Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Friday announced his resignation from the post owning moral responsibility for the defeat of the party in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections.
It is going to be a hung elected body in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation as no political party could get the absolute majority of 76 seats in the 150-seat corporation.
Telangana's ruling TRS party emerged as the largest party as votes were counted today in the high-stakes Hyderabad municipal election, but its victory was dimmed by the BJP's massive surge after an exceptionally high-voltage and divisive campaign.
Despite granting the separate statehood for Telangana, the Congress party has been totally rejected by the people of the state. In every election since 2014, except in a few, the party has been facing humiliating defeat.
Bharatiya Janata Party has put up a spirited fight in the elections to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation and is all set to win around 40 corporator seats, going by the latest trends.
Former Chevella MP Konda Vishweshwar Reddy, who defected from Telangana Rashtra Samithi to the Congress just before 2019 Lok Sabha elections, appears to be looking towards Bharatiya Janata Party.
If the trends in the initial rounds of counting of votes in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections are any indication, the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi is all set to retain its hold on the corporation.
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As per the latest trends, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) is leading as counting of votes polled in Tuesday's Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) municipal polls is under way amid tight security.
Telangana state high court on Friday suspended a late-night circular issued by the state election commission allowing any mark by pen other than Swastika stamp on the ballot paper for considering it as a valid vote during counting.
The counting of votes for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections commenced in almost all the divisions at 8 am with the counting of postal ballots.
At a time when farmers of Punjab, Haryana and other northern states are up in arms against the new farm legislations, the silence by Telangana farmers has been surprising.
As the re-polling in Old Malakpet division of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation concluded at 6 pm, the focus has now shifted on the exit polls conducted by various agencies, though hardly a few hours are left for the outcome of the actual result.
Sridhar Panuganti, an employee of Tech Mahindra (Americas) Inc, died in his sleep on November 27 in Buffalo, New York.
Telangana's health authorities on Wednesday advised all those who participated in the campaign for Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections to isolate themselves for next one week.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi leader and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s daughter Kalvakuntla Kavitha exercising her franchise in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections kicked up a political controversy.