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Huzurabad: Voters in Huzurabad turned up in large numbers to exercise their franchise and in the process triggered confusion among pollsters as to which party could benefit from the huge turnout. By the time polling ended at 7 pm, the constituency, which has nearly 2.37 lakh voters, recorded 86.33 per cent turnout. The ballot boxes, […]
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Hyderabad: The TRS on Saturday lodged a complaint with the Election Commission of India (ECI) seeking action against BJP and its candidate Eatala Rajender for violating the model code of conduct and indulging in poll campaign during the silent period of polling against the ECI guidelines. The TRS also lodged complaint against two vernacular news […]
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A native of Armoor mandal in Nizamabad district, the man alleged that local BJP functionaries were harassing the public on some or the other pretext.
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Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy on Friday lashed out at the BJP Telangana leaders for spreading false propaganda against the TRS government over paddy procurement. He termed the statements made by the BJP Telangana leaders over paddy procurement as irresponsible and strongly objected to the remarks that the State government was only playing the […]
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Nizamabad: Roads and Buildings Minister Vemula Prashanth Reddy on Friday slammed the State BJP leaders for spreading false information about the welfare schemes introduced by the State government. “Why should we maintain silence when BJP leaders are spreading false information about our schemes?” he said while speaking after welcoming BSP leaders into TRS. “The Chief […]
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Hyderabad: Senior BJP leaders on Friday said they were ready for debate anywhere in the State on issues pertaining to agriculture and paddy cultivation. “Anyone in the State Cabinet can take part in the debate with me. I will clear all the doubts raised by the Ministers,” BJP MP Dharmapuri Arvind said, addressing a press […]
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Hyderabad: Political organisations across the world keep innovating their use of social media technologies. In a report “Trend Alert: How a Cross-Platform Organization Manipulated Twitter Trends in the Indian General Election,” https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3479523 researchers from Cornell University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology revealed how a “cross-platform organisation” orchestrated nationwide Twitter trends during the 2019 general election through […]
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Hyderabad: AICC national spokesperson Dasoju Sravan on Thursday urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to cancel the October 30 Huzurabad by-election, citing abuse of power by both BJP and TRS parties which are in power at the Centre and in Telangana respectively. In a representation submitted to Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra in New […]
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Hyderabad: The high-octane campaign for the Huzurabad Assembly by-election came to an end at 7 pm on Wednesday. The last day of the campaign saw all political parties giving a major push with senior leaders making last-minute efforts to woo the voters. The polling is scheduled for October 30 and the counting followed by the […]
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Huzurabad: Finance Minister T Harish Rao on Wednesday categorically stated that farmers could cultivate the crop of their choice and there was no restriction on the selection of crop cultivation. “BJP leaders are spreading falsehood that the State government is placing restrictions on the cultivation of paddy. There is no truth in the BJP’s propaganda,” […]
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Huzurabad: Finance Minister T Harish Rao has appealed to the people not to believe in the fake campaign unleashed by the BJP in various social media platforms. Recalling the Dubbak by-election, the Minister said as soon as polling started, a TV channel started running a scroll stating that the Congress candidate Cheruku Srinivas Reddy had […]
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Says saffron party leaders lack knowledge of constituency
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Hyderabad: BJP national general secretary and Telangana party affairs in-charge Tarun Chugh on Tuesday said eligible people in Huzurabad Assembly constituency could avail benefits of welfare schemes of the Central government. Addressing a press conference after releasing the party’s manifesto in Huzurabad, he said that the BJP would strive for the development of education in […]
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Huzurabad: Finance Minister T Harish Rao said either BJP or its candidate for Huzurabad bypolls Eatala Rajender has done nothing for the constituency. The Minister said that in order to extend support to the poor, the Telangana government was providing Aasara pensions, Kalyanalaxmi, KCR kit, Rythu Bandhu, Rythu Bima and numerous other welfare schemes. However, […]
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Huzurabad: TS Planning Board Vice-Chairman B Vinod Kumar appealed the people to teach a befitting lesson to BJP candidate for Huzurabad bypolls Eatala Rajender for neglecting the issues of local people and deceiving TRS. Speaking at an election campaign in Huzurabad town and Jaggaiahpalli and Peddapalli of Jammikunta mandal on Monday came down heavily on […]
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Hyderabad: Two national parties – BJP and Congress – have been colluding in several elections in Telangana State in their attempts to stop TRS on its tracks but in vain, TRS working president and MA&UD Minister KT Rama Rao said on Saturday. “The two parties, in fact, have fielded a joint candidate in Eatala Rajender […]
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Hyderabad: The BJP seems to be completely at sea when it comes to taking on the TRS in the October 30 by-election to the Huzarabad Assembly constituency. That there is total bankruptcy of ideas in the so-called national party is evident from the moves its local leadership has made in the run-up to the bypoll. […]
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Hyderabad: TRS working president and IT Minister KT Rama Rao said that freedom of expression had become a right to abuse in politics and this was unfortunate. Speaking to select media persons at Telangana Bhavan, the Minister, citing political disturbances in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh and the recent arrest of Union Minister Narayan Rane for his […]
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Huzurabad: Finance Minister T Harish Rao challenged the Union Minister G Kishan Reddy for a debate on taxes being imposed on diesel and petrol by the Central government.“I am ready to come anywhere in my capacity as the State’s Finance Minister for a debate on the issue,” he said while addressing a press conference here […]
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Huzurabad: Police had to intervene and calm down frenzied workers of the BJP and the TRS who indulged in heavy slogan shouting and jostling during the visit of BJP candidate Eatala Rajendar and Union Minister G Kishan Reddy in Sirsedu village on Friday. Noisy scenes were witnessed as the BJP workers raised slogans against the […]
