Congress MP Manish Tewari on Tuesday slammed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for shying away from the Telangana poll battle fearing a rout adding that there is no 'wave' in favour of the saffron party for the November 30 elections.
Telangana is scheduled to go to assembly elections on November 30 and the counting of votes, along with those of four other poll-bound states, has been scheduled for December 3.
BRS Working President and Telangana Minister K T Rama Rao on Sunday accused the Congress of using minority communities as a Vote bank the result of which, he said, is that they are still living in poverty.
KTR added that the pilot for this programme will take place in the Sanathnagar constituency. On the developments that has taken place in Sanathnagar, KTR said that the BRS had developed Vaikunta Damam in Balkampet, and Step Well in Bansilalpet and improved the roads in the area.
The Rajya Sabha Secretariat has issued notices against BRS Rajya Sabha MPs pertaining to the alleged breach of privilege and contempt of the House during the recent special session of Parliament which was conducted in the month of September.
Ahead of the Telangana assembly polls, the Income Tax officials on Monday conducted searches on the residence of Telangana Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy's relatives in Hyderabad.
Telangana Congress chief Revanth Reddy on Sunday said the party will remove all the cases registered against its workers if voted power in the poll-bound state.
The Telangana Congress has said it would increase the budget up to Rs 4,000 crore annually towards minority welfare, besides conducting the caste census within six months after coming to power, if elected in the November 30 Assembly polls.
"Since he (Kumaraswamy) has alligned with BJP, he has started wearing RSS knickers, he has to blame Congress. They (JDS) could not defeat us in Karnataka. Their confusing statements will not help the BRS and BJP win in Telangana," Congress leader Syed Naseer Hussain said.
"Unfortunately, in Telangana, this time, we have seen a couple of incidents of violence. One was with respect to our MP Prabhakar Reddy who is contesting from the Dubbak assembly constituency candidate and another incident with Guvvala Balaraju. These are truly unfortunate incidents. Violenc