It's an early Diwali for the BJP in Telangana as the saffron camp erupted in celebrations over its massive victory in Huzurabad by-election, terming the outcome as the beginning of the downfall of Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and his Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS).
Harish Rao is one leader in TRS who commands respect across the entire political spectrum.
In a big setback to the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), the BJP wrested Huzurabad Assembly seat in the fiercely contested by-election.
The BJP was racing ahead in by-elections to the Huzurabad Assembly seat as its candidate and former minister Eatala Rajender increased his lead to over 11,000 votes.
Seniors in the Telangana Congress, who have been seething with anger over the appointment of a junior and a defector like A Revanth Reddy as the Pradesh Congress Committee chief, have now found a reason to attack him from all sides.
Counting of votes begins in Huzurabad by-election in Telangana at SRR Degree College, Karimnagar.
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In a sudden development, the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi on Monday decided to postpone its proposed Vijaya Garjana public meeting to be held on November 15 by two weeks.
The suicide by yet another unemployed youth in Telangana on Sunday has caused a major embarrassment to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi government headed by chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, which has been facing the criticism for its inordinate delay in filling up of thousands of job vacancies.
After a record voter turnout in the Huzurabad Assembly by-election, leaders of both the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are keeping their fingers crossed as to who would have benefited from the increase in poll percentage though few exit polls suggest an edge for the BJP's Eatala Rajender.
BJP contestant from Huzurabad, Eetela Rajender, alleged that TRS spent a huge amount of Rs 500 Crore to distribute among the voters expecting a victory.
Has former Telangana health minister Eatala Rajender, who is contesting the by-elections in Huzurabad assembly constituency, conceded defeat to the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi much before the completion of polling on Saturday?
Polling was underway amid tight security in the by-election to the Huzurabad Assembly constituency in Telangana on Saturday.
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday predicted the defeat of Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Eatala Rajender in the by-elections to Huzurabad assembly seat.
In a big setback to the Telangana government, the National Green Tribunal, Chennai bench, on Friday applied brakes to the construction of Palamuru-Ranga Reddy lift irrigation scheme, stating that it has no environmental clearance.
Two days before the polling, Telangana's Huzurabad Assembly constituency on Thursday witnessed bizarre protests by a section of voters after they did not receive cash being offered by some political parties for votes.