Meanwhile, Telangana Chief Minister KCR has expressed grief over the incident. He also instructed the officials to esnure strong relief measures for the injured ones
Kamareddy, typically a low-key constituency in Telangana, is thrust into limelight as Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will be contesting here and opposition Congress is fielding its state unit president A Revanth Reddy. Over 100 kms from here, Kamareddy became a talking point after Rao announced his decision in August to contest from the constituency. The Congress on its part decided to put up its best bet by fielding PCC president Revanth Reddy, a bitter critic of Rao in the segment. However, in addition to Kamareddy, Rao is seeking re-election from Gajwel seat. Revanth Reddy is contesting additionally from Kodangal which he had represented earlier. Reddy was accompanied by Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah when he had filed the nomination from Kamareddy last week. Meanwhile, experts say that the BJP candidate contesting from Kamareddy -- K Venkata Ramana Reddy, is no pushover either. There has been tremendous response to Rao's candidature from Kamareddy, said BRS MLC S
Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President and Union Minister G Kishan Reddy on Monday held a door-to-door campaign in the Amberpet constituency in Hyderabad
Among other leaders likely to visit Telangana are Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP President J P Nadda, UP CM Yogi Adityanath, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
The nominations filed by the candidates will be scrutinised on November 13, and the last date for withdrawal is November 15
The names have been approved by the Central Election Committee which BJP President J P Nadda headed on Wednesday
The Congress party is busy campaigning about its Mahalskshmi scheme, including the promises of Rs 2,500 financial assistance and free travel for women in government buses
Congress leader Kishan Reddy and Bapu Rao, who is an MLA from Boath joined the BJP in the presence of BJP president J P Nadda in Delhi on Wednesday
KCR said that Rahul Gandhi had never held a plough in his life and he was talking about scrapping the Dharani portal which has placed all the rights of farmers' land in their own hands
Gandhi went on to say that the Kalleshwaram project was the "biggest fraud" of the KCR government and that he and his family had siphoned off Rs 1 trillion from the wealth of the people of Telangana
Revanth Reddy alleged that KCR's family has looted Rs one trillion in the last two terms in the state and if KCR is allowed a third term, his family would loot another Rs one trillion
The visit comes ahead of the beginning of nominations which are set to start on November 3
KTR was addressing the members of the Muslim community in the state when he said the Muslims should ensure that parties like BJP and the Congress don't use them for their vote bank politics
KTR and Harish Rao said that they met Janardan Reddy and invited him to the BRS following the instructions from CM K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR)
KTR repeated the central message that while Telangana has made impressive development under the rule of CM KCR, Telangana's situation was terrible before 2014 under the Congress rule
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The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on October 9 that the Telangana Assembly polls are scheduled to be held on November 30. The counting of votes will be done on December 3
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During his address, KCR highlighted the achievements of his government in the past nine years while comparing it with the sorry state of affairs when Telangana was part of Andhra Pradesh
The meeting was chaired by Cong President Kharge and the meeting was attended by Sonia Gandhi, besides members of the Committee and Telangana leaders, including PCC chief A Revanth Reddy