Telangana Congress Leader

A remark by a Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), asking the party's defectors to wear saree and bangles, has drawn a sharp retort from a Congress leader, who warned that he will be beaten up with footwear if he insults women.

Congress leader and senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi was on Tuesday elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Telangana in a bypoll.

Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi has been nominated to contest the Rajya Sabha by-poll from Telangana.

Six BRS MLCs joined Congress late last night in the presence of Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, dealing a significant blow to the K. Chandrasekhar Rao-led party.

Taking strong exception to BRS MLAs joining the ruling Congress in Telangana, BRS leader KT Rama Rao on Monday said his party had seen similar defections in the past when Congress was in power.

Senior Congress leader and party candidate from Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency T. Jeevan Reddy, has landed in a controversy after he slapped a woman.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has used the Telangana phone tapping row to launch a two-pronged attack on the Bharat Rashtra Samithi and the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha election.

The exodus of leaders from the BRS and the national character of the polls may turn the election into a bipolar contest between the Congress and BJP, which is hoping to bag the anti-Congress vote lying with the BRS.

Former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's Bharat Rashtra Samithi has been witnessing an exodus following its defeat in last year's assembly election. In the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls, more than 10 senior leaders have switched sides.

BRS leader KT Rama Rao on Tuesday said it is only strong regional leaders such as Chief Ministers of Delhi and West Bengal Arvind Kejriwal and Mamata Banerjee respectively and former Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao who are capable of stopping BJP.

Those who joined the party were Godam Nagesh and Sitaram Nayak, former BRS MLAs Saidy Reddy and Jalagam Venkat Rao, and Srinivas Gomase.

In his address, PM Modi also said the "dynastic parties" were targeting him as he was exposing their "scams worth several thousands of crores of rupees".

A case was registered against Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Narayana Swamy following a complaint by a Telangana Congress leader that he made derogatory comments against party leader Sonia Gandhi, police said on Saturday.

The Telangana Congress in its Political Affairs Committee meeting held on Monday passed a resolution requesting AICC former president Sonia Gandhi to contest the Lok Sabha elections from the state.

BRS lost the assembly polls earlier this month with the Congress forming its first government in the southern state, which is also India's youngest.

A remark by a Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), asking the party's defectors to wear saree and bangles, has drawn a sharp retort from a Congress leader, who warned that he will be beaten up with footwear if he insults women.

Congress leader and senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi was on Tuesday elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Telangana in a bypoll.

Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi has been nominated to contest the Rajya Sabha by-poll from Telangana.

Six BRS MLCs joined Congress late last night in the presence of Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, dealing a significant blow to the K. Chandrasekhar Rao-led party.

Taking strong exception to BRS MLAs joining the ruling Congress in Telangana, BRS leader KT Rama Rao on Monday said his party had seen similar defections in the past when Congress was in power.

Senior Congress leader and party candidate from Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency T. Jeevan Reddy, has landed in a controversy after he slapped a woman.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has used the Telangana phone tapping row to launch a two-pronged attack on the Bharat Rashtra Samithi and the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha election.

The exodus of leaders from the BRS and the national character of the polls may turn the election into a bipolar contest between the Congress and BJP, which is hoping to bag the anti-Congress vote lying with the BRS.

Former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's Bharat Rashtra Samithi has been witnessing an exodus following its defeat in last year's assembly election. In the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls, more than 10 senior leaders have switched sides.

BRS leader KT Rama Rao on Tuesday said it is only strong regional leaders such as Chief Ministers of Delhi and West Bengal Arvind Kejriwal and Mamata Banerjee respectively and former Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao who are capable of stopping BJP.

Those who joined the party were Godam Nagesh and Sitaram Nayak, former BRS MLAs Saidy Reddy and Jalagam Venkat Rao, and Srinivas Gomase.

In his address, PM Modi also said the "dynastic parties" were targeting him as he was exposing their "scams worth several thousands of crores of rupees".

A case was registered against Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Narayana Swamy following a complaint by a Telangana Congress leader that he made derogatory comments against party leader Sonia Gandhi, police said on Saturday.

The Telangana Congress in its Political Affairs Committee meeting held on Monday passed a resolution requesting AICC former president Sonia Gandhi to contest the Lok Sabha elections from the state.

BRS lost the assembly polls earlier this month with the Congress forming its first government in the southern state, which is also India's youngest.