With 30 dead since polls were announced earlier last month, this year's bloodied election also closely followed the 2018 panchayat poll violence pattern a similar number of people were left dead
Congress general secretary KC Venugopal wrote to all state unit chiefs of the party about the protest after the Gujarat HC dismissed Gandhi's plea seeking a stay on his conviction in a criminal defamation case over his "Modi surname" remark
Immediately after the high court order, the Congress, which described it as "highly disappointing, but not unexpected", said it will move the Supreme Court
BRS leaders questioned if these promises are viable, why wasn't the Congress implementing them in Karnataka, where it won the Assembly elections recently
Speaking to mediapersons at Telangana Bhavan, BRS Parliamentary Party leader K Keshava Rao expressed his disapproval of Rahul Gandhi's remarks in Telangana
Congress party leader K. V. P. Ramachandra Rao said that as the daughter of staunch Congressman Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Sharmila has been invited to join the party.
The meeting which is scheduled to take place at former AICC chief Sonia Gandhi's residence at 10, Janpath in New Delhi, is meant to discuss what stand it should take in discussion on the UCC
Gandhi will also meet intellectuals and civil society representatives in Imphal during the day, besides visiting relief camps in the capital of Manipur, they said.
Telangana has become the rice bowl of India, neighboring State governments were now requesting Telangana for supply of rice to meet their demands, said KT Rama Rao