‘Congress alone can bring SCS to State’
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Winning Tirupati bypoll imperative, says Thulasi Reddy
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Winning Tirupati bypoll imperative, says Thulasi Reddy
The Congress party’s State working president N. Thulasi Reddy on Friday said Special Category Status (SCS) would act as a panacea for all the problems ailing the State.
In a statement, he said only the Congress could achieve SCS for the State, which is why it was necessary for the party to win the Tirupati Lok Sabha by-elections.
He said the BJP, in its election manifesto, had promised to implement SCS for Andhra Pradesh for 10 years if voted to power. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had given his word to the people of the State during his election meeting in Tirupati, reneged on it citing the 14th Finance Commission as an excuse. The senior Congress leader said that even during the recent elections in Puducherry, the BJP promised to grant Special Category Status to that State if the party
Curtains come down on campaigning for Tirupati LS bypoll
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All set for polling tomorrow in 2,470 stations under COVID norms, says Returning Officer
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All set for polling tomorrow in 2,470 stations under COVID norms, says Returning Officer
Curtains came down on a high-pitch campaign for the April 17 byelection to the Tirupati Lok Sabha seat on Thursday evening.
SPSR Nellore District Collector and Returning Officer K.V.N. Chakradhar Babu told a media conference here that all arrangements have been completed to ensure a fair and free polling in the 2,470 polling stations set up fully adhering to COVID-19 protocol and by enforcing prohibitory orders under Cr.Pc.144.
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Congress candidate for the Tirupati byelection Chinta Mohan addressing an election rally at Venkatagiri on Tuesday. | Photo Credit:
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Congress Working Committee member Chinta Mohan on Tuesday maintained that the Congress party alone could protect the interests of Andhra Pradesh.
Addressing an election rally at Venkatigiri in SPSR Nellore disrict, the Congress candidate in the byelection for the Tirupati Lok Sabha seat said the Congress party had prepared a detailed road map for the development of the State post bifurcation and included specific assurances like the one to anchor a public sector port at Dugarajapatnam in the State Reorganisation Bill and got Parliament’s approval to it. Both the YSR Congress Party and the Telugu Desam Party backed the BJP’s “anti-people” policies in Parliament, he charged.
Neither the people in position nor the opposition seems to be interested in raising the right issues on the Tirupati campaign trail. Religious beliefs of
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Demonetisation, privatisation for BJP’s benefit, alleges J.D. Seelam
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Congress leader J.D. Seelam taking part in a campaign for Tirupati Lok Sabha bypoll in Satyavedu Assembly segment on Tuesday.
Demonetisation, privatisation for BJP’s benefit, alleges J.D. Seelam
Former member of the Rajya Sabha and senior Congress leader J.D. Seelam has accused the Narendra Modi regime at the Centre of having destroyed the nation’s economy with flawed policies.
Mr. Seelam toured Srikalahasti and Satyavedu Assembly segments coming under the Tirupati (SC) Lok Sabha constituency on Tuesday along with PCC member Penubala Chandrasekhar, as part of his campaign for party candidate Chinta Mohan, when he made the observation. He charged the Centre with tampering with the independent and autonomous nature of constitutional bodies, apart from making a financial mess with its privatisation policy.