As the campaign picks up in the by-election for the Huzurnagar assembly seat, equations are changing.
Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president and Nalgonda MP N Uttam Kumar Reddy has accused the Telangana Rashtra Samithi of distributing huge cash and liquor to lure voters of Huzurnagar constituency to seek their votes in the bye-elections to be held on October 21.
With the UK High Court on Wednesday ruling in favour of India in a 70-year-old dispute involving 35 million pounds belonging to the Nizam, over 100 descendants of the last ruler of erstwhile Hyderabad State are hoping to get their due share.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao finally managed to get the appointment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after a long gap of over nine months.
The Telangana state cabinet late on Tuesday decided to constitute a three-member committee of IAS officials to consider the demands of the employees of the state-owned Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC).
Telangana CM KCR's plan to demolish Secretariat and build a vastu-complaint new Secretariat in its place received a jolt on Tuesday.
Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president and Nalgonda MP N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Monday challenged Telangana Rashtra Samithi leaders to show that the government had taken up even a single development work in Huzurnagar since 2014.
It looks like the Communist Party of India (CPI) leaders are planning to cash in on the demand for their party votes in the ensuing by-elections to Huzurnagar assembly seat, which were necessitated with the resignation of Pradesh Congress Committee president N Uttam Kumar Reddy on his election to Lok Sabha in May this year.
TRS chief and Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao always proudly claims that TRS is the only party which contests all the elections independently without entering into any tie-ups or alliances with any party and wins elections with a good majority.
With the Telugu Desam Party's surprising decision to enter the fray, a multi-cornered contest appears to be on cards in in Telangana's Huzurnagar Assembly constituency, where the by-election is scheduled on October 21.
In a dare devil act, TDP chief and former AP CM N Chandra babu Naidu has decided to field TDP candidate for upcoming Huzurnagar bypoll on October 21 in Telangana.
Former Indian captain and newly-elected President of Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) Mohammad Azharuddin on Saturday called on Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Working President and cabinet minister K. T. Rama Rao amid speculations that he is quitting Congress party to join TRS.
Glamorous actress of yesteryears and former MP Vijayashanti is preparing ground to join the Bharatiya Janata Party sooner or later.
Congress party in Telangana on Friday lodged a complaint with Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan against state legislative council chairman Gutha Sukhender Reddy stating that he was directly campaigning for the Telangana Rashtra Samithi in the by-elections in Huzurnagar.
In his representation to the Governor, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president & Nalgonda MP N Uttam Kumar Reddy alleged that Gutha was interfering in the election process of Huzurnagar by-election against all known constitutional norms and proprieties.
He said the council chairman had been bribing several local leaders from the Congress and forcing them to join the TRS. "He has been openly telling them that he would become a minister in place of Malla Reddy or Jagadish Reddy if the TRS wins the Huzurnagar elections,” Uttam said.
The PCC chief also alleged that Gutha’s son Amit Reddy was a government contractor, doing several works worth thousands of crores of rupees in irrigation and drinking water projects in the State of Telangana. “How can the legislative council chairman function impartially, when his son is doing government projects worth thousands of crores? So, he should be immediately sacked from the council chairman post,” Uttam demanded.
He urged the Governor to order a probe into the matter through central intelligence agencies. Further, the Governor might then consider asking for the resignation of Sukender Reddy on moral and ethical grounds, he appealed.
Stage is set for the defection of former Indian cricket captain and Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee working president Mohammad Azharuddin into the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi.