Telangana Assembly elections 2023: Rahul, and Priyanka to kick off Congress' poll campaign on October 18
Telangana is set to witness a triangular contest between the BJP, the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi, and the Congress in the upcoming assembly election. In the previous Assembly election held in 2018, BRS managed to win 88 seats out of 119 and had a dominant vote share of 47.4 per cent. Congress came in a distant second with 19 seats.
Its vote share was 28.7 per cent. Meanwhile, YSR Telangana Party chief YS Sharmila on Thursday announced that her party would contest in all 119 Assembly constituencies, in the coming elections. On the occasion, she also announced that she would contest from Palair as promised earlier.
"If needed, my mother, Vijayamma too will contest for the people of Telangana", Sharmila said, ANI reported. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Yuva Morcha President Tejasvi Surya on Thursday slammed the ruling party in Telangana--Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS)-- calling it the "most corrupt" government. "The BRS government in Telangana is the most corrupt government today.
What's happening here is not mere corruption, but daylight dacoity. The people of the state are extremely angry over the unfulfilled promises of the BRS. When the state was created, people dreamed of collective prosperity for the state and new opportunities for the young.
This was the basis of the Telangana agitation. But the rule of the BRS has resulted in only the enrichment of the KRS family, the BRS family, and the KCR family, and consequently the impoverishment of the common people of Telangana," Surya said speaking to reporters in Hyderabad. -With agency inputs "Exciting news! Mint is now on WhatsApp Channels
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