Congress MLC Baswaraju Saraiah has challenged former Minister Konda Surekha to resign from her MLA post and contest against him as an independent from Warangal East. Reacting to her remarks, Saraiah accused Surekha and her husband of indulging in blackmail politics and said the party high command would not tolerate indiscipline.
In the first electoral test under Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, the ruling Congress secured five of seven Karnataka Legislative Council seats, while BJP won two. Cross-voting by BJP and JD(S) MLAs boosted Congress’s tally beyond expectations, strengthening its position in the Council and signalling internal rifts in the opposition.
Telangana Chief Secretary K. Ramakrishna Rao and Advocate General A. Sudarshan Reddy met Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla at Lok Bhavan to discuss administrative and legal issues. The state government’s nomination of former cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin as a Member of Legislative Council remains pending with the Governor.
Congress MLC Vijayashanthi has called on people to greet each other with “Jai Telangana” instead of English greetings. Her appeal comes amid a growing trend among Congress leaders and celebrities to invoke the slogan as a mark of identity and pride
Congress MLC T Jeevan Reddy said that the State leadership was encouraging defections into the party, was against the AICC’s policies and that such steps were leaving local leaders in distress
Jagtial: The Dalit Bandhu scheme came in for praise from none other than Congress MLC T Jeevan Reddy, one of the bitter critics of the State government. Speaking to reporters here on Saturday, Jeevan Reddy praised Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s decision to implement the Dalit Bandhu scheme, which aims at all round development of […]
