TRS will sweep Telangana Elections 2018-Survey Reports

According to survey reports by C- Voter, Times Now and ITTech Group and other agencies, CM K Chandrashekhar Rao and the Telangana Rashtra Samithi is all set to win the 2018 elections. Most survey reports predict a clear win for the TRS and that they would sweep the Telangana assembly elections for the second time. Among the five states of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Rajasthan and Telangana that are getting ready for November-December 2018 elections, Congress is likely to win in two states and this could see the resurgence of Congress Party in the Lok Sabha elections as well.

Telangana: Out of the 119 assembly seats two surveys conducted separately by former Congress MP Lagadapati Rajgopal’s Flash Team and VDA Associates predict that the TRS would win 85 seats Out of the 119 assembly seats, Congress would get 18 seats, MIM would retain their 7 seats, while the BJP and other parties might win 4 seats.

Coming back to the state of Telangana 44 to 48 per cent favoured the TRS, while 30 to 34 per cent said they would vote for the Congress. 7 to 9 per cent of the respondents said they would vote for the BJP, while only 2 per cent said their vote was for the TDP which means a clear win for the TRS in its second innings at the polls.

 

 

 

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TRS questions Congress volte-face

The TRS struck at the very foundation of the Congress-led ‘Mahakutami’ on Monday, questioning the premise on which the ‘unholy’ alliance was formed.

In a series of tweets, IT and Industries Minister K T Rama Rao asserted that the TRS entered into an alliance with the Congress and Telugu Desam Party in 2004 and 2009, respectively, only after the two parties agreed in writing to the main demand of statehood for Telangana.

“What’s the basis for the hypocritical alliance of TDP & INC now in Telangana? Other than sheer opportunism & power mongering,” Rama Rao tweeted, ridiculing the coming together of Congress, TDP, CPI and the TJS under the Mahakutami umbrella.

The Minister also recalled Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu’s 2014 tweet where he said: “Our aim is to make nation free of corrupt Congress. Will do whatever is best to ensure it.”

“Famous last words. Another pearl of wisdom from CBN Garu,” the Minister wrote on his Twitter handle. The Minister went on to slam the alliance, stating: “If Scamgress leaders Rahul & Sonia didn’t do squat for Telangana development till 2014, what changed since then? So the “Italian Mafia Raj” (as described below) has new friends now. Guess who it is? Now you know why I call it #MahaGhatiyaBandhan.”

Earlier in the day, Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao also sought to deflate the perceived hype over Mahakutami with a missive loaded with a dozen questions.

Harish’s posers

In a four-page open letter to TPCC president N Uttam Kumar Reddy, Harish Rao, coming down heavily on the ‘unholy’ alliance, asked the latter to clarify whether the Congress-TDP-CPI-TJS alliance was conditional. “Did the TDP president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu give an assurance that he would give up his anti-Telangana stand and has he agreed to withdraw cases/objections raised against irrigation projects taken up by the Telangana government, before you agreed to enter into an alliance with him,” the Minister asked.

The Minister, who released the letter to the media at a press conference here, said the people of Telangana were upset with the alliance as they fear Naidu will continue with his arm-twisting tactics to influence decisions of the Telangana government in favour of Andhra Pradesh, especially with regard to river water sharing. He raised pending issues between the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana governments pertaining to irrigation projects, returning seven mandals in erstwhile Khammam district to Telangana, and division of the High Court and other assets. On all these issues, Naidu has been adamant and was not extending any cooperation to get them resolved, he said, wondering what then was the objective behind the alliance.
Charge against Cong

“Congress leaders have compromised the future of the State to fulfil their political ambitions by entering into an alliance with Naidu. The TDP president vehemently opposed statehood for Telangana and continues to hinder development in Telangana State by raising objections and filing cases against our irrigation projects and other programmes,” the Minister said.

Harish Rao accused Naidu of acting against the interests of Telangana and doubted if the latter would change his stand, considering his political interests in Andhra Pradesh. He pointed out that due to similar political interests of Andhra leaders, people of Telangana suffered in undivided Andhra Pradesh for six decades, prompting the TRS to fight for separate Telangana State. “As a responsible political party, Congress should clarify on these issues and convince Naidu to address these issues under their Common Minimum Programme before fighting the elections,” he demanded.

Advice to Kodandaram

Harish Rao stated that Naidu was allying with the Telangana Congress and other parties to influence the Telangana administration in favour of Andhra Pradesh. He advised Telangana Jana Samithi president M Kodandaram not to ally with TDP and put the fate of four crore people in Telangana State in the hands of Naidu.

Government Chief Whip in Council Paturi Sudhakar Reddy, Whip Bodakunti Venkateshwarlu and former MLAs Madan Reddy and Chinta Prabhakar were present.

 

 

 

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Chhattisgarh election: AAP to have tribal CM candidate

The Chhattisgarh unit of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday in an apparent political masterstroke took a decision to have a tribal face for the party’s chief ministerial post.

Amid the prevailing perception that the scheduled tribe (ST) with around 32 per cent of the 2.25 crore population in Chhattisgarh holds the key to the state assembly, all political parties are seen desperate to forge their presence and instigate a major influence among the tribal voters.

The state has 29 of the 90 constituencies reserved for the ST.

“The formal announcement would be made on October 10 in the presence of state party incharge and a cabinet minister in Delhi Gopal Rai and member of parliament Sanjay Singh”, the AAP’s chief spokesperson Uchit Sharma told the Express.

AAP is contesting all 90 seats in the state. After its 10-day long Jhadu Chalao-Bhrastachar Bhagao across the 45 assembly segments, a consensus has emerged within the party to have a tribal candidate for the CM post. “AAP pledges to safeguard the interests of 72 lakh Adivasis of the state. So far they have always been deceived and used only as vote bank by both the ruling and opposition”, Sharma said.

Tribals once cited as a traditional supporter for Congress party, the ruling BJP under the leadership of Raman Singh has made inroads in tribal votes after the creation of the Chhattisgarh as a separate state in November 2000.

The political analysts felt the AAP is yet to prove themselves in the tribal belts to mobilise adivasi support and declaring “selecting a tribal as CM face could be their trump card”. Both the BJP and the Congress shrug-off the presence of AAP in poll fray as “insignificant” and will not have any impact by their declaration on their poll prospect.

Dr Somnath, Devlal Narethi, Soni Sori, Komal Upendi are among those tribal leaders of AAP figuring as the front-runner for the AAP chief ministerial candidate.

 

 

 

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“Make In Dholpur”: In Rajasthan, Rahul Gandhi Tweaks PM’s Initiative

Dholpur, a small town in eastern Rajasthan, hit the trending lists on social media today as Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, on election trail in Rajasthan, promised to put in on the Make in India map. Mr Gandhi is on a two-day tour of BJP-ruled Rajasthan, where assembly elections will be held in a single phase on December 7.

The Congress chief, who has repeatedly accused the Narendra Modi government of failing to create jobs through his Make in India initiative, said, “Your phones are all made in China. I want them to be made in made in Rajsthan, Dholpur… I want people to realise where Dholpur is”.

Recently, PM Modi inaugurated what is billed as the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturing facility by Samsung — but in the outskirts of national capital Delhi.

This was Rahul Gandhi’s third visit in the state, where Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje is seeking a second term. In nearly three decades, Rajasthan has not allowed any party two terms in power. It gives a natural advantage to the Congress, whose state chief Sachin Pilot is leading the campaign.

Mr Gandhi’s 163-km roadshow in six constituencies of Dholpur and Bharatpur is aimed at taking on Ms Raje on her home ground. The Chief Minister is a former royal from Dholpur, but the area also happens to be one where the Congress has a toehold. In the 2013 election, when the Congress was all but wiped out in the state, winning only 21 of 200 seats, it managed to retain four seats in the Dholpur-Bharatpur belt.

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The Congress chief – who is planning to cover six constituencies by Wednesday – said despite a four-year-rule, neither PM Modi nor Vasundhara Raje has done much for the people in Rajasthan.

“When the UPA government was in power, we gave you MNREGA, farm loan waivers to the tune of Rs. 70,000 crore, rice and food for the children… what has Narendra Modi and Vasundhara Raje done for the poor, the farmers?”

Dholpur is the constituency of Shobah Rani Kushwaha, who won it in 2017 after the incumbent – her husband Banwari Lal Kushwaha – was convicted in a murder case. Though Banwari Lal Kushwaha belonged to Mayawati’s party, the BJP offered a ticket to his wife. The election was a prestige issue for the BJP, and Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje campaigned for days at Dholpur palace to craft a victory.

The Congress had suffered its worst humiliation in Rajasthan in 2013, winning only 21 of the 200 assembly seats. Vasundhara Raje had swept to power with 163 seats.

 

 

 

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MP polls: Illegal infiltrators took away jobs of our youths, says Amit Shah

BJP president Amit Shah on Tuesday said that “illegal infiltrators” took away jobs of youths in the country, and alleged that Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and other opposition parties had opposed the National Register of Citizens (NRC) when 40 lakh such settlers were identified under the exercise.

The BJP governments will “drive each and every infiltrator out of the country” after winning elections in 2018 and 2019, Shah said. Calling Rahul “Shaikh Chilli” (a simpleton), Shah said he should “stop daydreaming” about forming a government in Madhya Pradesh, where the BJP has taken root.

Shah was addressing a convention in Shivpuri, part of the erstwhile Scindia kingdom. He later took out a road show in Guna, which is represented by Congress campaign committee chief Jyotiraditya Scindia in the Lok Sabha. The BJP chief said that besides development, the most important aspect of the Narendra Modi government was creating an atmosphere of security. He said it was common for Pakistanis to behead soldiers before the Modi government came to power. “After 12 soldiers were burnt alive, the country was angry and frustrated. Within 10 days, the PM ordered security forces to enter Pakistan boundary and carry out surgical strikes to avenge the soldiers’ death,’’ he said.

Shah said the BJP government would drive out “illegal infiltrators” as the party stands for security and rights of Indians. “When the NRC identified 40 lakh illegal migrants in Assam, Rahul baba and parties like SP, BSP and TMC raised a hue and cry and opposed the exercise,” Shah said. “These migrants took away jobs of our youths. They (opposition parties) lacked concern for our youths and the hunger of the people of this country. We will drive each infiltrator out after winning elections in 2018 and 2019.” “Rahul Baba should stop daydreaming. The Congress’s condition is that it would (soon) be difficult to find them even with the help of binoculars,” Shah said.

Recalling the contribution of party stalwart and a founder member of the BJP, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia, who is the grandmother of Jyotiraditya, Shah said massive victories in the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections would be a great tribute to her. He said her birth centenary would be celebrated on a grand scale.

Addressing Yuva Sammelan in Gwalior later, the BJP chief said the upcoming Assembly and LS elections would have a lasting impact. “These elections will decide if democracy and the great people of this country choose parties driven by individuals or parties that follow and ideology,” he said. MP will go to polls in November.

 

 

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TRS leaders carry out door-to-door campaign in Yellareddy

Zaheerabad MP BB Patil and Yellareddy TRS candidate Enugu Ravinder Reddy jointly conducted a door-to-door campaign in Mallupet village in Yellareddy constituency.

The villagers welcomed them into the village with ‘harathi’. Zaheerabad MP BB Patil said Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao was striving hard for achieving Bangaru Telangana. He had been going all out to provide safe drinking water through Mission Bhagiratha scheme besides developing roads, providing 24-hour power to the agriculture sector, issuing pensions to various categories of people — widows, elderly, beedi workers and single women. He said the State government, for the benefit of farmers, was providing Rs 8,000 financial assistance per acre per year, issuing Rs 5 lakh worth insurance and also constructing Kaleshwaram and other irrigation projects.

Besides this, the State government had been implementing 465 other schemes for the benefit of the people. Patil asked the people of Yellareddy to once again give a chance to TRS candidate Enugu Ravinder Reddy, keeping all these schemes in mind. Ravinder Reddy said Telangana people had only faced hardships in the regimes of the Congress and the TDP. The development achieved by the TRS government in the last four and a half years is more than that of the 60-year rule by the Congress and the TRS. He requested the people to give a clear mandate to the TRS for the bright future of the State.

 

 

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Confident that next CM of Telangana would be K C R, says AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi

Following the announcement of the poll schedule for Telangana, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen President Asaduddin Owaisi said he is confident that the next CM of Telangana would be K Chandrashekar Rao. Expressing confidence that people will vote for his party candidates he urged people to come out and vote in large numbers.

The Election Commission of India on Saturday announced the election schedule for the Assembly Elections of five states- Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, and Telangana. Telangana will have a single phase election on December 7. After the announcement, Telangana Chief Electoral Officer Rajat Kumar laid down rules to be followed after Model Code of Conduct (MCC) comes into force.

He ordered all political posters, banners, and advertisements on all government properties to be removed in the next 24 hours and similar material from public places to be cleared within 48 hours. The use of official vehicles has also been banned for political parties and election candidates reported PTI.

BJP chief Amit Shah has already sounded the poll bugle and will address a meeting on October 10 at Karimnagar. Polling in Rajasthan and Telangana will be held on December 7, Chief Election Commissioner O P Rawat said in New Delhi.

The BJP and ruling TRS welcomed the announcement of the schedule for the Legislative Assembly elections in Telangana while Congress, on the other hand, referred to a matter related to alleged discrepancies in electoral rolls in the High Court though added it is ready for the polls.

While Chhattisgarh will go to the polls in two phases on November 12 and 20, the Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram Assembly elections will be held on November 28.

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Vijay Hazare Trophy: Delhi beat Chhattisgarh by 44 runs to enter quarters

Delhi comfortably beat Chhattisgarh by 44 runs in their group B league encounter to enter the quarter-finals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Monday.

Delhi topped group B with 26 points followed by Andhra who had an inferior net run-rate despite finishing with same number of points. Delhi, Andhra and Hyderabad (22 points) have qualified from group B.

It was debutant wicketkeeper Lakshay Thareja, who scored 53 in the middle-order to take Delhi to 245 for 9 in 50 overs.

In reply, Chhattisgarh was all out for 201 in 45.1 overs with left-arm seamer Kulwant Khejroliya being the pick of the bowlers with 4 for 27.

Put into bat, Delhi were reduced to 77 for 4 with in-form batsmen Gautam Gambhir (10), Dhruv Shorey (8) and Nitish Rana (8) being dismissed cheaply.

Unmukt Chand (32 off 70 balls) couldn’t get going and Delhi were in deep trouble at 112 for 6 in the 32nd over. It was Thareja and Lalit Yadav (24), who added 34 runs for the seventh wicket.

Thareja, who hit four boundaries in 72 balls was out leaving Delhi tottering at 176 for 8 after 44.5 overs.

However, Pawan Negi (31 off 30 balls) and Simarjeet Singh (25 off 18 balls) added 50 runs in 4.2 overs. Khejroliya hit three towering sixes to take Delhi to a fighting total.

While chasing, Chhattisgarh lost more than of their team for barely 100 runs as their chase was as good as over.

At 139 for 8, Shakeeb Ahmed (38) and Shivendra Singh (25) added 51 runs to delay the inevitable but it always was Delhi’s game.

Brief Scores

Delhi 245/9 in 50 over (Lakshay Thareja 53 off 72 balls, Pawan Negi 31 off 30 balls) Chhattisgarh 201 in 45.1 overs (Kulwant Khejroliya 4/27). Delhi won by 44 runs.

Kerala 316/7 in 50 overs (Sachin Baby 93 off 72 balls, Vishnu Vinod 62 off 71 balls). Saurashtra 270 in 49.3 overs (Samarth Vyas 91, Chirag Jani 66). Kerala won by 46 runs.

Capping a successful return from an 18-year exile, Bihar stormed into the Vijay Hazare Trophy quarterfinals with a nine-wicket thrashing of Mizoram here Monday.

 

 

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Chhattisgarh: 16 Naxals including 2 women arrested from Sukma district

Sixteen Naxals, including two women, were arrested from Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Sunday, five of whom have been suspected to be involved in a deadly attack on a CRPF team last year, killing 25 CRPF personnel, police said on Monday.

The arrests were made by a joint team of the Special Task Force (STF), the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and the district police, from a hill near Minpa village under the Chintagufa police station limits, said a senior police official.

The security forces have intensified patrolling in the interior forests of the Naxal-hit districts, in view of Assembly polls in the state next month.

The patrolling is aimed at apprehending the lower-rung cadres, who are instrumental in planting explosives to target the police personnel and putting up Maoist posters and banners, he said.

The cadres who have been arrested were active members of either some militia groups, or the Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Majdoor Sangthan (DAKMS), a front organisation of Maoists, he said.

Chhattisgarh will go to the polls in two phases, on November 12 and November 20.

The counting of votes will be done on December 11.

 

 

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Congress ‘Sankalp Yatra’ in Chhattisgarh soon

The Congress will soon take out a bus tour named ‘ Sankalp Yatra’ across Chhattisgarh with the aim of showcasing the state unit’s unity.

The yatra aims at fanning the campaign against the state’s BJP government by presenting the alternative policy plank.

All senior Congress leaders of the state are expected to join the yatra, which is expected to be flagged of by party president Rahul Gandhi. He will also join the yatra at several places, party sources said.

“The logistics for the Congress Sankalp yatra across Chhattisgarh is being finalised. Congress president Rahul ji will specially visit the state to flag off the yatra”, said a senior party leader.

The details of the proposed yatra was finalised in a meeting Gandhi held with some senior PCC and AICC leaders in Delhi a couple of days ago where the overall election preparations of the state Congress was also reviewed.
The state Congress is likely to have an alliance with the Gondwana Loktantrick Party in a few seats.

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