Assembly elections in Telangana will be held on November 30. The counting of votes for the Telangana Assembly will be held along with those of four other poll-bound states on December 3.
Telugu actor-turned-politician Vijayashanti, on Saturday returned to the fold of the Congres party after announcing her resignation from the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and said that both have a habit of making false promises to the public on a consistent basis.
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi slammed Union Minister G Kishan Reddy's 'bulldozer' statement and said that Reddy needs to keep in mind that they are not chicks that he will do whatever he wants and they will remain silent.
Telangana will go for Assembly elections on November 30 and counting of votes, along with those of four other poll-bound states, has been scheduled for December 3.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha MP Prakash Javdekar on Friday hit out at the ruling party in Telangana Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), and called it "bhoomi donga" accusing that a huge chunk of the land went missing and thousands of farmers lost their land through the Dharani portal.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that Pragathi Bhavan, the official residence of the chief minister in Telangana, will be renamed 'Praja Paalana Bhavan' if his party is elected to power in the southern state.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah expressed confidence that the Congress party will win in the upcoming state assembly elections in Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan.
Telangana Home Minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader Mohd Mahmood Ali on Friday said that the Congress party's manifesto for the November 30 polls is 'useless and full of lies'.
"The people are not trusting the Congress manifesto announced by Kharge because they are fed up with them. People have voted for the Congress 11 times. They have only guaranteed dynastic politics, corruption and appeasement politics," Laxman said.
Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi in Telangana of "corruption" and claimed that his party has "punctured the wheels of PM Modi's vehicle in Telangana" as the Congress leader promised free power to farmers in the poll-bound state
"As far as the manifesto is concerned of Telangana Congress party, we should understand that they are giving so many freebies. They have to tell to the people how are they going to get the funds for it. That is the main issue," NV Subhas said.