India’s youngest state, Telangana goes to polls on 7 December, to constitute the second legislative Assembly. The single phase polling will see voting in all 119 constituencies.
The Telangana Rashtra Samiti chief K Chandrashekar Rao will remain the caretaker chief minister till the new government is formed.
- Telangana is going to polls almost seven months earlier as the TRS government dissolved the assembly before its term ended
- Congress party is considered the main Opposition in the state and is leading a grand alliance called ‘Prajakutami’
- TRS Chief K Chandrashekar Rao will remain the caretaker chief minister till the new govt is formed
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Rahul Gandhi, Chandrababu Naidu & Other Leaders of People's Front Address Media
The ‘Prajakutami’ or the People’s Front alliance addressed the media on Wednesday, 4 December. They slammed K Chandrashekar Rao’s governance in the state over the last four years and accused him of being Narendra Modi’s “agent.”
Responding to a question on how the the alliance would deal with farmers’ distress, Rahul Gandhi said that the farmers should be “treated as assets and not liability.”
He also said that it was “premature” to discuss the chief ministerial canduidate and their first goal was to defeat the TRS in the state.
TRS Will form Govt, We Will Not Join It: Asaduddin Owaisi
AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi Wednesday ruled out his party joining the TRS government in the event of it returning to power for second term in office.
The Hyderabad Lok Sabha member said the TRS would form a government on its own.
“No, we will not join the government. I am pretty much sure that the people of Telangana will bless KCR (as caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is referred to by many) again. He will form the government. We will not join the government.”Asaduddin Owaisi
In any case, there would not be any need for AIMIM to join the government as TRS would get a majority on its own, Owaisi said at a "meet-the-press" programme organised at Hyderabad Press Club.
Responding to questions, he claimed that both BJP President Amit Shah and Congress President Rahul Gandhi want to "stop" his party in the December seven Assembly elections to the 119-member Assembly.
Rahul Gandhi Addresses Rally, Naidu and TDP-Cong Leaders Present
Congress President Rahul Gandhi, on the last day of campaigning, addressed a public rally in Kodad, Suryapet in Telangana.
Gandhi was accompanied by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and other TDP-Congress alliance leaders were also present at the rally.
Cops Seize Rs 5.80 Cr in Warangal, Arrest 3
With Telangana just days away from the polls, the Warangal police seized Rs 5.80 crore in cash o Tuesday, 4 December. Authorities said that the cash was allegedly brought to the area to influence voters in Khammam, Warangal East and Parkal Assembly constituencies, The News Minute reported.