Opposition parties in Telangana attack CEO Rajat Kumar for Assembly poll defeat
6 years, 1 month ago

Opposition parties in Telangana attack CEO Rajat Kumar for Assembly poll defeat

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Opposition parties in Telangana state are demanding an inquiry against Chief Election Officer Rajat Kumar for not conducting fair elections. During the election process last month, the alliance of opposition parties had alleged that Mr Rajat Kumar was behaving like an agent of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti. Telangana Jana Samiti president M. Kodandaram said, “We have many doubts about the CEO Rajat Kumar. Never in the history of the country, so many allegations have been raised against the Election Commission.” The Opposition parties have demanded that the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections be conducted using ballot papers.

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Political situation and party benefit will decide next Maharashtra CM: BJP general secretary Vinod Tawde
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Political situation and party benefit will decide next Maharashtra CM: BJP general secretary Vinod Tawde

The Hindu  

The BJP will consider the political situation and long-term party benefit when deciding on Maharashtra’s new Chief Minister, if the ruling Mahayuti is voted back to power in the upcoming Assembly election, BJP national general secretary Vinod Tawde said on Wednesday, pointing to the Bihar example for the BJP’s rationale. Promoting local leaders “The wind is blowing in Mahayuti’s direction,” …

Telangana CM ‘insulting’ power employees: KTR
10 months ago

Telangana CM ‘insulting’ power employees: KTR

The Hindu  

Bharat Rashtra Samithi working president K.T. Rama Rao said Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy was insulting the Power department employees by pinning his ‘incompetence’ onto them for the problems being faced with regard to power supply. Mr. Rama Rao, who was reacting to the Chief Minister’s comments, said Mr. Reddy was still behaving like an opposition leader rather than …

Rahul’s statement on Pinarayi Vijayan immature, says Raja
11 months ago

Rahul’s statement on Pinarayi Vijayan immature, says Raja

The Hindu  

Communist Party of India Secretary D. Raja has said the recent statement of Congress leader and United Democratic Front candidate in the Wayanad constituency Rahul Gandhi against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is immature and baseless. Addressing the media in Wayanad on April 20 Mr. Raja said Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and All India Congress Committee general secretary K.C. At a …

Telangana Election: Denied Congress ticket, ex-MLA says he’ll join BRS
1 year, 4 months ago

Telangana Election: Denied Congress ticket, ex-MLA says he’ll join BRS

Live Mint  

Former Telangana MLA P Vishnuvardhan Reddy will join the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi after being denied a ticket by the Congress to contest the upcoming Telangana Assembly elections. Telangana Minister Harish Rao and other BRS leaders visited Reddy's residence in Jubilee Hills on Monday. "We will give a respectable position to Vishnuvardhan," he added, saying that Nagam Janardhan Reddy also …

Telangana Assembly Elections: BJP reinstates 'controversial' MLA T Raja Singh ahead of polls
1 year, 4 months ago

Telangana Assembly Elections: BJP reinstates 'controversial' MLA T Raja Singh ahead of polls

India TV News  

The Bharatiya Janata Party has reinstated Goshamahal MLA T Raja Singh in the lead-up to the Telangana elections, just as the party prepares to announce its list of candidates. Image Source : INDIA TVBJP Central Disciplinary Committee's notice Raja Singh, a controversial figure known for his Islamophobic statements, had been suspended after his arrest in August of the previous year …

Silence from Disgruntled BRS MLAs Raises Doubts on Party Cooperation
1 year, 5 months ago

Silence from Disgruntled BRS MLAs Raises Doubts on Party Cooperation

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Disgruntled BRS MLAs Thatikonda Rajaiah and Muthireddy Yadagiri Reddy, who were nominated chairpersons with Cabinet rank on Thursday in lieu of Assembly tickets, stayed silent on Friday, raising questions on whether they would cooperate for the party's victory. Chief Minister K.Chandrashekar Rao late on Thursday had issued orders appointing Rajaiah as chairman of Telangana Rythu Bandhu Samithi and Yadigiri …

Telangana Assembly polls: Ex-deputy CM Thatikonda Rajaiah breaks down after KCR denies him BRS ticket. Video
1 year, 6 months ago

Telangana Assembly polls: Ex-deputy CM Thatikonda Rajaiah breaks down after KCR denies him BRS ticket. Video

Hindustan Times  

Former deputy chief minister of Telangana Thatikonda Rajaiah on Tuesday broke down after he was denied a Bharat Rashtra Samithi ticket for the upcoming assembly elections in the state. Rajaiah is a sitting MLA from the Station Ghanpur constituency, however, BRS chief and Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao decided to field another senior leader Kadiyam Srihari this time. BRS …

Telangana Agitation Revisited: Politicos, artistes and leaders who struck TS gong
1 year, 9 months ago

Telangana Agitation Revisited: Politicos, artistes and leaders who struck TS gong

Deccan Chronicle  

K. Chandrashekar Rao, the founder of Telangana Rashtra Samithi, was undoubtedly the epicentre of the decade-old sustained agitation for a separate Telangana state, but a few others played a significant role, either directly or indirectly, in turning the dream into a reality. An astute strategist, K. Chandrashekar Rao, the current Chief Minister of Telangana, played the right chords by portraying …

BJP invokes transfers to win teachers votes
2 years ago

BJP invokes transfers to win teachers votes

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The BJP has taken it upon itself to win the March 13 election to the Hyderabad-Ranga Reddy-Mahbubnagar districts teachers constituency in the Legislative Council. The Party’s national general secretary and in-charge of BJP Telangana’s organizational affairs, Sunil Bansal, met with senior party leaders from the three districts on Monday morning at the party’s city office. Following the morning meeting, …

As time ticks, options reduce for opposition in fight for Telangana’s Assembly
2 years, 1 month ago

As time ticks, options reduce for opposition in fight for Telangana’s Assembly

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: One of the first political beliefs that will be shattered when Telangana goes to the elections at the end of the year will be that a padayatra in a Telugu state by a leader will lead to their party winning power — with leaders of both main opposition parties having had a go at it, Bandi Sanjay Kumar having …

TJS to back Gaddar if he is common candidate in Munugode
2 years, 5 months ago

TJS to back Gaddar if he is common candidate in Munugode

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Telangana Jana Samiti founder-president Prof. Kodandaram alleged that Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao was trying to divert the attention of the people from the misdeeds of the TRS government by floating the Bharat Rashtra Samiti. Realising this, Rao was diverting attention away from his corrupt deals by elevating the TRS to the BRS, Prof. Kodandaram said. “If balladeer Gaddar …

Rajgopal sends resignation letter to Sonia
2 years, 7 months ago

Rajgopal sends resignation letter to Sonia

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Munugode MLA Komatireddy Rajgopal Reddy on Thursday formally sent a letter of resignation to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, requesting her to relieve him from the party’s primary membership. In the letter addressed to Sonia Gandhi, Rajgopal Reddy reiterated that as a loyal worker of the party he had faced humiliation in the TPCC led by its president A. Revanth …

Presidential Poll Updates: Sharad Pawar Won’t Contest; Mamata Proposes Farooq Abdullah, Gopalkrishna Gandhi’s Names
2 years, 9 months ago

Presidential Poll Updates: Sharad Pawar Won’t Contest; Mamata Proposes Farooq Abdullah, Gopalkrishna Gandhi’s Names

News 18  

At the opposition meeting in Delhi today, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee proposed the names of National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah and Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson Gopalkrishna Gandhi as nominees for the July Presidential elections, sources said. Banerjee, who had called the meeting to forge a consensus of opposition parties on a common Presidential election nominee, said at a press …

KCR to work with Left for \'BJP-mukt Bharat\'
3 years, 2 months ago

KCR to work with Left for \'BJP-mukt Bharat\'

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: TRS president and Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao on Saturday and top leaders of the Left parties including Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan decided to work with like-minded forces to devise a roadmap defeat the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and achieve "BJP-mukt Bharat". TRS sources said the Left leaders, invited to Pragathi Bhavan by the …

Facing existential crisis in Telangana, TDP may skip by-poll
5 years, 5 months ago

Facing existential crisis in Telangana, TDP may skip by-poll

The Quint  

Hyderabad, Sep 25 The Telugu Desam Party, which stayed away from the Lok Sabha polls in Telangana, was unlikely to contest the October 21 by-election to Huzurnagar Assembly seat, party sources said. Analysts say, the TDP, seen as Andhra party by many, is almost finished in Telangana as it lost almost the entire leadership to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi since …

Telangana Congress factions to help TRS, BJP
5 years, 6 months ago

Telangana Congress factions to help TRS, BJP

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The avowed intention of Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao to reduce the Congress party to a nonentity in the state is being made that much easier by the infighting among senior Congress leaders. Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president N. Uttam Kumar Reddy wants his wife and former MLA Padmavathi to contest the seat, while TPCC working president and MP, …

TRS worried over BJP moves to poach disgruntled leaders
5 years, 6 months ago

TRS worried over BJP moves to poach disgruntled leaders

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: For a party that grew strong very quickly by poaching leaders from all the others parties, the circle is complete. A worried top leadership of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti is keenly watching developments within the party after the Cabinet expansion, because the BJP is keenly making moves to poach those senior leaders who have been denied a berth, or …

Now, Telangana Rashtra Samiti decides to take on BJP firmly
5 years, 7 months ago

Now, Telangana Rashtra Samiti decides to take on BJP firmly

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The top leadership of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti has decided to counter aggressively the criticism of state BJP leaders against the ruling party and its leaders. TS BJP leaders are systematically targeting the ruling party and its ally, the MIM, and pushing the idea that the BJP is the only political party that can take on Chief Minister K …

BJP says Telangana has no strong Opposition
5 years, 8 months ago

BJP says Telangana has no strong Opposition

Deccan Chronicle  

Warangal: BJP general secretary P. Muralidhar Rao said the party was emerging as an alternative in the state as was evident from the recent Lok Sabha elections, where it won four seats. “The people are unhappy with the misdeeds of the TRS, they are looking at the BJP as an alternative,” Mr Muralidhar Rao said. Soon, the BJP will have …

As it happened | Telangana Lok Sabha results 2019: highlights
5 years, 9 months ago

As it happened | Telangana Lok Sabha results 2019: highlights

The Hindu  

Telangana State Assembly went to polls in December 2018, with the incumbent Telangana Rashtra Samithi securing a landslide victory with 88 seats, with the Indian National Congress a distant second with 19 seats. In the 2014 general elections, the TRS won 11 of a total of 17 Lok Sabha seats, INC 2, and the BJP, Telugu Desam Party, YSR Congress …

Telangana Rashtra Samithi may favour Congress
5 years, 10 months ago

Telangana Rashtra Samithi may favour Congress

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The comments made by TRS MP B. Vinod Kumar, a close associate of Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, indicate that the Telangana Rashtra Samithi leadership would favour the Congress rather than the Bharatiya Janata Party in a post-election scenario. He also said that the Federal Front would have no option but to take the support of the Congress to …

'Senior Congress leaders, TDP members want to join TRS': Telangana MP K Kavitha on accusations of ruling party encouraging defections
6 years ago

'Senior Congress leaders, TDP members want to join TRS': Telangana MP K Kavitha on accusations of ruling party encouraging defections

Firstpost  

A key TRS leader hinted on Monday that two-third of Congress MLAs in Telangana are likely to join the ruling party in the state Hyderabad: A key TRS leader hinted on Monday that two-third of Congress MLAs in Telangana are likely to join the ruling party in the state. Since the beginning of this month, eight of the total of …

United Opposition has no common PM face
6 years, 1 month ago

United Opposition has no common PM face

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Opposition parties have a common agenda at national level — to defeat the BJP in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections — but they do not have a common candidate for the post of the PM. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said a few days ago that he will support BSP chief Mayawati for the PM’s post at the right …

KCR stands the test of time, emerges as the new strongman of Telangana against all odds
6 years, 3 months ago

KCR stands the test of time, emerges as the new strongman of Telangana against all odds

Live Mint  

Hyderabad: If there was one thing about Telangana chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao that bureaucrats are wary of, it is his strong likes and dislikes. Ever since the Telangana Rashtra Samithi chief became chief minister in 2014, when the state was carved out from united Andhra Pradesh, life has come full circle. Rao had left the Telugu Desam Party in …

Opinion: How Rao-led TRS played its cards right
6 years, 3 months ago

Opinion: How Rao-led TRS played its cards right

Live Mint  

Telangana Rashtra Samithi is heading for a significant majority of about 87 out of the 119 seats in Telangana. The opposition led by the Congress cobbled together a people’s front, Praja Kootami, pulling together divergent political interests of Prof. M. Kodandaram who led the Telangana separatist movement, CPI, and TDP, which is perceived as a party that manoeuvred to prevent …

Telangana Assembly elections: TRS, Opposition alliance to battle it out today after high-voltage campaign
6 years, 3 months ago

Telangana Assembly elections: TRS, Opposition alliance to battle it out today after high-voltage campaign

Firstpost  

Telangana is set for Assembly polls on Friday with the Congress-led alliance challenging the ruling TRS, and the BJP seeking to make it a triangular contest. After a high-voltage campaign that saw a war of words among contending parties, Telangana is set for Assembly polls on Friday with the Congress-led alliance challenging the ruling TRS, and the BJP seeking to …

Telangana Assembly Election 2018: As KCR and Congress trade barbs, speculation grows about TRS, BJP 'friendship'
6 years, 3 months ago

Telangana Assembly Election 2018: As KCR and Congress trade barbs, speculation grows about TRS, BJP 'friendship'

Firstpost  

While in the recent times, KCR has directed more firepower at Chandrababu Naidu, speculations about a tacit understanding between the TRS and BJP are far from over. While in the recent times, KCR has directed more firepower at Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu during the Telangana Assembly election campaign, speculation is rife about a tacit understanding between the TRS …

Telangana Assembly Elections 2018 | TRS failed to put pressure on NDA to realise assurances given to state: Congress
6 years, 3 months ago

Telangana Assembly Elections 2018 | TRS failed to put pressure on NDA to realise assurances given to state: Congress

India TV News  

Telangana Assembly Elections 2018 | TRS failed to put pressure on NDA to realise assurances given to state: Congress Reddy also accused the TRS chief of graft during the latter's tenure as labour minister at the Centre. Questing the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi, Telangana Congress on Friday raised questions as to why it "failed" to mount pressure on the NDA-led …

Telangana Assembly polls: Rajnath Singh accuses TRS chief K Chandrashekar Rao of 'stoking fear' in minorities
6 years, 3 months ago

Telangana Assembly polls: Rajnath Singh accuses TRS chief K Chandrashekar Rao of 'stoking fear' in minorities

Firstpost  

Taking on TRS government, Rajnath Singh said, “They have failed on the development front and hence are trying to divert the attention on the issue of minority reservation. " Wanaparthy : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that Caretaker chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao and Telangana Rashtra Samithi are brewing fear among the minority communities against the Bharatiya …

Telangana Assembly Elections 2018: Rahul Gandhi campaigns jointly with Chandrababu Naidu, says 'People's Front' coming to power
6 years, 3 months ago

Telangana Assembly Elections 2018: Rahul Gandhi campaigns jointly with Chandrababu Naidu, says 'People's Front' coming to power

India TV News  

In an interesting development, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday jointly campaigned with foe-turned-friend TDP leader and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in Telangana. Calling the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi the "B-team" of Prime Minister Modi, Rahul Gandhi flayed the K. Chandrashekar Rao -led government for farmers' distress and rising unemployment in Telangana. "First the Grand Alliance will …

Telangana Vidhan Sabha polls: Mahakutami formed to save people from KCR's 'dictatorship', says TDP state chief
6 years, 3 months ago

Telangana Vidhan Sabha polls: Mahakutami formed to save people from KCR's 'dictatorship', says TDP state chief

Firstpost  

Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s party Telangana Rashtra Samithi is fighting in all seats, while Telugu Desam Party has joined hands with Congress, CPI and TJS to form a grand alliance. Hyderabad: Exuding confidence that the grand alliance or Mahakutami will form the next government in Telangana, Telegu Desam Party’s state chief L Ramana has alleged K Chandrashekar Rao …

Hyderabad: Promises can wait, it's time to answer
6 years, 3 months ago

Hyderabad: Promises can wait, it's time to answer

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Voters in Telangana are holding candidates of all parties to account and questioning them on their record in the last four years. In the capital city of Hyderabad, the Jubilee Hills TRS candidate Maganti Gopinath was on a door-to-door campaign in Kalyan Nagar in Jubilee Hills when a woman voter told him: "Do you have a brain to ask …

Telangana Assembly Elections 2018: TRS lashes out at Congress for accusing ruling party of failing to meet people’s aspirations
6 years, 3 months ago

Telangana Assembly Elections 2018: TRS lashes out at Congress for accusing ruling party of failing to meet people’s aspirations

India TV News  

Telangana Assembly Elections 2018: TRS lashes out at Congress for accusing ruling party of failing to meet people’s aspirations The congress party would realise on December 11 what Telangana people are thinking, MP B Vinod Kumar said. The ruling TRS Saturday slammed the Congress over UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi's attack on it for allegedly failing to meet …

BJP leader calls Chandrababu Naidu ‘anti-Telangana’; says chief minister’s influence going to hurt development of state
6 years, 3 months ago

BJP leader calls Chandrababu Naidu ‘anti-Telangana’; says chief minister’s influence going to hurt development of state

India TV News  

BJP national general secretary P Muralidhar Rao Friday attacked TDP president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu calling him anti-Telangana while also slamming the Congress-TDP coalition for the December 7 state polls. The BJP leader alleged Naidu's 'influence' in any manner in Telangana is going to hurt the state's development. Rao also accused the TRS of failing to …

Telangana Assembly Elections 2018: Sonia, Rahul Gandhi attack TRS chief KCR for 'family rule' in state
6 years, 3 months ago

Telangana Assembly Elections 2018: Sonia, Rahul Gandhi attack TRS chief KCR for 'family rule' in state

India TV News  

UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi Friday attacked TRS chief and caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao for running a “family rule” in Telangana and “failing” to respond to the aspirations of people of the state. But former prime minister Manmohan Singh and Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party decided to form Telangana state,” she told the …

Congress, TJS in friendly fights in Telangana despite alliance
6 years, 4 months ago

Congress, TJS in friendly fights in Telangana despite alliance

Live Mint  

Hyderabad: In spite of being part of the grand alliance in Telangana, the Congress and the Telangana Jana Samithi are all set to face each other in “friendly fights” in about half-a-dozen constituencies in the upcoming 7 December elections. The Congress, which officially released 94 names earlier, has fielded 100 candidates, while the TJS has filed 14 nominations instead of …

BJP, TRS criticise Chandrababu Naidu's meeting with Rahul Gandhi, accuses TDP chief of going against party principles
6 years, 4 months ago

BJP, TRS criticise Chandrababu Naidu's meeting with Rahul Gandhi, accuses TDP chief of going against party principles

Firstpost  

Congress and TDP are part of the “grand alliance” for the elections. Hyderabad: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi and Bharatiya Janata Party Thursday attacked Telugu Desam Party over party chief N Chandrababu Naidu’s meeting with Congress president Rahul Gandhi in Delhi, saying the Andhra Pradesh chief minister was going against the principles on which TDP was founded. “Congress and TDP have …

Telangana Rashtra Samithi to find help in unlikely places
6 years, 6 months ago

Telangana Rashtra Samithi to find help in unlikely places

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: While the Congress is stitching together a grand alliance with the Telugu Desam and the CPI to defeat the TRS, the YSRC, the Jana Sena and the CPM are likely to come to the rescue of the ruling party here. The CPM has declined to join the Congress-led alliance and decided to go with the Jana Sena in Telangana …

Telangana Assembly Elections 2018: No alliance with TRS, says BJP chief Amit Shah
6 years, 6 months ago

Telangana Assembly Elections 2018: No alliance with TRS, says BJP chief Amit Shah

India TV News  

Telangana Assembly Elections 2018: No alliance with TRS, says BJP chief Amit Shah The BJP would not have any alliance with any party and it hoped to emerge as a "deciding factor" in the upcoming polls, Shah said. Hoping to emerge as a "deciding factor" in the upcoming Telangana assembly elections, BJP President Amit Shah on Saturday ruled out any …

Telangana Assembly election: TDP yet to decide on pre-poll alliance, waiting for meeting with N Chandrababu Naidu, says L Ramana
6 years, 6 months ago

Telangana Assembly election: TDP yet to decide on pre-poll alliance, waiting for meeting with N Chandrababu Naidu, says L Ramana

Firstpost  

TDP spokesperson Lanka Dinakar said the party Chief would have the last word in regard to any pre-poll alliance for Telangana Assembly election. Hyderabad: Amid speculations on a Congress-Telugu Desam Party alliance for the Telangana Assembly elections, state TDP president L Ramana on Saturday clarified that no decision has been taken in this regard yet. In addition, TDP spokesperson Lanka …

Rajya Sabha deputy chairman election: BJP finds new friends as TRS, AIADMK offer support with eye on 2019
6 years, 7 months ago

Rajya Sabha deputy chairman election: BJP finds new friends as TRS, AIADMK offer support with eye on 2019

Firstpost  

With no guarantee which way 2019 will go, many regional parties clearly do not wish to take on the BJP openly, and would rather let Congress take the hit. The one man who was relieved when Congress’ BK Hariprasad was announced as the candidate fielded by the joint Opposition for the Rajya Sabha deputy chairman election on Thursday was K …

Telangana Rashtra Samithi support crucial for BJP Rajya Sabha deputy chairman poll
6 years, 7 months ago

Telangana Rashtra Samithi support crucial for BJP Rajya Sabha deputy chairman poll

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Announcement of election to Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman post on August 9 has created political heat in the national capital. Usually, in a 245-member Rajya Sabha, halfway mark to win deputy chairman Post is 123. The present strength of Rajya Sabha is 244 and to win the deputy chairman Post, the support of 122 members is required. The reason …

Rahul Gandhi will need the support of young blood as well as veterans to tackle Modi-Shah in 2019
6 years, 11 months ago

Rahul Gandhi will need the support of young blood as well as veterans to tackle Modi-Shah in 2019

Firstpost  

Goa Congress president Shantaram Naik resigned from his post, saying he was “inspired” by Rahul Gandhi’s speech at the party plenary about making way for younger leaders Goa Congress president Shantaram Naik resigned from his post, saying he was “inspired” by Rahul Gandhi’s speech at the party plenary about making way for younger leaders. Naik, 71, is the first senior …

TRS wins Council chairman's post; Congress -TDP boycott election
10 years, 8 months ago

TRS wins Council chairman's post; Congress -TDP boycott election

India TV News  

Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra Samiti's Swami Goud was today elected as the Chairman of the Telangana Legislative Council amid acrimonious scenes and boycott of the election by Congress and Telugu Desam Party members. The Congress demanded that the election be put off, but Deputy Chairman N Vidyasagar, who incidentally belongs to the party, went ahead with the process.The Congress announced that …

BJP committed to best MSP for ryots: Haribabu
10 years, 11 months ago

BJP committed to best MSP for ryots: Haribabu

The Hindu  

Bharatiya Janata Party Seemandhra unit president Kambhampati Haribabu has promised farmers of both Seemandhra and Telangana region that the party, if voted to power, will ensure that the ryots get the best Minimum Support Price for their produce, which was never offered by any government in the past. Addressing the “Make Modi as PM and strengthen BJP for development of …

KCR fine-tuning list of candidates
11 years ago

KCR fine-tuning list of candidates

The Hindu  

The Telangana Rashtra Samiti president K. Chandrasekhar Rao is likely to delay the release of the first list of candidates for Assembly and Parliament elections as he is fine-tuning it by reopening discussions in some constituencies. The TRS president is also focussed on Secunderabad Parliament seat which Telangana joint action committee chairman M. Kodandaram refused to accept. Sources said Mr. …

TRS chief starts mobilising support
11 years, 1 month ago

TRS chief starts mobilising support

The Hindu  

Ahead of the Fifteenth Lok Sabha’s last session that will commence on February 5, Telangana Rashtra Samithi chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday held a series of meetings with leaders of regional parties to mobilise support for the controversial Telangana Bill. Mr. Rao met Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Prasad, Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan and Janata Dal …

Obstruct Kiran’s visit, Telangana Congress leaders told
11 years, 4 months ago

Obstruct Kiran’s visit, Telangana Congress leaders told

The Hindu  

The TRS legislator T Harish Rao has demanded that the Telangana Congress leaders should obstruct the visit of Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy to the Telangana region during the ‘Rachabanda’ programme. Alleging that the Chief Minister had been obstructing the formation of separate Telangana State and betraying the region on all fronts, he said that the Telangana Congress leaders …

Telangana issue: AP Cong leaders meet Central leadership
11 years, 7 months ago

Telangana issue: AP Cong leaders meet Central leadership

India TV News  

New Delhi, Jul 26: Congress appears to be veering round to taking a call on the contentious Telangana statehood issue with party leader in charge of Andhra Pradesh saying consultation process is over and time for a decision has come. “The process of consultation is over. And the time to take a decision has come,” Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh …

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