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…
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Hyderabad, March 18 (IANS) Opposition BRS legislators staged a protest near Telangana Assembly on Wednesday demanding payment of the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for maize farmers in the state.Holding maize cobs in their hands, BRS MLAs and MLCs gathered at Telangana Martyrs’ Memorial Gun Park before marching to the Assembly.Led by BRS deputy leader in the Assembly T. Harish Rao, the BRS legislators raised slogans, demanding the government to open centres to procure maize and ensure payment of …
Hyderabad, March 5 (IANS) Telangana Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar on Thursday took up a hearing on the petitions for the disqualification of two BRS MLAs who had allegedly switched loyalties to the ruling Congress in 2024.The Speaker completed the hearing on the petition for the disqualification of Kadiyam Srihari and postponed the hearing on the petition for the disqualification of Danam Nagender to Saturday.He directed both the petitioners and the MLA to appear for the hearing on Saturd…
Hyderabad, March 5 (IANS) Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Vem Narender Reddy on Thursday filed nominations as the Congress party candidates for two Rajya Sabha seats from Telangana.They filed their nomination papers before the returning officer Upender Reddy at Telangana Assembly.The process was completed under the leadership of legislative affairs minister D. Sridhar Babu.Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Mahesh Kumar Goud, ministers, Congress MPs, MLAs and other leaders were pres…
Hyderabad, Feb 4 (IANS) Telangana Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar on Wednesday dismissed the petition for the disqualification of BRS MLA Sanjay Kumar, who had allegedly switched loyalties to the ruling Congress party.The Speaker, who had reserved the orders on the petition filed by Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA Jagadish Reddy last year, pronounced the same on Wednesday.The Speaker ruled that as the petitioner failed to provide evidence that Sanjay Kumar, who represents Jagtial constitue…
Hyderabad, Feb 3 (IANS) Telangana Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar will hear the petition for the disqualification of MLA Kadiyam Srihari on Wednesday (February 4).The Speaker has asked Kadiyam Srihari and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA and petitioner K.P. Vivekanand to appear for the hearing.The Speaker, who is the chairman of the tribunal under the 10th Schedule of the Constitution of India, will record the evidence on behalf of the petitioner.Srihari, a former deputy chief minister, is …
Hyderabad, Jan 28 (IANS) Telangana Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar will conduct the hearing on January 30 on the petition for disqualification of MLA Danam Nagender who was elected on a Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) ticket but allegedly shifted loyalties to the ruling Congress party.The Speaker has issued a notice to Nagender, directing him to appear for hearing. BRS MLA Kaushik Reddy, who had submitted the disqualification petition, has also been summoned for hearing.The Speaker will also c…
Hyderabad, Jan 25 (IANS) Alleging massive corruption in public sector undertaking Singareni Collieries under the Revanth Reddy government in Telangana, BRS leader and former minister T. Harish Rao has demanded immediate cancellation of all tenders issued under the site visit certificate.The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader told the media on Sunday that Chief Minister Revanth Reddy is the key person behind the Singareni scam, while his brother-in-law, Srujan Reddy, acted as the main beneficiar…
Hyderabad, Jan 15 (IANS) Telangana Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar on Thursday dismissed the petitions to disqualify two BRS MLAs who allegedly shifted loyalties to the ruling Congress.Pronouncing the orders on the petitions for disqualification of Pocharam Srinivas Reddy and Kale Yadaiah, he said that there is no evidence that they defected to the Congress.The Speaker ruled that the anti-defection law does not apply to the two MLAs and that they are technically still in Bharat Rashtra Sami…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 13 (IANS) The Congress, on Tuesday, intensified its attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Union government over changes to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), demanding that the Kerala Assembly pass a resolution seeking restoration of the scheme in its original form and warning that the controversial amendments would eventually be rolled back under public pressure. Addressing a Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC)-led day-…