Kakinada: Reiterating the need to end two-party rule in Andhra Pradesh, Praja Rajyam president K. Chiranjeevi said on Saturday that his party was borne out of the people’s desire for a change in the political establishment and it was up to them to choose between PRP and the other major parties. Much-needed fillip The PRP [...]
Congress party men say that YSR is indirectly supporting BJP Kishan Reddy by fielding a weak candidate against him in Amberpet Constituency of Hyderabad. Md Fareeduddin, an unknown face for Amberpet people who hails from Medak was given the ticket. Apart from this, the constituency is Hindu-dominated and it is almost sure that Fareeduddin would [...]
The CPI secretary, Mr K. Narayana, expressed unhappiness over the TD president, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu’s, decision to allot only 14 Assembly seats to the Left ally. “We are unhappy at the way our party has been treated. We deserve more seats. But in the interests of alliance, we are accepting it,” Mr Narayana said. [...]
Loksatta Party get Whistle Symbol for 2009 Elections – The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Election Commission to give the Loksatta Party a common symbol for the forthcoming elections. Loksatta Party will get the Whistle symbol that it opted for. But this is an interim measure and the parties will have to approach the [...]
Reversing its decision within a few hours, the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) Saturday announced that popular actress and party leader Vijayshanti will contest from the Medak Lok Sabha constituency. Bowing to her pressure, TRS president K. Chandrasekhara Rao agreed to field her from Medak instead of Mahbubnagar. Rao himself will contest from the Mahbubnagar Lok [...]
The Chief Minister and the Congress star campaigner, Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy, on Wednesday launched the party’s electoral campaign from Chevella Assembly segment amidst much fan fare. As the Chevella town has become his favourite place as a launching pad, Rajasekhar Reddy tried to woo the voters for his party. Rajasekhar Reddy had claimed [...]
The Praja Rajyam Party of actor-turned politician Chiranjeevi on Thursday entered into an alliance with Mana party, a political outfit representing the backward classes in Andhra Pradesh. “We are aligning with Mana Party to carry forward our philosophy of social justice,” PRP general secretary Allu Aravind said at a press conference here on Thursday. Mana [...]
Amidst protests from groups that were denied tickets, the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) on Wednesday released a list of 36 candidates for the Assembly elections.A significant omission in the list was the sitting Alair MLA K. Nagesh who is replaced by K. Yadagiri Reddy, a non-local. The party also did not announce candidature for any [...]
Here is the list of Congress Party MLA Candidates for Chittoor District for 2009 Assembly Elections Chittoor: * Thamballapalle: G. Shankar Yadav, * Pileru: N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, * Madanapalle: Shahjahan Basha, * Punganur: P. Ramachandra Reddy, * Chandragiri, G. Aruna Kumari, * Tirupati: Karunakar Reddy, * Srikalahasti: S.C.V.Naidu, * Satyaveedu (SC): K.Narayana Swamy, * [...]
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President Mr. Chandrababu Naidu released TDP Manifesto for 2009 AP Assembly Elections in the same lines as Tamilnadu’s DMK party’s manifesto in prior elections. The manifesto includes such popularistic promises such as distribution of color TVs to poor families and distribution of money every month for families below the pverty line, [...]
