TRS chief K Chandra Shekar Rao claims that the state will go to elections early next year. KCR predicted that there world be snap polls to the state assembly in March 2008. Elections are due only in 2009 but even some congressmen do not rule out advancement of polls in the state.
2008/4/16 8:05:13 The election commission has finally drawn up the schedule for the by polls to the seats vacated by the TRS and for Khairatabad where the vacancy has been caused by the untimely death of PJR. The polls will be held on May 29. The nomination process will commence from March 2. The results will be announced on June 1.
So it is going to be a 'really hot' summer this year. The congress party and the TDP have only something to gain but nothing much to lose. The polls are an acid test for KCR as the onus of getting all the MLAs and MPs who resigned recently elected once again rests on him. There is a strong resistance to some of the candidates from within the party.
2012/5/6 1:58:24 Ongole, May 6 (INN): Bharatiya Janata Party national secretary Dr K Laxman on Sunday predicted the fall of Kiran Kumar Reddy Government after the by-elections.
Talking to reporters here, Dr Laxman said that the State administration was in bad shape in the State and it would deteriorate further after the announcement of by-elections' results. He said the misadministration and political uncertainty would lead to the collapse of Kiran Kumar Reddy Government after the by-polls.
The BJP leader also alleged that thousands of acres of land belonging to farmers was alienated to the private companies by the successive governments. He said former chief ministers YS Rajasekhara Reddy and N Chandrababu Naidu were two sides of the same fabric and both of them indulged in irregularities to favour private companies. The Comptroller General of India in its recent report has revealed that about 88,000 acres of lands has been alienated to the private companies in violation of the rules, he said.
Dr Laxman announced that the BJP would contest from a majority of 18 assembly seats where by-elections would be held on June 12. While expressing confidence of winning the elections, he said the by-polls would also help the party to guage the sentiments related to separate Telangana and united Andhra Pradesh.
Dy CM to launch by-polls' campaign from March first week
2012/2/24 2:56:26 Hyderabad, Feb 24 (INN): Deputy Chief Minister Damodar Rajanarasimha on Friday stated that he would launch election campaign in all the Assembly constituencies which are going to by-polls in the Telangana region on March 18.
Talking to media persons, Rajanarasimha said that he would begin his election campaign from the first week of March. He said that he would explain to the people of the region that the formation of separate Telangana state would be possible with the Congress party only.
The Deputy Chief Minister said that he would highlight the benefits of government schemes and programmes in the elections and seek votes in favour of Congress party. He said that the Congress party said that that it was opposed to the formation of Telangana state.
Earlier, the leaders from the region were demanding a separate State. But now they have changed their stand and aspiring for posts, he said.
The just concluded by polls were by far the most interesting and bitterly contested by polls ever in the state. It is none other than the big separate Telangana issue that was the main reason behind the by polls. For KCR, these polls are a do or die battle. The future of KCR as well as that of the TRS hinges on the results of the by polls.
The exit polls have not exactly pleased KCR. Even the pre-poll surveys reported that the TRS was sure to lose some seats.
According to the exit poll results, the TRS may retain about 10 assembly seats from the 16 that it held before the by polls. Out of the four Lok Sabha seats, the TRS is ahead in two and neck and neck in the third seat. So here also, the TRS is set to lose one or two seats.
The ruling congress is expected to bag anywhere between three and four assembly seats and one Lok Sabha seat. Even the TDP is expected to romp home with two or three assembly seats and one Lok Sabha seat.
The counting will begin at 8.00 a.m. on Sunday and the results will be out in about two hours time, i.e.by 10.00 a.m. Till then the guessing game continues and the leaders are all tensed up.
2012/3/2 7:11:57 After much speculation, the issue of Racha audio is settled now.
Audio release of Ram Charan Teja is scheduled for March 11 and the venue for the event is Gachibowli stadium in city.
Earlier it was told that the audio will be released in Mahboobnagar. Two constituencies are going to by-polls in the district on March 18.
Tamanna is the heroine in the movie and Ram Charan Tej will be seen in action as he needs a good film after Magadheera. Sampath Nandi is the director and Mega Super good Movies is producing this film. Music has been scored by Mani Sharma. Raccha will be hitting the screens this summer and the movie is riding high on expectations. (INN)
2011/12/16 7:49:54 The elections for the local bodies including municipalities and municipal corporations would be held by March 31.
This was announced by Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister M Maheedhar Reddy while talking to reporters on the sidelines of two-days Collectors Conference at Jubilee Hall here on Thursday. He said that the government has decided to conduct the elections for all local bodies by March 31. However, he said that the government was not ready to conduct simultaneous elections for newly formed municipalities with the existing ones due to some technical reasons.
The Minister said that the government would make a detailed announcement in this regard in the next three to four days after convening a meeting with the officials concerned. (INN)
2012/2/23 6:51:57 P Chandrasekhar, the nominee of Telugu Desam Party on Thursday filed nomination papers for Mahbubnagar Assembly segment in the upcoming by-elections scheduled to be held on March 18.
Chandrasekhar came to District Collectorate in a procession along with his supporters and filed his nomination papers during auspicious hours. Talking to media persons later, he said that he would make complete efforts for the development of Mahbubnagar Assembly constituency if the people elects in the by-polls.
Another TDP candidate from N Venugopal Rao filed his nomination papers from the Kamareddy assembly segment. From the Station Ghanpur (SC) constituency, an independent candidate, Baskula Tagore Prasad, also filed his papers. (INN)
The crucial by polls in Kadapa and Pulivendula will be held tomorrow. The situation in Kadapa is tense and the election commission has pressed into service a large number of police personnel in all the places in the two constituencies.
DGP Aravinda Rao stated that all arrangements are in place to conduct polls in a free and fair manner. Additional police forces are being brought in from Tamil Nadu and Kerala to be deployed in Kadapa.
2012/3/16 7:18:10 Chief Electoral officer Banwarlal on Friday stated that the Election Commission has set up 660 polling booths in seven assembly segments where by-elections would be held on March 18.
Briefing the media about the arrangements for the by-elections, he said that the Commission has taken all measures for the conduct of polls in a free and fair manner by voters. Apart from imposing ban on exit poll surveys, the commission has also imposed ban on electronic media over the campaigns. The commission has also imposed a ban on sending bulk SMS for the next 48 hours, he said.
Bhanwarlal said that the commission has also imposed ban on sale of liquor till the completion of polling. He said that the commission has seized Rs 9 crore cash from the poll-bound areas. He warned that the commission would take stern action the officials who indulge in poll irregularities and try to influence the voters through money or liquor. (INN)
2011/2/21 8:10:28 February releases: February 25th: Kudhiritey Cup Coffee; Bhale Mogudu Bhale Pellam; Puli Pilla (Eng Dubbing); Lankeswari; Highschool-2 (Tamil Dubbing);
26th: Prema Kavali; Super (Kannada Dubbing); Kiladi (Tamil Dubbing)
March Releases: March 2nd: Manchivadu; Mangala; Raaj; Aha Na Pellanta! March 4th: Koffee Bar March 11th: Dongala Mutha March 24th: Nenu Na Rakshasi March 25th: Nagachaitanya, Tamannah’s film March 30th: Shakti
2011/6/16 5:38:52 Information and Public Relation Minister D K Aruna on Thursday said that the government is willing to conduct the elections for Panchayat Raj institutions, contrary to reports stating that the stay on the polls by a Division Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court has given the ruling Congress a lifeline.
Talking to media persons after attending the Cabinet meeting at the Secretariat, Ms Aruna asserted that the government was willing to conduct the polls for the PR Institutions, in response to calls for clarifications on the High Court ruling.
Asked to clarify the government stand on the High Court’s recent ruling striking down GO 128 in respect of the quota for BCs, the Minister said that the government was in favour of PR elections in the light of Apex Court’s Order that the ceiling of 50 percent be observed.
Earlier, she made clear that the state Cabinet did not discuss on GO 128 at all. “The government is for polls at any time,” Ms Aruna said.
Meanwhile, official sources say that the government has another month’s time, till July 21, to arrive at a decision to go ahead with the said polls.(INN)
2008/5/12 2:09:34 The ensuing by polls are turning out to be a big source of worry and headache to the TRS chief K Chandrashekar Rao. Many TRS activist themselves are saying of the record that the party will not be able to retain all the 16 assembly seas and the four parliament seats.
The reasons for the setback are being put squarely at the door of KCR. He is being blamed to have forced the MLAs to quit and go in for fresh polls. Many TRS MLAs have a pos rerecord as legislators in the last fours years. The people in their consistencies are none to happy with their track record.
KCR’s highhandedness and internal bickering will cost the party dearly, say some senior TRS men. By current indications, the TRS is facing an uphill task in two Lok Sabha and eight assembly constituencies i.e. in 50 percent of the seats.
2012/4/22 3:56:32 Tirupati, April 22 (INN): Rajya Sabha MP K Chiranjeevi on Sunday claimed that the Congress party would win majority of seats in the next by-elections to be held for 18 assembly seats in the State.
Talking to reporters at Renigunta Airport, Chiranjeevi said that the Congress cadre was fully geared up to face the by-elections and the candidates would win them with huge majority. However, he said that the elections would not be a referendum on the State Government. He also claimed that there would be no threat to Kiran Kumar Reddy Government after the by-elections.
Chiranjeevi also denied having differences with the Chief Minister. Stating that he had no ambitions to become the Chief Minister in future, he said he was working in close coordination with Kiran Kumar Reddy and other leaders. He also denied that the erstwhile Praja Rajyam Party cadre was not happy with the treatment meted out to them in the Congress party after the merger. He said the PRP has been working in perfect sync with the Congress leaders.
The Rajya Sabha MP said that the recent visit of Union Minister and Congress emissary Vayalar Ravi has energised the Congress leaders and workers and they would unitedly to ensure the victory of party's candidates in the by-polls. He said Vayalar Ravi's visit was timed perfectly and it has helped in rejuvenating the party at all levels.
Chiranjeevi also assured that the State Government would take immediate steps to solve the drinking water problem being faced by the people in Tirupati. Besides releasing more funds, he said that the government was trying to find a permanent solution to the drinking water problem.
2011/3/7 16:56:13 Finally, the political TJAC has decided to cut down its much publicized Million march to Mini march. After having heated discussions between the TRS groups and Political TJAC, its chairman Pro.Kodhandaram has announced that, keeping in view of the Intermediate Exams, the size, timing and venue of the Million march has been altered. He said that, now the Million march will be conducted with a limited number of people, instead of ten lakhs people and the march will be conducted at Tank Bund area from 1pm to 4pm. He said that, they have altered their program to allow the intermediate students attend their exams.
2012/2/18 6:56:50 To the surprise of many, the Congress on Saturday came out with the list of its candidates for Mahabunbnagar, Nagarkurnool and Kollapur Assembly constituencies for which the by-elections are scheduled to be held on March 18.
Talking to media persons after emerging out of meeting with Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy at his camp Office over the selection of aspirants list, Information Minister D K Aruna and Information Technology Minister Ponnala Laxmaiah said that the party has tentatively decided to field Vijaya Lakshmi from Mahbubnagar, Damodar Reddy from Nagarkurnool and Vishnuvardhan Reddy from Kollapur constituency.
However, the ministers said that the candidates' list would be finalised on Sunday after the getting the high command's nod.
Vijaya Lakshmi is the widow of Rajeswar Reddy, the independent MLA and Congress supporter, whose death due to heart attack necessitated the by-polls.
The other seats fell vacant after Nagam Janardhan Reddy of TDP and Jupally Krishna Rao from Congress resigned from their parties and posts for the cause of Telangana State. (INN)
2008/4/17 14:41:50 The Telugu Desam Party chief Chandra Babu Naidu is very optimistic about the chances of the TDP in the ensuing by polls. He says that the fight would be mainly between the TRS and the TDP. The congress party is nowhere in the picture.
Babu is confident that the TDP will put up a good show in the by polls and surprise everyone. Babu reasons that both the TRS and the congress have taken the people for a ride by making false promises.
2011/9/10 7:45:48 The 20-point programme chairman N Tulasi Reddy clarified that the Congress party was yet to decide on whether or not to field a candidate in the Banswada by-election.
Talking to reporters here on Saturday, Tulasi Reddy said that the party would take decision at an appropriate time regarding Banswada by-polls. He was apparently trying to counter the Telangana Congress Steering Committee's decision to boycott the Banswada by-polls. With this statement, he tried to clarify that the Steering Committee's decision was not official and the party high command would take its own decision on the issue.
Banswada seat fell vacant after MLA Pocharam Srinivas Reddy quit the TDP to join Telangana Rashtra Samithi. For by-polls Pocharam will be the official candidate of TRS and with the Telangana sentiments running high, it is being assumed that all parties including the TDP, BJP and Congress together would ensure his unanimous election. (INN)
2012/3/2 0:45:19 Lucknow, March 2 (IANS) Politics is a strict no-no for actor Shekhar Suman, who is coming back on the small screen with the new season of his popular satirical show "Movers and Shakers". However, his first guest on the inaugural episode of March 12 would be Anna Hazare.
"No, never again," was Shekhar's response when reporters asked him about his political plans. He was a Congress party candidate from Patna in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls pitted against Shatrughan Sinha of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He had lost at the hustings.
Shekhar, 52, promises a "more refined, funnier 'Movers and Shakers'", which will now come on SAB TV.
"The show (the first version) was path-breaking in many terms and we have only set tougher and higher benchmarks for us for the new innings," he added.
Suman, who was in Lucknow Thursday to promote the show, said the show would have a mix of new and old guests and said that it would be shot only a day in advance to ensure it is as fresh and newsy as it could be.
2008/5/5 22:08:36 The ‘Prince’ in waiting, Rahul Gandhi, is now taking an active interest in the affairs of the party. He has been touring the country on what is known a ‘Bharat Darshan’ to have a first hand account of the people and the country.
The congress leaders in the state have been toying with the idea of inviting Rahul Gandhi to campaign for the ensuing by polls. But they have realized that it is not possible, so they have now decided on the next best thing. They have sought permission from the party high command to use Rahul Gandhi’s photos in all the campaign posters.
So Rahul Gandhi’s posters will now dot all the places going to polls. Many leaders feel that his photo will lure in the young voters. So it will be Sonia Gandhi, YS Rajashekar Reddy and Rahul Gandhi who will be seen prominently in all the posters. Of course Manmohan Singh will also be there, but a little less prominently.
Has chief minister YS Rajashekar Reddy pulled a fast one on TRs chief Chandrashekar Rao. Yes, say some analysts. The TRS MPs and MLAs resigned over the separate Telangana issue. The TRS wants to prove that the Telangana sentiment is very strong by winning back all the seats once again.
KCR has even started his campaign for the by-lections by going on his Thanda Bata. The Election Commission has announced the poll schedule for the Karnataka assembly elections. Everyone expected that the by-polls would be held at the same time as the Karnataka elections.
Now some politicians are expressing doubts if the by-polls would be held at all. Now there is even some talk about advancing the assembly polls. The TRS surely has been caught on the wrong foot for once.
After much speculation, the issue of Racha audio is settled now.
Finally, the political TJAC has decided to cut down its much publicized Million march to Mini march. After having heated discussions between the TRS groups and Political TJAC, its chairman Pro.Kodhandaram has announced that, keeping in view of the Intermediate Exams, the size, timing and venue of the Million march has been altered. He said that, now the Million march will be conducted with a limited number of people, instead of ten lakhs people and the march will be conducted at Tank Bund area from 1pm to 4pm. He said that, they have altered their program to allow the intermediate students attend their exams.
The 20-point programme chairman N Tulasi Reddy clarified that the Congress party was yet to decide on whether or not to field a candidate in the Banswada by-election.
