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Sources say Muralidhar Rao felt insulted after he was not considered for the Malkajgiri seat, where he had been working for a long time in the hope that the party would field him from the constituency.

 Speaking to reporters, he claimed that he has information that the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) investigation report on the sloganeering has already been submitted to the Congress government but it is yet to be made public.

"Police are investigating; the government has given them a free hand. The government has taken the issue seriously," Shivakumar said.

The TMC was quick to mock the BJP by saying it surrendered the seat even before the commencement of the election campaign.

The BJP has named Kompella Madhavi Latha, chairperson of city-based Virinchi Hospitals, as its candidate for the forthcoming polls.

If the party leadership fails to act on the issue, not a single BC vote will go in favour of the BJP in the next parliamentary elections, said Telangana Gowda Sangham president Laxman Goud

Protests within the BJP, initiated on Saturday opposing the leadership's choice to nominate BB Patil from Zaheerabad, are expected to persist.

BJP has announced nine of its candidates to contest in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections from Telangana

Of 195 candidates, 34 are ministers in central and state cabinet, while two are ex- chief ministers.

He was speaking at a public meeting in Morena after his `Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' entered Madhya Pradesh from Rajasthan.

The party is likely to announce the names of candidates for at least 10 seats in Telangana before the issuance of the election schedule

Senior BJP leader Konda Vishweshwar Reddy accused Congress of ignoring the alleged irregularities in the Kaleshwaram project and focusing on damages caused to the Medigadda barrage to mislead the people.

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During the hearing, the High Court had asked the privilege committee to hold its hand from taking action.

BJP leaders alleged that the egg attack on the convoy was done at the instance of Minister Ponnam Prabhakar

luding Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand. Similar meetings with leaders from Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana have already been held.

Sukhu, while speaking to the media here on Wednesday said that no one from his party has asked for his resignation.

The numbers will take the BJP's tally in Rajya Sabha to 97 and that of BJP-led NDA to 117, just four short of the majority mark of 121 in the 240-member House once all 56 members are sworn in Of 56 Rajya Sabha seats that fall vacant in April, BJP won 30; 20 unopposed and 10 in elections held Tuesday.

The meeting comes amid a buzz over the BJP bringing a motion of no-confidence in the assembly against the Congress government in the state.

Political parties as they have the primary responsibility of upholding the sanctity of the election process