Once a part of Andhra Pradesh, the demand to create a separate state of Telangana had started a long back in 1969 with the emergence of the 'Jai Telangana' movement.
BJP, which is going it alone in the December 7 elections to the 119-member assembly, has earlier released its first list of 38 nominees on October 20.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday released a list of 28 candidates for Telangana assembly elections.
The CPI(M) is contesting under the umbrella of the Bahujan Left Front (BLF).
The DEOs may invoke relevant rules and provisions of IPC, CrPC etc to see that political meetings are held peacefully in the period leading up to upcoming assembly polls.
Taking a dig at Gandhi, he said the Congress chief talked about winning seats at Kamareddy, but his party lost a municipality under his Amethi Lok Sabha constituency.
BJP President Amit Shah had kicked off the party's campaign for Telangana polls in September at a public meeting.
The EC in Karnataka had set up 450 pink booths known as "Sakhi", entirely managed by women, right from the returning officer to the security personnel.
Rama Rao, son of TRS president and caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao alleged it is not known who would be the chief minister if the "grand alliance" comes to power.
Rawat also unveiled Voter Accessibility App for the persons with disabilities Abled (VAADA- a promise) and distributed voter ID cards to the physically challenged.
He also alleged that there was an unholy alliance between TRS and Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM.
The summit would be inaugurated by Home Minister Rajnath Singh and it would conclude with a mega rally of BJP chief Amit Shah on October 28.
In Telangana, the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) had dissolved the assembly on September 6, paving way for early elections.
"Farmers are committing suicide all over the country. Thousands of farmers committed suicide in Telangana because they didn't get proper price (for their produce),” Gandhi said.
Nearly five "worthy requests" from applicants on an average per constituency have already been received by the party.
The Congress party is currently holding discussions with Telugu Desam Party, CPI and Telangana Jana Samithi on seat sharing.
Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee Chairman N Uttam Kumar Reddy alleged that the TRS manifesto is a “copy” of the promises announced by the Congress in the last few months.
The team would meet the Director General of the Income Tax Department and other senior officials before leaving for Delhi on October 24.
Assembly Elections 2018: Polling for Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram assemblies will be held between November 12 and December 7. Here is the full schedule:
Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in Telangana on December 7.
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