23 October 2018, 10:53 AM
BSP president Mayawati will begin the party's election campaign from October 25 in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana. She will be holding 26 rallies in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. The final plan for campaigning in Telangana is yet to get a final shape. She will begin the campaign from Rajasthan. She will address two rallies each every day on October 25, 26 and on November 2. She will hold 12 public meetings in Madhya Pradesh starting from November 2. She will be holding six rallies in Chhattisgarh. The first rally will be held on November 4, and public meetings will be held on 16 and 17 November.
23 October 2018, 09:32 AM
An 11-member team of the Election Commission is in Telanagana for three days
Hyderabad: Chief Election Commissioner Om Prakash Rawat today flagged off mobile vehicles that will give demo about the working of EVMs and VVPATS to create awareness among voters, ahead of assembly elections in the state. #Telangana pic.twitter.com/iMa9e92JRY
— ANI (@ANI) October 23, 2018
23 October 2018, 09:30 AM
An Election Commission team is on a three-day visit to Hyderabad to review poll preparedness in Telangana. The 11-member team, led by Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat, arrived on Monday and met representatives of nine recognised political parties. Two representatives from each party were given 19 minutes to voice their views. The ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), opposition Congress, Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) and other parties made their submissions before the team.
23 October 2018, 09:25 AM
While the BJP has been attacking Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, ruling TRS MP B Vinod Kumar countered the criticism saying that even Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several of his ministerial colleagues have hailed his governance. "Not only BJP ministers, but ministers in Congress-ruled states had also praised the implementation of welfare and development schemes by the TRS government," he claimed.
23 October 2018, 09:24 AM
As part of BJP's preparations for Telangana, Union Minister J P Nadda, party's incharge for elections in Telangana, is scheduled to address a constituency-level meeting on Tuesday.
23 October 2018, 09:20 AM
Congress, its allies and the BJP intensified campaign for the December 7 Telangana assembly elections. The Congress has formed an alliance with parties, including TDP, CPI and Telangana Jana Samiti (TJS) for the elections. TDP supremo and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu held meetings with the party's Telangana unit members in Hyderabad on Monday to take stock of the election preparations.
