After the high profile resignations of veterans Ponnala Lakshmaiah and Nagam Janardhan Reddy, supporters of multiple other ticket aspirants went on protest in different parts of the State, with many heading to Gandhi Bhavan in Hyderabad.
Congress leadership which was banking mainly on the false promises it had made, would not be able to help the party in any way, said Badugula Lingaiah Yadav
BRS working president said there was no necessity for that as farmers from the neighbouring State were already visiting Telangana in batches and cautioned the farming community
Erra Shekhar expressed his allegiance to the leadership of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, who is working towards the all-round development of the state.
Tensions flared at Gandhi Bhavan, where supporters of Jubilee Hills ticket aspirant P Vishnuvardhan Reddy threw bricks and tore down flexis and posters of TPCC president A Revanth Reddy.
Former MLA Vishnu Vardhan Reddy expressed his displeasure and resigned from the Congress after the party allotted the Jubilee Hills ticket to former MP and cricketer Mohammed Azharuddin.
Congress party leader Ramasahayam Madhavi Reddy, who expected Congress ticket, expressed anger at the party leadership for allotting a ticket to Srinivas Reddy
Since the formation of Telangana in 2014, the BRS government has embarked on filling 2.20 lakh vacancies. Out of these, 1.32 lakh positions have been filled, amounting to 13,000 jobs each year, said KT Rama Rao