Telangana Elections: EC expresses satisfaction on poll preparedness in state
November 24, 2018 8:10 ISTAll polling stations would have Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines.
All polling stations would have Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines.
The decision to field Sonia Gandhi, who has hardly addressed an election meeting in a long time, apparently stemmed from the Congress’s desire to appeal to the pro-Telangana sentiments of the voters.
Rao’s remarks came in the wake of the central government blocking the Telangana state assembly’s resolution to provide enhanced quotas for Muslims and Scheduled Tribes in the poll-bound state.
Naidu will take part in the electioneering along with Rahul Gandhi on November 28 and 29, the sources told PTI.
Campaigning for the polls would hit top gear now with top leaders from different parties scheduled to address public meetings in the state.
Telangana, specifically Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, is the headquarters of an international non-profit, the Indian Heart Association.
The team would hold a meeting with the district electoral officers, superintendents of police and senior government officials in all the districts on Friday.
Reddy represents the Chevella Lok Sabha constituency and said he would also resign from the Lok Sabha.
Owaisi alleged that Congress candidate A Maheshwar Reddy called an AIMIM leader on phone and offered to pay Rs 25 lakh as bribe to stop him from holding the meeting.
TRS chief and Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao have been at loggerheads with TDP chief and his Andhra Pradesh counterpart N Chandrababu Naidu over several issues.
Scrutiny of papers has been fixed for Tuesday while the last date for withdrawal is November 22.
The issue was discussed with all leaders of the party, and it has been decided to prepare for the Lok Sabha polls from now itself, Kalayan said.
The confusion arose with parties giving tickets to candidates in constituencies allotted to their alliance partners.
With the announcement of the fourth list, the party has, so far, announced the names of 94 candidates out of 119 seats in poll-bound Telangana.
With the announcement of the sixth list, the party has, so far, announced the names of 118 candidates out of 119 seats in poll-bound Telangana.
With the announcement of the fifth list, the party has, so far, announced the names of 112 candidates out of 119 seats in poll-bound Telangana.
Telangana, India's youngest state will go on polls- first since its formation in 2014 on December 7.
The Congress, eyeing the south Indian state, has formed an electoral alliance with N Chandrababu Naidu-led Telugu Desam Party (TDP), the Communist Party of India (CPI) and the Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS).
In Telangana, the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) had dissolved the assembly on September 6, paving way for early elections.
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