dissolution, early polls yet

Firstpost  

Telangana Chief Minister KCR has dropped several hints that he wants early polls in the state. Hyderabad: The Telangana cabinet met in Hyderabad on Sunday amid speculation that Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao was planning to dissolve the state Assembly and go for early polls. Asked whether the issue of Assembly dissolution was also discussed, Deputy Chief Minister Kadiam Srihari …

Telangana cabinet meets amid talk of early polls
6 years, 4 months ago

Telangana cabinet meets amid talk of early polls

India TV News  

Amid rumours that Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao was planning to dissolve the state Assembly to go for early polls, a crucial meeting of the Telangana cabinet was held on Sunday. As per reports, the cabinet will take some major decisions and the same will be announced by the CM later on Sunday at a public meeting titled 'Pragathi Nivedana …

K Chandrasekhar Rao wants good ties with Centre, says Amit Shah
6 years, 4 months ago

K Chandrasekhar Rao wants good ties with Centre, says Amit Shah

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The BJP President Amit Shah told RSS party leaders that it was TS Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao who was maintaining cordial relations with Centre and not the other way round. Mr Shah clarified this to TS BJP leaders who expressed apprehensions that the Centre appeared to have a soft corner for Mr Rao while they are fighting with …

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