Campaigning ends for Telangana; KCR seeks to create history as BJP guns for his ouster, Congress sees momentum in its favour

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

Congress talking of momentum in its favour to form its first government in the state and the BJP also promising to end «misrule and corruption» of the ruling Bharatiya Rasthra Samithi.

The aggressive campaigning saw Congress and BJP repeatedly raising issues concerning people, with the BRS leaders expressing confidence about the delivery of their programmes.

The three parties have made big promises in their manifestos. Polling in the state will be held on November 30 with counting of votes to take place on December 3 along with four other states.

If K Chandrashekar Rao, widely known as KCR, wins another term in office, it will be the first occasion when a Chief Minister from a Southern state will get a third straight term in office.

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• The Congress campaign in Telangana apparently picked up momentum after Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra and the party's victory in assembly polls in neighbouring Karnataka.
  
  The Congress chief in the state Anumula Revanth Reddy, 54, is seen as a leader who has taken on KCR and the party is keen to gain from the anti-incumbency against the government.
  Congress leaders have been reminding residents of India's youngest state of the role played by former party chief Sonia Gandhi in its creation in 2014.
  Political analysts feel that the fortunes of BJP, which was emerging as an alternative to BRS with its victories in