Telangana is all set to witness three-cornered contests for Lok Sabha and legislative assembly polls after the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and BJP alliance, and the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) as well as Congress going their own way
A good number of Muslims have joined the BJP from Rayachoty assembly constituency in the presence of party state president Haribabu and other leaders at Rajampeta, sources said here on Thursday.
The Election Commission Wednesday issued notification for polling in Telangana region on April 30, even as BJP-TDP and Congress-CPI appear to be inching closer to pre-poll alliances.
Putting on a brave face, Congress leaders from Seemandhra said here on Tuesday that the party had received over 1,000 applications for poll tickets from aspirants to contest elections.
The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Monday released separate election manifestos for Telangana and Seemandhra, promising to waive off farm loans.
With stalemate continuing between BJP and TDP over seating sharing in Andhra Pradesh, the state units of BJP in Telangana and Seemandhra on Monday sought the central leadership`s intervention to take a final decision on the prolonged crisis.
Although the road map for the formation of Telangana has been laid down by the UPA government, Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao will be remembered by the people of Andhra Pradesh and India as the man played a key role in formation of India’s 29th state.
Yedugiri Sandinti Jaganmohan Reddy (YS Jaganmohan Reddy) is a master strategist with an extremely shrewd mind who has soared in politics after his father YS Rajashekhar Reddy (YSR), died in an chopper crash. The demise of his father in September 2009 changed everything for Jaganmohan Reddy.
Chandrababu Naidu, who was the longest serving chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, comes from a modest background.
Amidst the rumpus of the national elections of 2014, the southern state of Andhra Pradesh will also go to polls to elect a new assembly – or rather two new assemblies.
Ponnala Lakshmaiah, a veteran politician with strong technical and academic background, is currently a cabinet rank minister in Kiran Kumar Reddy’s cabinet in Andhra Pradesh.
After severing links with the Congress and resigning from the post of chief minister protesting against the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh to create Telangana, Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy floated Jai Samaikya Andhra Party.
Popularly known as "MegaStar" by his fans, Chiranjeevi forayed into the murky world of politics after a successful career in cinema. He announced his formal entry into politics in 2008 when he formed the Praja Rajyam Party.