This is also the first time the party has come to power in a corporation in the region since 1981 when N.S.N. Reddy was elected Visakhapatnam mayor in united Andhra Pradesh.
Telangana BJP chief said his party registered a 300% jump compared to 165 panchayats it won in previous polls held in 2019. PM Modi had last week pulled up his party's Telangana MPs.
Hyderabad SI sought dress code exemption to observe Ayyappa Deeksha. The police department denied permission. BJP has demanded revocation of ‘this biased directive’.
BJP says ‘while some detractors attempted to dismiss former MLC N. Ramchander Rao as low-profile choice, those familiar with party’s inner workings recognise his credibility’.
Most MPs & lone MLA who quit BRS will contest LS polls as Congress & BJP candidates. Analysts say BRS is yet to recover from loss in Telangana state elections in November last year.
Political debutant Madhavi Latha has campaigned against triple talaq in Hyderabad's old quarters. She says her 'mission is to work towards making India superpower in amrit kaal'.
BJP sprang a surprise in 2020 GHMC polls, going to 48 seats from 4. While it's perceived to have lost some momentum since then, party is pulling out all stops in Hyderabad area.
Bandi Sanjay has been fielded from Karimnagar assembly seat, Soyam Bapu Rao from Boath (ST) constituency & Dharmapuri Arvind from Korutla. T Raja back to fight from Goshamahal.
Infighting, recruitment troubles, and discontent over state party chief Sanjay Bandi are among the issues assailing BJP in poll-bound Telangana, especially in wake of Karnataka defeat.
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.
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