Cong in Telangana to launch 100-day campaign ahead of

The Congress would soon launch a 100-day campaign in Telangana in the run-up to next year's simultaneous Lok Sabha and Legislative Assembly polls, TPCC president N Uttam Kumar Reddy said today.

Reddy said the schedule of the next phase of 'Praja Chaitanya Bus Yatra' is being finalsed.

The 'bus yatra' to expose the alleged failures of the TRS government is being conducted in phases by the party.

The party would also permit its leaders to undertake 'padayatras' (foot march) ahead of the polls.

Reddy said the party would organise a 'Dalit Girijan Atma Gaurava Sabha' (Dalit, STs self-respect meeting) to protest the "inaction" of the TRS government in connection with the alleged atrocities against Dalits and backward classes at Nerella near Karimnagar.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi would be invited for the event, he added.