Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday said that his Telugu Desam Party (TDP) was ready for simultaneous elections to the state Assembly and Lok Sabha.
The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will fall marginally short of a majority in the Lok Sabha but will comfortably form the government with post poll tie-ups.
The announcement of schedule for the Lok Sabha and some state assemblies by the Election Commission of India on Sunday had been on cards, but what is shocking is the time given for the elections in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
As expected, more and more MLAs are calling it quits to the Congress party in Telangana and jumping into the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi ahead of the elections to the state legislative council on March 12.
Elections to 175 assembly seats and 25 Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh will be held on April 11.
In more trouble for the Congress in Telangana, its senior leader and legislator Sabitha Indra Reddy may join the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS).
As the general elections are round the corner, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on an inauguration and foundation stone laying spree to win over voters for his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Fresh from its landslide victory in the December 2018 Assembly elections, a confident Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) is ahead of its rivals as the campaigning is picking up for the coming Lok Sabha polls.
The Election Commission is likely to announce Lok Sabha poll dates today. The EC will be calling a press conference at 5 pm today at Vigyan Bhavan.
Nobody knows better than Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao in understanding the importance of money power in electoral politics.
Four cabinet meetings within a span of one month. TDP chief and AP CM N Chandrababu Naidu has created a record of sorts in the country by conducting four cabinet meetings within a span of one month, which no PM or CM in the country could achieve so far.
At a time when the ruling Telugu Desam Party and opposition YSR Congress party stepped up their preparations for the ensuing general elections in Andhra Pradesh, Jana Sena Party headed by actor Pawan Kalyan seems to be lagging far behind its opponents.
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In another jolt to the Congress in Telangana, one of its legislators Saturday announced that he was joining the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS).
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