Telangana elections LIVE: Owaisi slams BJP for reinstating MLA T Raja Singh

Telangana elections LIVE: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is scheduled to address an election rally in Telangana's Mahabubnagar district on October 31

3:25 PM

Telangana elections: CVoter survey hints at hung assembly; edge to Congress

CVoter has conducted an opinion poll for the Telangana Assembly elections, a report published on the ABPlive website said. Based on the findings, the opinion poll predicts a tough contest between Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR) led Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and the Congress. The opinion poll says that the BRS will likely win 43 to 55 seats. Congress, on the other hand, is expected to win 48 to 60 seats. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), despite having fielded its senior leaders to campaign in the state, is likely to remain limited to 5 to 11 seats. Notably, the Telangana Assembly has a total of 119 seats, and the party that secures 60 seats can make a majority government.

 

12:47 PM

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi to visit Telangana to address election rally on Oct 31

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will address an election rally in Telangana’s Mahabubnagar district on October 31, a report in Telangana Today said. The public meeting titled ‘Palamuru Praja Bheri’ will be held in Kollapur constituency where former minister Jupally Krishna Rao is the party candidate.

12:45 PM

Telangana polls: Kaleshwaran project is a waste of public money, says Cong

Telangana Congress has attacked the state government for the sinking of Medigadda Barrage pillars and asked the government to bear the responsibility for the "faulty construction," a Deccan Chronicle (DC) report said. On October 22, the Congress party alleged, "To hide its mistakes, the state government used the police force to thwart the visit of opposition leaders to the barrage."
 

Several news reports said that a pillar of the Medigadda bridge (Lakshmi barrage) sank due to the reported heavy inflows late on October 21, Saturday. The bridge is part of the prestigious Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS). This led to a halt in the traffic movement between Telangana and Maharashtra.

 

10:19 AM

Telangana Assembly elections: Owaisi slams BJP for reinstating MLA T Raja Singh

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has slammed the BJP for revoking the suspension of its Telangana MLA T Raja Singh, against whom the party had initiated action last year for his alleged derogatory comments on prophet Mohammed, a PTI report said.