Top Congress Leaders Seeking Party Ticket for Their Associates and Family Members
8 months, 1 week ago

Top Congress Leaders Seeking Party Ticket for Their Associates and Family Members

Deccan Chronicle  

Khammam:The Khammam Lok Sabha seat has turned hot with top Congress leaders angling for party tickets for their near and dear ones. Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy is trying for ticket for his brother Prasada Reddy while many senior leaders are also lobbying for the ticket. There is no unanimity among the senior leaders Thummala Nageshwar Rao, Bhatti Vikramarka and Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy over the selection of the party candidate for Khammam. Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy was trying for a ticket for his brother Prasada Reddy, while Bhatti Vikramarka did it for his wife Bhatti Nandi and Thummala Nageshwar Rao for his son Ugandhar. Local Congress leaders Royal Nageshwar Rao and Potla Nageshwar Rao are the new ticket aspirants.

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Surge in Congress Ticket Seekers in Pune City Assembly Elections
2 months, 1 week ago

Surge in Congress Ticket Seekers in Pune City Assembly Elections

Hindustan Times  

A surge in Congress ticket aspirants has been observed in Pune city, with the Shivajinagar, Pune Cantonment, and Kasba Peth assembly constituencies seeing a high number of contenders vying for the seats. Notably, the Shivajinagar constituency has attracted as many as 12 candidates, including a BJP member, highlighting the intense competition for the ticket.

Mamata invites Akhilesh to participate in Trinamool Congress’ Martyrs Day rally
5 months ago

Mamata invites Akhilesh to participate in Trinamool Congress’ Martyrs Day rally

The Hindu  

Nearly six weeks after the Lok Sabha polls, Trinamool Congress chairperson and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will address party workers on Sunday at the annual Martyrs’ Day event where she is expected to speak about key issues, including the party’s role in the Opposition INDIA bloc. Earlier this month, the Trinamool Congress chairperson met Nationalist Congress Party president …

Will strive for all-round development of Khammam constituency, says Congress MP R. Raghuram Reddy
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Will strive for all-round development of Khammam constituency, says Congress MP R. Raghuram Reddy

The Hindu  

Congress MP from Khammam Ramasahayam Raghuram Reddy on Saturday said he would work diligently to resolve people’s issues and ensure comprehensive development of Khammam Parliamentary constituency. Speaking to the media, Mr Reddy said he would strive to develop the constituency in all spheres under the aegis of Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, Ministers Tummala Nageswara Rao and Ponguleti Srinivas …

Lessons From 2024 Andhra Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Results
6 months, 1 week ago

Lessons From 2024 Andhra Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Results

News 18  

The 2024 general elections in India taught many lessons to regional and national parties and their leaders. Freebies alone will not make you win In 2019, one month before the Lok Sabha elections, then-Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Chandrababu Naidu distributed Rs 10,000 to each woman through the ‘Pasupu Kumkama’ scheme. People are against vendetta politics Upon assuming office as …

Telangana Lok Sabha Election Phase 4: Key fights to look out for
7 months, 1 week ago

Telangana Lok Sabha Election Phase 4: Key fights to look out for

Hindustan Times  

After a high-decibel campaign which included Prime Minister Narendra Modi and top leaders of Congress and BRS, the stage is now set for polling on Monday to elect 17 Lok Sabha members from Telangana in a single phase. Telangana Lok Sabha Election Phase 4: Some of the Key fights to look out for Asaduddin Owaisi vs Madhavi Latha AIMIM president …

Vote for Congress in LS Elections for Protect Democracy: Bhatti Asks People
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Vote for Congress in LS Elections for Protect Democracy: Bhatti Asks People

Deccan Chronicle  

Khammam: Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Tuesday asked the people to vote for the Congress in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections for the protection of democracy and the Constitution. Referring indirectly to the comments made by BRS president K. Chandrashekar Rao during his road show at Khammam, the Congress leader said that the construction of pucca houses for …

Congress Finalises Candidates for Key Lok Sabha Seats in Telangana
8 months ago

Congress Finalises Candidates for Key Lok Sabha Seats in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Congress high command has reportedly finalised R. Raghurami Reddy for Khammam, V. Rajendar Rao for Karimnagar and Sameer Waliullah for the Hyderabad Lok Sabha seats, party sources said on Tuesday. Followers of Raghurami Reddy filing papers on his behalf in Khammam on Tuesday further lent credence to reports about the party high command finalising his candidature. Raghurami Reddy …

Khammam conundrum: Bhatti, Ponguleti meet Kharge in Bengaluru
8 months ago

Khammam conundrum: Bhatti, Ponguleti meet Kharge in Bengaluru

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: In a bid to quell the anxiety in the party ranks over the delay in the announcement of the candidate for the Khammam Lok Sabha seat, AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge met Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy, who are lobbying to get the ticket for their family members, in Bengaluru on Monday. Announcement …

Congress fields Khalap from North Goa, names three remaining candidates in Madhya Pradesh - The Hindu
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Congress fields Khalap from North Goa, names three remaining candidates in Madhya Pradesh - The Hindu

The Hindu  

The Congress on Saturday announced its candidates in six more seats for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, including the two constituencies in Goa and three remaining seats in Madhya Pradesh. From Gwalior, former Gwalior South MLA Praveen Pathak will take on the BJP’s Bharat Singh Kushwaha, who was fielded after the ruling party denied a ticket to sitting MP Vivek …

Lok Sabha elections | Rahul Gandhi to submit nomination papers for Wayanad constituency today
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha elections | Rahul Gandhi to submit nomination papers for Wayanad constituency today

The Hindu  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will reach the district on April 3 to submit his nomination papers at the collectorate here for the Wayanad parliamentary constituency after leading a roadshow at Kalpetta in Wayanad. The roadshow will begin from the bus stand premises at 11 a.m. All India Congress Committee general secretaries Priyanka Gandhi and K.C. Hassan, and senior party leader …

Telangana | Congress clears Warangal (SC) seat, suspense over Khammam seat continues
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana | Congress clears Warangal (SC) seat, suspense over Khammam seat continues

The Hindu  

The Congress Election Committee on Telangana that met in New Delhi on Monday discussed the names for the four pending Parliament seats from the State has cleared the name of Kadiyam Kavya, daughter of BRS MLA Kadiyam Srihari who joined the Congress a couple of days ago, for Warangal seat. Though the list is yet to be released officially sources …

Congress CEC to Finalise Four Pending LS Seats for TS Today
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress CEC to Finalise Four Pending LS Seats for TS Today

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The AICC's Central Election Committee is expected to convene in Delhi on Sunday to finalise candidates for the remaining for Lok Sabha constituencies in Telangana state —Khammam, Karimnagar, Warangal and Hyderabad. The Congress high command has so far announced candidates for 13 out of the 17 Lok Sabha constituencies in three phases. In the wake of BRS Warangal Lok …

Opinion: Strong alliance on paper but fissures in NDA leave many aspirants unhappy
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: Strong alliance on paper but fissures in NDA leave many aspirants unhappy

India Today  

M Sugunamma of the Telugu Desam won the Tirupati assembly seat in a by-election in 2015, cornering 85 percent of the vote. The Tirupati Lok Sabha seat has been allotted to the BJP, and it has given the ticket to another turncoat - YCP MLA from Gudur, Varaprasad Rao. This left the likes of GVL Narasimha Rao, who was eyeing …

Telangana: Congress May Release Final LS Candidate List Today
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana: Congress May Release Final LS Candidate List Today

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: TPCC president and Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy will leave for Delhi on Wednesday to take part in AICC's central election committee meeting convened to finalise candidates for the Lok Sabha elections for Telangana state. Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy will also take part in the meeting. Deputy CM Bhatti is seeking …

State chief K Annamalai, Tamilisai Soundararajan part of BJP’s first list
9 months ago

State chief K Annamalai, Tamilisai Soundararajan part of BJP’s first list

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: In a surprise move, the BJP fielded its state president K Annamalai in Coimbatore constituency in the party’s first list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections released on Thursday. Just minutes after BJP’s legislature party leader Nainar Nagenthran was named as the party candidate from Thoothukudi, a revised list said he would be contesting from Tirunelveli. The allies …

Adhir Ranjan Choudhary among 56 named in Congress’s 3rd Lok Sabha poll list
9 months ago

Adhir Ranjan Choudhary among 56 named in Congress’s 3rd Lok Sabha poll list

Hindustan Times  

The Congress on Thursday named its Lok Sabha floor leader Adhir Ranjan Choudhary, former lawmaker MV Rajeev Gowda and former Bharatiya Janata Party minister Jayaprakash Hegde, who jumped ship earlier this month, in its third list of 56 candidates for the much-anticipated Lok Sabha elections this summer. Public works minister Satish Jarkiholi’s daughter Priyanka Jarkiholi has been named from Chikkodi; …

Lok Sabha polls: Karnataka BJP bigwigs fume over tickets denial. Who are they?
9 months ago

Lok Sabha polls: Karnataka BJP bigwigs fume over tickets denial. Who are they?

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party's first list of 20 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka has upset some top leaders. Former Union minister Sadananda Gowda, who in a social media post had announced his retirement from electoral politics before being denied a ticket from Bangalore North, took a U-turn and said there is pressure on him to contest elections. …

Lok Sabha polls: Karnataka BJP bigwigs fume over tickets denial. Who are they?
9 months ago

Lok Sabha polls: Karnataka BJP bigwigs fume over tickets denial. Who are they?

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party's first list of 20 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka has upset some top leaders. Former Union minister Sadananda Gowda, who in a social media post had announced his retirement from electoral politics before being denied a ticket from Bangalore North, took a U-turn and said there is pressure on him to contest elections. …

Denied BJP ticket, Srinivas Prasad’s kin call on Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah
9 months, 1 week ago

Denied BJP ticket, Srinivas Prasad’s kin call on Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah

The Hindu  

Denied a ticket by the BJP, Dr. N.S. Mohan, the son-in-law of BJP MP from Chamarajanagar Srinivas Prasad, called on Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah at the latter’s residence in Mysuru on March 15. Kote’s Congress MLA Anil Chikkamadu, Dr. Mohan was closeted with Mr. Siddaramaiah for some time, along with BJP leader and former Minister M. Shivanna, popularly known as …

Congress Leaders in Kerala’s Capital City Join BJP
9 months, 1 week ago

Congress Leaders in Kerala’s Capital City Join BJP

Deccan Chronicle  

Thiruvananthapuram: Rajeev Chandrashekhar, the NDA candidate from the prestigious Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency and rival of high-profile sitting MP Shashi Tharoor, received a shot in the arm on Thursday with three key functionaries of the Congress in the Capital city joining the BJP. Former District Congress Committee general secretaries Thampanoor Satheesh and C N Udhayakumar who have been instrumental in …

Lok Sabha polls: Yaduveer, Manjunath and Bommai get BJP ticket, as party replaces candidates in 10 seats out of 20 announced in Karnataka
9 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha polls: Yaduveer, Manjunath and Bommai get BJP ticket, as party replaces candidates in 10 seats out of 20 announced in Karnataka

The Hindu  

Scion of the erstwhile royal family of Mysuru Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, noted cardiologist C.N. Manjunath and the former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai are among those set to contest the Lok Sabha polls from Karnataka on the BJP ticket, as the party has replaced candidates in 10 constituencies out of 20 for which the names were announced on Wednesday. While …

BJP retains Tejasvi Surya and PC Mohan in Bengaluru, brings new faces to two other seats. Full details
9 months, 1 week ago

BJP retains Tejasvi Surya and PC Mohan in Bengaluru, brings new faces to two other seats. Full details

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party released the list of candidates from Karnataka for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls on Wednesday evening. For Bengaluru, two sitting MPs retained their seats, and two other Lok Sabha constituencies will see new faces. BJP retains two sitting MPs in Bengaluru, brings new faces to two other seats According to the list, both Bengaluru South and …

MVA negotiations face hurdle on four Lok Sabha seats; Kharge discusses with Pawar
9 months, 1 week ago

MVA negotiations face hurdle on four Lok Sabha seats; Kharge discusses with Pawar

The Hindu  

The Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi has outlined a seat-sharing arrangement for nearly all constituencies, but negotiations continue for four contentious Lok Sabha seats in the State. The MVA, consisting of the Shiv Sena, the Congress, and the NCP, faces considerations linked to the historical practice of the undivided Shiv Sena of fielding candidates against the NCP-Congress coalition in the western …

Two Former BRS MPs Join BJP
9 months, 1 week ago

Two Former BRS MPs Join BJP

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad, Adilabad: A number of senior BRS leaders including former MPs Godem Nagesh and Sitaram Naik, former MLA Jalagam Venkat Rao and Shanapudi Saidireddy, as well as Srinivas Gomasa of the Congress, joined the BJP in presence of the party’s Telangana state incharge Tarun Chugh in Delhi on Sunday. Srinivas Gomasa is aspiring to contest from the Peddapalli Lok Sabha …

BRS names candidates for four Lok Sabha seats, fields Koppula Eshwar from Peddapalli
9 months, 2 weeks ago

BRS names candidates for four Lok Sabha seats, fields Koppula Eshwar from Peddapalli

The Hindu  

hyderabad The Bharat Rashtra Samithi leadership has named candidates for Khammam, Mahabubabad, Peddapalli and Karimnagar Parliamentary seats — Nama Nageswara Rao, Maloth Kavitha, Koppula Eshwar and Boinapalli Vinod Kumar, respectively — on Monday. With the Congress and BJP intensifying their efforts to weaken the BRS as much as they can by weaning away its sitting MPs, MLAs and MLCs and …

Why the BJP's Lok Sabha ticket distribution in MP and Chhattisgarh is largely about politics of rotation
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Why the BJP's Lok Sabha ticket distribution in MP and Chhattisgarh is largely about politics of rotation

India Today  

On March 2, the BJP announced its candidates in 24 of the 29 Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh. The party renominated 13 of its sitting members of parliament and awarded tickets to 11 new faces in the first list which includes four women and five others who had lost the recent assembly election. The most interesting name in the …

Families of Congress Leaders Seeking LS Ticket for Khammam
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Families of Congress Leaders Seeking LS Ticket for Khammam

Deccan Chronicle  

Khammam: Family members of several top Congress leaders in the region are seeking party tickets for the Khammam LS seat. Deputy CM Bhatti Vikramarka’s wife Bhatti Nandini, minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy's brother Prasada Reddy, and another minister Thummala Nageshwar Rao's son Yugandhar and former PCC president V Hanumantha Rao are seeking the Congress ticket this time. Lone BRS MLA from …

Lobbying on for Adilabad MP ticket through Karnataka and Maharashtra
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Lobbying on for Adilabad MP ticket through Karnataka and Maharashtra

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad/Khammam: Ticket aspirants from the Congress and BJP are lobbying for MP tickets through some top political leaders in Maharashtra and Karnataka. Meanwhile, reports are that former MLA Rekha Naik, who joined the Congress before the assembly elections, is lobbying for the party ticket to contest the Adilabad Lok Sabha seat through her political sources in Karnataka. Alongside, Adivasi leaders …

Akhilesh Yadav says alliance with Congress off to a good start with...
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Akhilesh Yadav says alliance with Congress off to a good start with...

Live Mint  

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Saturday his party's alliance with the Congress is "off to a good start" with 11 "strong" Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh. The SP chief added, “'INDIA' team and 'PDA' strategy will change history.” Akhilesh Yadav's 'PDA' strategy refers to targeting the "Pichada, Dalit, and Alpsankhyak " communities. Meanwhile, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh …

Seat Allocation for JDS and BJP in Karnataka LS Polls Soon, Says H.D. Kumaraswamy
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Seat Allocation for JDS and BJP in Karnataka LS Polls Soon, Says H.D. Kumaraswamy

Deccan Chronicle  

BENGALURU: The list of seats to be contested by the nominees of Janata Dal Secular and Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka will be released in a couple of days, announced the State president of Janata Dal Secular and former Chief Minister H.D. He conducted a meeting with his party leaders to prepare for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls and emphasized …

Top 3 Congress leaders triumph in Khammam
1 year ago

Top 3 Congress leaders triumph in Khammam

Deccan Chronicle  

Khammam: Top Congress leaders including CLP leader Bhatti Vikramarka, Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy and Thummala Nageshwar Rao have been elected as MLAs along with five others from the erstwhile Khammam district. Bhatti’s walkathon “People’s March” from Boath of Adilabad district to Khammam covering 1,360 km, involving party top leaders and party meetings in Mancherial and Khammam addressed by national president Mallikarjun …

Congress vs Congress in MP over polls tickets; Digvijaya Singh facing flak
1 year, 2 months ago

Congress vs Congress in MP over polls tickets; Digvijaya Singh facing flak

Hindustan Times  

In a move that indicates fault lines within the Congress ranks, Madhya Pradesh state vice-president of the party, Damodar Singh, burnt the effigies of Digvijaya Singh and his son Jaivardhan Singh in Bhopal on Saturday, accusing them of not fielding enough candidates from the Other Backward Class despite his insistence. Congress MP Digvijaya Singh Damodar Singh's supporters protested right outside …

MP elections: Congress workers burn effigies of Digvijaya Singh, CM Chouhan takes 'ticket franchise' jibe
1 year, 2 months ago

MP elections: Congress workers burn effigies of Digvijaya Singh, CM Chouhan takes 'ticket franchise' jibe

India TV News  

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections: Madhya Pradesh Congress Vice President Damodar Singh Yadav and his supporters on Saturday held a protest outside the state Congress office in Bhopal by burning the effigies of former CM Digvijaya Singh and his son Jaivardhan Singh for not getting sufficient tickets for candidates of OBC category for upcoming MP assembly polls. Yadav had earlier requested …

Congress Ticket Aspirants Experiencing Anxious Moments
1 year, 2 months ago

Congress Ticket Aspirants Experiencing Anxious Moments

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: Congress leaders are experiencing anxious moments with the second list of the party scheduled to be announced by the AICC any time. Some of the ticket aspirants from erstwhile Adilabad district have even reached Delhi on receiving information that the screening committee will be meeting on October 21 to finalise the party candidates. Some of the ticket aspirants met …

Congress releases first list of 55 candidates for Telangana assembly election
1 year, 2 months ago

Congress releases first list of 55 candidates for Telangana assembly election

Hindustan Times  

The Congress on Sunday released its first list of 55 candidates for the Telangana assembly elections scheduled for November 30. Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi and current party chief Mallikarjun Kharge According to a release from the All India Congress Committee, the first list comprises top leaders, including three sitting Lok Sabha members - Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president and …

TS Polls: Congress releases first list, names candidates for 55 seats
1 year, 2 months ago

TS Polls: Congress releases first list, names candidates for 55 seats

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Congress on Sunday released its first list of candidates for the November 30 Telangana Assembly polls, naming candidates for 55 seats, comprising senior leaders, incumbents and MPs and 11 new entrants — eight from the BRS and two from the BJP and one from the BSP. Revanth Reddy apart, the Congress also fielded its MP, N. Uttam Kumar …

Seat talks between Left and Congress worry senior leaders in Khammam
1 year, 2 months ago

Seat talks between Left and Congress worry senior leaders in Khammam

Deccan Chronicle  

Khammam: The talks between the Left and the Congress for seat-sharing as part of an alliance in the Telangana state Assembly polls are causing heartburn to senior Congress leaders and the newly joined leaders from other parties in Khammam. There are many aspirants for the Congress tickets but only three general seats in Khammam district. Paleru, Khammam and, Kothagudem are …

Khammam District Seats Stalling Congress List, says Ponguleti
1 year, 2 months ago

Khammam District Seats Stalling Congress List, says Ponguleti

Deccan Chronicle  

Khammam: Former MP and Congress election committee co-convenor Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy said on Sunday that a meeting of the Congress election screening committee was underway in Delhi to finalise party candidates for the forthcoming assembly elections in Telangana. "There is intense competition for tickets for the 10 Assembly seats in erstwhile Khammam district, since the number of aspirants is high. …

Congress Aiming for Truce Between Multiple Ticket Aspirants Before Candidate List Out
1 year, 2 months ago

Congress Aiming for Truce Between Multiple Ticket Aspirants Before Candidate List Out

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Congress leadership is out to pacify ticket aspirants prior to announcing the candidates. Party sources said that the high command has instructed AICC Telangana affairs incharge Manikrao Thakre to remain focussed on the job. Following this, Thakre has been camping in Hyderabad and holding meetings with senior leaders, instructing them to reach out to the aspirants, hold negotiations, …

Thummala, Rekha Naik may join Congress on September 17
1 year, 3 months ago

Thummala, Rekha Naik may join Congress on September 17

Deccan Chronicle  

ADILABAD / KHAMMAM: Former minister Thummala Nageshwar Rao of Khammam and BRS MLA Ajmeera Rekha Naik of Khanapur are likely to join the Congress in the presence of top Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge in Hyderabad on September 17. Earlier, CLP leader Bhatti Vikramarka and Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy had called on Nageshwar Rao at the latter’s …

Ex-MLAs in ticket race from BJP, Cong. in Nizamabad
1 year, 3 months ago

Ex-MLAs in ticket race from BJP, Cong. in Nizamabad

Deccan Chronicle  

Nizamabad: More than half a dozen former MLAs are vying for poll tickets from the opposition Congress and BJP in the upcoming Assembly elections in the erstwhile Nizamabad district in the wake of the announcement of BRS candidates for all 9 segments in the district. Former MLA and BJP Kamareddy district president Aruna Tara, been actively working for the past …

OU's Telangana agitation heroes pin hopes on Congress for poll ticket
1 year, 3 months ago

OU's Telangana agitation heroes pin hopes on Congress for poll ticket

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: Many student leaders of Osmania University at the forefront of Telangana statehood agitation, who later joined the Congress, are hopeful of getting party tickets to contest the upcoming assembly elections. The former university student leaders now seeking tickets regret that there was possibility of injustice being done to the BCs vis-à-vis grant of party tickets to senior leaders and …

Lobbying for tickets intensifies in Congress
1 year, 3 months ago

Lobbying for tickets intensifies in Congress

Deccan Chronicle  

Karimnagar: Ahead of the announcement of the first list of candidates, the lobby for Congress tickets has been intensified as the aspirants are making visits to New Delhi and Hyderabad to earn some brownie points with the party leadership. In the erstwhile Karimnagar district, 69 applied for tickets from 13 Assembly segments and 53 from 12 segments in erstwhile Warangal …

Karimnagar Congress leaders fear losing out to those from other parties
1 year, 3 months ago

Karimnagar Congress leaders fear losing out to those from other parties

Deccan Chronicle  

KARIMNAGAR: Several Congress leaders, who have been continuously working in Karimnagar assembly segment, fear losing out to leaders of other parties in allotment of ticket to contest the forthcoming election from their constituency. Leaders, like City Congress President K. Narendar Reddy, DCC women wing president Sathya Prasanna Reddy, Meneni Rohit Rao, grandson of the former minister M. Satyanarayana, Rahul, Padmakar …

Thummala Nageshwar to contest elections, but no clarity on seat and party
1 year, 3 months ago

Thummala Nageshwar to contest elections, but no clarity on seat and party

Deccan Chronicle  

Khammam: Former minister Thummala Nageshwar Rao said on Friday that he would contest the next elections but did not specify the constituency and the likely party label. “I will contest the elections to just clean the people’s feet with Godavari waters,” he said at a public meeting. Notably, BRS MP, Nama Nageshwar Rao, held talks with Thummala in Hyderabad. Earlier, …

Disappointed Aspirants Refuse to meet BRS Envoys
1 year, 3 months ago

Disappointed Aspirants Refuse to meet BRS Envoys

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Dissidence within the BRS refuses to die down even four days after the announcement of candidates for 115 constituencies for the upcoming Assembly polls, with leaders who were denied tickets left angry and fuming. Khammam Lok Sabha member Nama Nageshwar Rao met Tummala Nageshwar Rao at his Hyderabad residence and urged him not to quit the party, but he …

Khammam arena challenging for both BRS, Congress
1 year, 4 months ago

Khammam arena challenging for both BRS, Congress

Deccan Chronicle  

KHAMMAM: While the BRS is facing turbulence after announcing its list of candidates for the forthcoming assembly elections, the Congress too will find it a tough task. A senior Congress leader maintained that accommodating new candidates is a tough job, when there are many aspirants for the Congress ticket from all assembly constituencies. Matters in erstwhile Khammam district have changed …

Ticket race in all constituencies except Pulivendula and Kuppam: Krishna Prasad
1 year, 4 months ago

Ticket race in all constituencies except Pulivendula and Kuppam: Krishna Prasad

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Mylavaram YSRC Vasantha Krishna Prasad said that there would be no competition for tickets in only two assembly constituencies, out of the total 175 in AP. Prasad and Ramesh traded criticisms against each other publicly, which irritated chief minister Jagan Reddy. I want to be without a brand of sects or castes but sadly they are sticking brands to …

We will contest Lok Sabha elections under MVA banner in Maharashtra, says Congress
1 year, 5 months ago

We will contest Lok Sabha elections under MVA banner in Maharashtra, says Congress

The Hindu  

Starting the process of reviewing election-preparedness of all State units ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the Congress on July 11 announced that it will contest the election in Maharashtra as part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance. In the wake of the NCP split, engineered by Ajit Pawar, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee chief Nana Patole dismissed speculation of …

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