Hyderabad, March 29 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Sunday demanded the immediate dismissal of Telangana Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy over allegations of corruption and illegal mining. BRS MLAs staged a protest at Gun Park near the Assembly building and later raised the issue in the House, demanding an inquiry into illegal mining either by the House Committee or by a sitting judge of the High Court.BRS Deputy Leader in Assembly T. Harish Rao and party working president K.T. Rama Rao,…
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Hyderabad, March 25 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and former minister T. Jeevan Reddy resigned from the party on Wednesday, saying he had no other choice after facing humiliation despite working selflessly for more than four decades. At a meeting with the party workers and followers in Jagtial town, he announced his resignation, ending his 42-year-long association with the party.Though Congress leadership made all efforts to persuade Jeevan Reddy to withdraw his decision to quit, he went ahead w…
Hyderabad, March 24 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao on Tuesday accused the Congress government in Telangana of indulging in diversionary politics and misleading the public on key issues through the filing of a charge sheet in the Formula E race case. He alleged that the government is trying to divert public attention from the BRS’ demand to grant legal status to the “Six Guarantees” through a Private Member Bill in the Assembly.The BRS leader, during an …
Hyderabad, March 24 (IANS) Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president, Mahesh Kumar Goud, met senior Congress leader and former minister T. Jeevan Reddy, in Jagtial on Tuesday to persuade him to withdraw his decision to quit the party.Mahesh Kumar Goud said he requested Jeevan Reddy not to resign from the party.The TPCC chief told media persons that Jeevan Reddy has a long political career and vast experience and TPCC and AICC can’t let him go.He said Jeevan Reddy felt hurt due to some dec…
Hyderabad, March 24 (IANS) Amid the ongoing war in West Asia and the global fuel shortage, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) legislators on Tuesday staged a protest over cooking gas shortage in Telangana and demanded that the Centre and state take concrete measures to resolve the gas shortage.BRS MLAs and MLCs held a protest at Gun Park near the Assembly building, blaming both the Central and State governments for the shortage.Holding placards depicting gas cylinders, the legislators led by BRS worki…
Hyderabad, March 23 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) alleged a scam in export of rice to the Philippines and demanded a House Committee to probe the same. However, Civil Supplied Minister, N. Uttam Kumar Reddy denied the allegation and stated that the Telangana government has entered into an historic agreement with the Philippines government.BRS Deputy Leader in Telangana Legislative Assembly, T. Harish Rao, made the allegation in the House during Question Hour.He sought details on export of …
Hyderabad, March 23 (IANS) Telangana High Court on Monday directed MLA Danam Nagender and Telangana Legislature Secretary to file counters to the petition of BJP Legislative Party leader Alleti Maheshwar Reddy, challenging the order passed by the Assembly Speaker dismissing his disqualification petition against Nagender.The High Court took up the petition for hearing and ordered notices to be served to the MLA and the Legislature Secretary.The BJP leader has sought a direction to quash and set a…
Hyderabad, March 23 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) legislators staged a protest near Telangana Assembly building on Monday, demanding the immediate release of fee reimbursement funds.Before the commencement of the day’s proceedings in the Legislative Assembly and Council, BRS MLAs and MLCs gathered at Telangana Martyrs’ Memorial, Gun Park.Displaying placards, the legislators of the main Opposition party demanded that the government immediately release funds for pending fee reimbursement…
Hyderabad, March 19 (IANS) Telangana Jagruthi president K. Kavitha said on Thursday that an exercise is currently underway to set the agenda of her proposed party. She reiterated that she is waiting for a good ‘mahuratam’ (auspicious time) to launch the political party.In an informal chat with the media, she said her fight will be against Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), led by her father and former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR), and against the BJP and Congress. “My fight w…
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) The Delhi High Court, on Thursday, directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to expeditiously decide an application filed by a former Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K. Kavitha seeking registration of her proposed political outfit ‘Telangana Praja Jagruti’. A single-judge bench of Justice Amit Bansal passed the direction while dealing with a writ petition moved by K. Kavitha in her capacity as President of the proposed party, alleging inaction on the part of …