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Congress strikes caste balance in first list for Telangana

Updated on Nov 13, 2018 11:32 PM IST

The Congress is hoping to ride on the “anti-incumbency” factor against the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS).

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president N Uttam Kumar Reddy addresses the media in Hyderabad on October 24.(PTI Photo)

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByAurangzeb Naqshbandi

Telangana assembly elections 2018: Congress sees red over pink slips on EVMs

Pink slips on EVMs for the Telangana assembly elections has the Congress seeing red. Because pink is the colour of K Chandrashekhar Rao’s TRS, which has ruled the state since its birth in 2014.

The Congress, which leads an alliance of four parties for the Telangana assembly elections, is the K Chandrashekhar Rao-led TRS’ main rival in the state.(PTI/File Photo)

Updated on Nov 13, 2018 01:37 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | BySrinivasa Rao Apparasu

In Telangana list, Congress makes two exceptions for senior leaders’ kin

The Congress, which formed a Maha Kootami or grand alliance with three other parties – the Telugu Desam Party, the Telangana Jana Samithi and the Communist Party of India for the Telangana assembly elections, is contesting in 94 out of the state’s 119 assembly constituencies, leaving the rest for to the allies

The Congress has released its first list of candidates for the Telangana assembly elections (File Photo)(AP)

Updated on Nov 13, 2018 04:36 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | BySrinivasa Rao Apparasu

BJP rules out support to TRS if it falls short of numbers to form govt

The TRS had supported NDA candidates in the presidential and vice-presidential elections, as also the GST and demonetisation measures, giving rise to speculation in some quarters over the proximity between the two parties.

Updated on Nov 12, 2018 07:31 PM IST

Hyderabad | ByPress Trust of India

Telangana election 2018: YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy recovers from knife attack, will resume ‘Padayatra’ on Monday

Ahead of Telangana election 2018, YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy was injured on the left shoulder on October 25 when he was attacked by a man with a small knife at the airport in Visakhapatnam.

YSR Congress Party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy will resume his “Padayatra” (foot march) Monday from Makkuva in Vizianagaram district.(HT File Photo)

Updated on Nov 11, 2018 06:59 PM IST

Amaravati/Hyderabad | ByPress Trust of India

Telangana election 2018: In KCR stronghold, voters divided over his performance

KCR, as the CM is popularly known, has many supporters in the town who insist the December 7 election will see a thumping win for the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leader. The TRS is looking to come back to power in Telangana’s second assembly election.

Updated on Nov 11, 2018 11:56 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Gajwel (Telangana) | BySrinivasa Rao Apparasu

KCR attends yagam to seek divine blessings for TRS victory in Telangana

KCR, as the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) president is popularly known, spent close to two hours in the ashram at Muchintal near Shamshabad on the city outskirts. After the yagam, he performed special prayers in the temple in the ashram premises for his party’s victory in the Telangana assembly elections next month.

Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and caretaker chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao attending a yagam at prominent Vaishnavaite seer Sri Tridandi Chinna Jeeyar Swamy’s ashram on the outskirts of Hyderabad to seek divine blessings for his party’s victory in the December 7 Telangana assembly elections (HT Photo)(HT Photo)

Updated on Nov 10, 2018 11:57 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | BySrinivasa Rao Apparasu

Telangana assembly elections 2018: In KCR’S stronghold of Gajwel, voters divided over his performance

Gajwel changed rapidly after 2014 when Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao won election from the constituency, say some local people. But people in the more interior, rural regions of the constituency say Gajwel’s development has been limited to the urban areas.

TRS Supremo and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao with party leaders at a public meeting in Nizamabad, Wednesday, Oct 3, 2018. KCR is seeking re-election from Gajwel constituency in the December 7 assembly elections.(PTI File)

Updated on Nov 11, 2018 05:40 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Gajwel (Telangana) | BySrinivasa Rao Apparasu

In Telangana, opposition grand alliance reaches seat-sharing agreement

Congress general secretary in-charge of Telangana affairs RC Khuntia announced in New Delhi that the Congress would contest 94 seats in the 119-member assembly, leaving 25 seats for the allies - 14 for the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), eight for Telangana Jana Samithi and three for Communist Party of India.

The Congress, which set up an opposition grand alliance in Telangana with the Telugu Desam Party and two other parties, on Thursday announced it has reached a seat-sharing agreement for the December 7 assembly elections in the state. (File Photo)(HT PHOTO)

Updated on Nov 08, 2018 09:22 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | BySrinivasa Rao Apparasu

Upset over TDP-Congress tie-up, NTR’s wife wants husband’s ‘rebirth’

Nandamuri Lakshmi Parvathi placed her letter at Rao’s Samadhi on the banks of Hussainsagar lake in Hyderabad.

Nandamuri Lakshmi Parvathi sits in silent protest against TDP’s Chandrababu Naidu joining hands with Congress president Rahul Gandhi.(HT Photo)

Updated on Nov 04, 2018 10:57 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | BySrinivasa Rao Apparasu

Woman among 2 Muslims in BJP’s 28-member second list for Telangana polls

There are, in all, five Scheduled Tribe, two Scheduled Caste and six women candidates in the latest BJP list for Telangana. The BJP, on October 20, released its first list of 38 candidates including all its five sitting members in the recently dissolved Telangana assembly.

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday released its second list of 28 candidates, including two Muslims and six women, for the assembly elections in Telangana scheduled to be held on December 7.(AFP File Photo)

Updated on Nov 02, 2018 02:26 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | BySrinivasa Rao Apparasu

Biryani cost for Telangana candidates may come down to curtail election expenditure

Telangana chief electoral officer Rajat Kumar has proposed to the political parties that the cost of mutton biryani would be reduced from ₹170 to ₹140; that of chicken biryani from ₹140 to ₹120 per plate.

The Telangana chief electoral officer has proposed to political parties that the cost of mutton biryani would be reduced from <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>170 to <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>140 since money spent on food is also accounted for by the election commission.(Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published on Nov 01, 2018 04:11 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByHT Correspondent

From playing barber to washing clothes, TRS candidates woo voters in poll-bound Telangana

While the opposition party candidates are yet to get into the campaign mode due to the delay in seat-sharing arrangement among the partners of the grand alliance, leaders of the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi have gone far ahead in their canvassing ploys.

S Madhusudhana Chary, a TRS candidate who is canvassing for himself in Bhupalpalli constituency, gatecrashed into a barber’s shop on Monday and took to shaving a customer’s beard.(HT Photo)

Updated on Nov 02, 2018 12:18 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | BySrinivasa Rao Apparasu

Over 40 lakh Andhra voters in Telangana to play decisive role in assembly polls

“According to our estimates, settlers from Andhra and Rayalaseema regions constitute around 15% of the total number of 2.73 crore voters in Telangana, said Telangana Settlers’ Forum convener Katragadda Prasuna.

Voters from Andhra Pradesh in Telangana are referred to as “settlers” and they mostly voted for the Telugu Desam Party in 2014.(AFP File Photo)

Updated on Nov 02, 2018 12:20 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | BySrinivasa Rao Apparasu, Hyderabad

Telangana polls: Congress close to fixing seat-sharing deal with allies, to contest 90 seats

The Congress is likely to contest in 90 constituencies, leaving the remaining 29 seats to its alliance partners — TDP, TJS and CPI — in the upcoming Telangana assembly elections.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi with Andra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu.(AFP FILE PHOTO)

Updated on Nov 02, 2018 12:22 PM IST

Hyderabad | ByPress Trust of India

Ahead of Telangana polls, 2 disgruntled senior TRS leaders make beeline for Congress

Ahead of Telangana polls, two senior TRS leaders -- former legislator T Narsa Reddy and member of legislative council S Ramulu Naik – joined the Congress party in the presence of party president Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi.

Two senior TRS leaders -- former legislator T Narsa Reddy and member of legislative council S Ramulu Naik – joined the Congress party in the presence of party president Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi.(Reuters File Photo)

Updated on Nov 02, 2018 12:24 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | BySrinivasa Rao Apparasu

Will rejuvenate education system within 100 days of coming to power: Congress in Telangana

Alleging that the TRS government had ruined the careers of students by not clearing fee reimbursement dues, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee promised that Congress (if voted to power), would reimburse fee amount every year in two instalments.

There would be complete fee reimbursement for students belonging to SC, ST, OBC and minority communities, a party release quoted TPCC President N Uttam Kumar Reddy as saying.(HT file photo)

Updated on Nov 02, 2018 12:08 PM IST

Hyderabad | ByPress Trust of India

CEC justifies deletion of voters in Telangana

The number of voters in Telangana have come down from 2.82 crore in 2014 to 2.73 crore as per the final rolls published this month. The net deletions were about 22 lakh as 12 lakh new voters were added.

The poll panel attributed the deletion to voters with multiple entries, those who migrated and those who were dead(HT/File Photo)

Updated on Nov 02, 2018 12:10 PM IST

Hyderabad | ByIndo-Asian News Service

Congress-led grand alliance in Telangana struggles on seats as TRS gathers steam

The Congress, according to sources, wants its alliance partners to be realistic and is ready to concede three to seven seats to the TJS, four to CPI and 12 seats to the TDP.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi addresses a gathering at Indira Gandhi Stadium Ground, Kamareddy in Telangana on October 20.(PTI Photo)

Updated on Nov 02, 2018 12:11 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | ByGali Nagaraja

BJP announces first list of candidates for Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, Telangana polls

The BJP also released a list of 38 candidates for the Telangana Assembly polls. There are a total of 119 Assembly candidates in the state.

Union minister JP Nadda announces the BJP’s list of candidates for the upcoming state assembly election after the party’s Central Election Committee meeting in New Delhi on Saturday.(ANI/Twitter)

Updated on Nov 02, 2018 02:27 PM IST

New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India

Rahul Gandhi promises farm loan waiver in Telangana, accuses Modi, KCR of making false promises

“If you want to listen to false promises, then go to KCR and Modi, they will give you false promises,” the Congress president said.

Attacking the Telangana Rashtra Samithi chief KCR, Rahul Gandhi alleged that he changed the project designs, inflating its cost from Rs 38,000 crore to Rs one lakh crore.(AFP File Photo)

Updated on Nov 02, 2018 12:27 PM IST

Bhainsa (Telangana) | ByPress Trust of India

It is make or break time for the Congress| Rajdeep Sardesai

The Congress needs to erase the perception of being a party in terminal decline in the next two months to offer a realistic nationwide challenge to the Modi-led BJP in 2019

The decision of Mayawati not to align with the Congress in the state elections is, unarguably, the biggest blow to opposition unity(PTI)

Updated on Nov 02, 2018 12:00 PM IST

ByRajdeep Sardesai

Hyderabad HC admits plea against dissolution of Telangana assembly

The Hyderabad high court on Monday admitted a bunch of petitions challenging the dissolution of the Telangana assembly by the Telangana Rashtra Samithi government on September 6, nine months ahead of the completion of its term. Former minister and Congress member from Gadwal in the dissolved assembly DK Aruna, former MLA Komireddy Ramulu, advocates Shashank Reddy and Rapolu Bhaskar and others moved the high court challenging the unilateral decision of the TRS cabinet headed by chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.

TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao during a public meeting on September 7.(PTI Photo)

Updated on Nov 02, 2018 12:02 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | BySrinivasa Rao Apparasu

K Chandrasekhar Rao against the entire opposition in Telangana

K Chandrasekhar Rao became the chief minister of Telangana after the state was carved out in 2014.

Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao during the Rajya Sabha election at Assembly in Hyderabad.(PTI File Photo)

Updated on Nov 02, 2018 11:58 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | BySrinivasa Rao Apparasu

Telangana polls: An acid test for KCR’s popularity, opposition alliance’s strategy

KCR implemented his agenda of rebuilding a new Telangana and started schemes in the irrigation, agriculture, education and infrastructure sectors. Then, when the situation appeared very conducive for him, he surprised everybody by dissolving the assembly on September 6.

Husnabad: TRS Chief K Chandrasekhar Rao addresses during party's first public meeting since the Assembly was dissolved, in Husnabad, Friday, Sept 7, 2018. (PTI Photo) (PTI9_7_2018_000193B)(PTI Photo)

Updated on Nov 02, 2018 12:07 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | BySrinivasa Rao Apparasu

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Telangana Assembly Election Results 2018

The Congress is hoping to ride on the “anti-incumbency” factor against the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS).

Pink slips on EVMs for the Telangana assembly elections has the Congress seeing red. Because pink is the colour of K Chandrashekhar Rao’s TRS, which has ruled the state since its birth in 2014.

The TRS had supported NDA candidates in the presidential and vice-presidential elections, as also the GST and demonetisation measures, giving rise to speculation in some quarters over the proximity between the two parties.

Ahead of Telangana election 2018, YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy was injured on the left shoulder on October 25 when he was attacked by a man with a small knife at the airport in Visakhapatnam.

KCR, as the CM is popularly known, has many supporters in the town who insist the December 7 election will see a thumping win for the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leader. The TRS is looking to come back to power in Telangana’s second assembly election.

Gajwel changed rapidly after 2014 when Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao won election from the constituency, say some local people. But people in the more interior, rural regions of the constituency say Gajwel’s development has been limited to the urban areas.

Nandamuri Lakshmi Parvathi placed her letter at Rao’s Samadhi on the banks of Hussainsagar lake in Hyderabad.

There are, in all, five Scheduled Tribe, two Scheduled Caste and six women candidates in the latest BJP list for Telangana. The BJP, on October 20, released its first list of 38 candidates including all its five sitting members in the recently dissolved Telangana assembly.

Telangana chief electoral officer Rajat Kumar has proposed to the political parties that the cost of mutton biryani would be reduced from ₹170 to ₹140; that of chicken biryani from ₹140 to ₹120 per plate.

While the opposition party candidates are yet to get into the campaign mode due to the delay in seat-sharing arrangement among the partners of the grand alliance, leaders of the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi have gone far ahead in their canvassing ploys.

“According to our estimates, settlers from Andhra and Rayalaseema regions constitute around 15% of the total number of 2.73 crore voters in Telangana, said Telangana Settlers’ Forum convener Katragadda Prasuna.

The Congress is likely to contest in 90 constituencies, leaving the remaining 29 seats to its alliance partners — TDP, TJS and CPI — in the upcoming Telangana assembly elections.

Ahead of Telangana polls, two senior TRS leaders -- former legislator T Narsa Reddy and member of legislative council S Ramulu Naik – joined the Congress party in the presence of party president Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi.

Alleging that the TRS government had ruined the careers of students by not clearing fee reimbursement dues, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee promised that Congress (if voted to power), would reimburse fee amount every year in two instalments.

The number of voters in Telangana have come down from 2.82 crore in 2014 to 2.73 crore as per the final rolls published this month. The net deletions were about 22 lakh as 12 lakh new voters were added.

The Congress, according to sources, wants its alliance partners to be realistic and is ready to concede three to seven seats to the TJS, four to CPI and 12 seats to the TDP.

The BJP also released a list of 38 candidates for the Telangana Assembly polls. There are a total of 119 Assembly candidates in the state.

“If you want to listen to false promises, then go to KCR and Modi, they will give you false promises,” the Congress president said.

The Congress needs to erase the perception of being a party in terminal decline in the next two months to offer a realistic nationwide challenge to the Modi-led BJP in 2019

K Chandrasekhar Rao became the chief minister of Telangana after the state was carved out in 2014.

KCR implemented his agenda of rebuilding a new Telangana and started schemes in the irrigation, agriculture, education and infrastructure sectors. Then, when the situation appeared very conducive for him, he surprised everybody by dissolving the assembly on September 6.

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