TRS releases list of 25 candidates, 03-Apr-2009. " Jai Telangana "

TRS releases list of 25 candidates
03-Apr-2009
The Telangana Rashtra Samithi has released it's list of candidates for some constituencies.The following is the list:

1. Kaveti Sammaiah - Sirpur
2. Srihari Rao - Nirmal
3. Kappula Eswar - Dharmapuri
4. P Gopi - Asifabad
5. T Padma Rao - Sanatnagar
6.Chandrasekhar - Vikarabad
7. Sudharshan Rao - Kukatpally
8. Pratap Reddy - Janagam
9. Anajaiah Yadav - Shadnagar
10. Aravind Reddy - Mancherial
11. Vidyasagar - Warangal-West
12. Syed Ibrahim - Mahababunagar
13. Guvvala Balraj - Atchampet
14. Sridhar Goud - Muktal
15.Capt. Lakshmikantha Rao – Husnabad
16. Ramalinga Reddy – Dubbaka
17. Etela Rajendar – Huzurabad
18. Madhusudhanachari – Parakala
19. Anand – Manakonduru
20. Odelu – Chennur
21. Kanakayya – Manthani
22. Korukanti Chander – Ramagundam
23. A Chandulal – Mahabubabad
24. K Yadagiri Reddy – Aler
25. Vasanhi – Wanaparthy

KCR wanted T-settlers out

Hyderabad

April 19: The Telangana Rashtra Samiti president, Mr K Chandrasekhar Rao’s denial notwithstanding, he has always spoken of driving out people from coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema if Telangana is made a state.
Mr Rao made scores of statements whipping up regional feelings. He has given a call to “settlers” — people from other regions of the state — to quit Telangana.
Most famously, Mr Rao questioned the sanctity of Telugu Talli, Mother Telugu, wondering where she had come from. “Evani Telugu Talli, ekkadi Telugu Talli (whose Telugu Talli is she, where has she come from),” Mr Rao said on October 5, 2006 in Hyderabad.
Telugu Talli is commonly accepted as the embodiment of Telugu culture, tradition, land and values. After Mr Rao’s attack, the TRS created Telangana Talli and installed statues in Telangana.
The TRS had threatened hotels offering “Andhra meals,” a common enough term for a wholesome meal. The party wanted the eateries to offer “Telangana meals” instead.
Mr Rao supported the agitation in June 2008 and issued instructions to hoteliers to remove food items identified with Andhra like idli, sambar and introduce ragi sankati and jonna rottelu, typical Telangana items.
As recently as on February 17, 2009, at Mahbubnagar said corporate schools and colleges run by people from Andhra would be closed if Telangana became a state.
“Capitalists of Andhra region have established these institutes on the pretext of providing quality education. They are exploiting parents in Telangana region,” Mr Rao said.
“Because of these institutions, local unemployed post-graduates, who set up coaching centres have been hit. We will close down all corporate educational centres set up by Andhraites,” Mr Rao had said.
The same day he declared at a public meeting in Shadnagar that when Telangana State is formed, he would not allow investments from non-Telangana regions unless they promised to give 70 per cent of the jobs to Telanganites.
At a meeting on June 29, 2008. Mr Rao talked about exploitation by “Andhra rulers.”
He described the Chief Minister, Mr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, as “jala donga (water thief),” a reference to certain water projects that fed water to Rayalaseema.
He alleged that people from coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema were exploiting the natural resources of Telangana like water and minerals.

Source : Deccan Chronicle

Political compulsion only alternative: TRS

KCR back from Delhi after resignation

Photo: Mohd.Yousuf

Return of the native: TRS president K. Chandrashekhar Rao being mobbed by his party followers at the Begumpet airport on Thursday. -

HYDERABAD: The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) president K. Chandrashekhar Rao has said that the only alternative left with the TRS to press its demand for separate Telangana was to create a political compulsion for other parties to take its help to come to power when the Lok Sabha and Assembly were reconstituted next.

Speaking to reporters on Thursday evening, Mr. Rao said the recent resignation by TRS members from Lok Sabha and Assembly placed the separate Telangana movement on a pedestal. . It was conceded by no less a person than Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee who went to the extent of regretting that Congress went back on the promise of creating separate State, Mr. Rao said.

The TRS chief added that the party would chalk out its future course at the executive meeting here on Saturday. He welcomed the statement issued by senior Telugu Desam leader Kadiam Srihari in support of separate Telangana and hoped many more leaders from other parties follow suit.

Earlier, slogan-shouting by supporters rent the air when Mr. Rao arrived at the Begumpet airport fresh from his resignation at New Delhi. The crowd displayed banners and flags. Naini Narasimha Reddy and T. Padma Rao, both MLAs, and K. Dilip Kumar, MLC, danced to the tune of music.

TRS leaders pray for statehood

Visit temples, churches and mosques ahead of crucial trust vote in Lok Sabha

Photo: MOHD ARIF

Seeking blessings: TRS activists praying at the Fateh Khan dargah in Sangareddy on Monday. —

HYDERABAD: The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) launched its five-day agitational programme ahead of the crucial vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha on July 22 by offering special pujas in the temples and other places of worship to mount pressure on Congress MPs from the State to impress upon the high command to concede separate State.

As part of the agitation, TRS leaders and cadres visited temples, churches and mosques in Telangana and offered special prayers. Reports reaching here said the Medak unit cadres offered prayers at the Bhavani temple in Sangareddy and later visited the Saint Mary’s Church to offer prayers. Prayers were also offered in the local dargah.

TRS legislator T. Harish Rao offered prayers at the Sri Venkateswara temple in Siddipet town. In Hyderabad former MLAs, Nayani Narasimha Reddy and T. Padma Rao led the party cadres to Sivalayam near Banjara hills.

In Adilabad, former Zilla Parishad Chairperson Ch. Suhasini Reddy led the prayers. Reports said the TRS workers performed puja at the famous Bhadrakali and Thousand Pillar Temples in Warangal, Ramalayam in Nalgonda. In Karimnagar, party activists and women cadres offered prayers and then went in a procession.

Sangareddy Staff Reporter writes: TRS Medak district unit and its mandal-level outfits offered prayed for a change of mind among Congress MPs so that they would stress for statehood to Telangana. District leaders offered prayers at Bhavani temple, Mary Matha church and dargah. They presented a chadar at the dargah.

Later speaking to media persons, Medak district leader Narahari Reddy said the party hoped that the prayers would give strength to Congressmen to demand Telangana in exchange for their support during trust vote.

KCR names 87-strong executive

Top TRS leaders undertake the exercise after a gap of 20 months

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12 vice-presidents figure in the new executive

New leadership to chalk out stir plan over Polavaram issue

YSR accused of meting out a raw deal to Telanagana

`Nalgonda Nagara' rally on October 28

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AT LONG LAST: TRS president K. Chandrasekhara Rao announcing the party executive at the Teleangana Bhavan in Hyderabad on Wednesday. — Photo: Mohd. Yousuf

HYDERABAD: After much dillydallying, the executive of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) finally took shape with a large body comprising 87 members. The party's previous executive was dissolved over 20 months ago and had only the president and three chief coordinators at the helm since then.

The new executive committee was announced jointly by TRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao and Union Minister A. Narendra, amid scenes of jubilation by party workers here on Wednesday. It has 12 vice-presidents, 20 general secretaries and 52 secretaries. The presidents of ten frontal organisations of the party and conveners of 11 district units were also named.

District convenors

The TRS chief also named the following as district convenors: A. Chandrasekhar (Ranga Rreddy), T. Padma Rao (Hyderabad), Mrs. M. Padma (Medak), E. Ravinder Reddy (Nizamabad), Soyam Babu Rao (Adilabad), Etela Rajender (Karimnagar), K. Pratap Reddy (Warangal), C. Laxma Reddy (Mahabubnagar), all MLAs, T. Vijaysimha Reddy, ex-MLA, (Nalgonda), Ponnam Muralidhar (Mancherial) and Talluri Venkateshwar Rao (Khammam). Adilabad district unit has been split into two -- Adilabad and Mancherial -- and given independent postings. All the earlier district presidents were dropped and local MLAs appointed in their place.

Mr. Chandrasekhar Rao told reporters the new executive would meet here on Friday to chalk out an agitation programme focussing on the `indifference' of the State Government to the party's demand for reducing the height of Polavaram project.

Describing the style of functioning of Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy as "autocratic," he said he was doing injustice to Telangana by denying the region its due share of river water.

Dharna programme

The TRS chief announced that the party would stage dharnas in all district headquarters, except Adilabad, on October 17 to protest against implementation of GO 170 which aims at increasing the release of water to Rayalaseema from the Pothireddypadu head regulator. Adilabad had been excluded from the programme since the district would be celebrating the birth anniversary of tribal leader, Komaram Bheem, on that day.

He announced "Nalgonda Nagara" rally in Nalgonda town on October 28 to focus the Pothireddypadu issue. The creation of Telangana Jagarana Sena and the membership drive of the party would be completed in November, he added.

TRS releases list of 36 candidates

Party did not announce candidature for any of the nine Lok Sabha seats

-PHOTO: Satish. H

It’s out: Etela Rajender of TRS announcing the first list of the party candidates on Wednesday in Hyderabad .

HYDERABAD: Amidst protests from groups that were denied tickets, the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) on Wednesday released a list of 36 candidates for the Assembly elections.

A significant omission in the list was the sitting Alair MLA K. Nagesh who is replaced by K. Yadagiri Reddy, a non-local.

The party also did not announce candidature for any of the nine Lok Sabha seats. It shifted Hanamkonda MP B. Vinod Kumar to the newly-created Bhoopalpally Assembly constituency.

The list was released in three instalments by the TRS office. It was conveyed by party president K. Chandrasekhar Rao and his close aides who were closeted at an undisclosed location.

A large crowd gathered at the office created unruly scenes, including stone pelting, when names of their leaders did not figure in the list.

The announcement of the first list in the morning and the second in the evening was received angrily by supporters of candidates who aspired for tickets. The group led by Ramulu Naik, who aspired for ticket from Boath in Adilabad, mobbed TRS leaders who released the first list of 15 candidates in the morning.

The supporters of Muluguri Bixapathi, vice-chairman of Karimnagar Zilla Parishad, hurled stones on the office building as the candidature of Mr. Madhusudhanachary was declared in preference to the former from Parkal.

The crowds supporting Mr. Bixapathi and Takkellapalli Ravinder, an aspirant from Palakurthi in Warangal, staged half naked demonstrations in the office.

The Alair MLA Nagesh said he would decide his future course of action after meeting the TRS chief.

Following is the list of candidates: Adilabad district – Kaveti Sammaiah (Sirpur – SC reserved), Pendur Gopi (Asifabad – ST), Gaddam Arvind Reddy (Mancherial), K. Srihari Rao (Nirmal) and Nallala Odelu (Chennur – SC).

Karimnagar – Koppula Easwar (Dharmapuri – SC), C. Satyanarayana Reddy (Peddapalli), Eatala Rajender (Huzurabad), V. Laxmikantha Rao (Husnabad), K. Anand (Manakondur – SC), Routhu Kanakaiah (Manthani) and Korukanti Chander (Ramagundam).

Warangal – B. Vinod Kumar (Bhoopalpalli), Kommuri Pratap Reddy (Jangaon), Atcha Vidyasagar (Warangal Eat), S. Madhusudhanachary (Parkal), D. Vinay Bhaskar (Warangal West) and Ajmeera Chandulal (Mahbubabad – ST). Mahbubnagar – Y. Anjaiah Yadav (Shadnagar), Guvvala Balaraju (Atchampet – SC), M. Sridhar Goud (Makthal), Syed Ibrahim (Mahbubnagar) and Vasanthi Mudiraj (Wanaparthi).

Medak – S. Ramalinga Reddy (Dubbaka) and T. Harish Rao (Siddipet).

Hyderabad – T. Padma Rao (Sanatnagar), M. Sudarshan Rao (Kukatpally), Nani Narasimha Reddy (Musheerabad), Devara Mallappa (Goshamahal) and K. Jagadeeshwar (Amberpet).

Ranga Reddy – A. Chandrasekhar (Vikarabad – SC), Uppal – Muttireddy Yadagiri Reddy and Maheswaram – Kusukuntla Prabhakar Reddy.

Nalgonda – Kallem Yadagiri Reddy (Alair).

Nizamabad – E. Ravinder Reddy (Yellareddy) and A.S. Poshetty (Nizamabad Urban).

Source : The Hindu.

TRS seeks jobs for locals

MLAs regret that none on the board of directors of power utilities hails from Telangana

DEMAND FOR JOBS: TRS activists staging a demonstration in front of the Vidyut Soudha in Hyderabad on Tuesday. — Photo: Mohd. Yousuf

HYDERABAD: Seven MLAs of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) and a few hundred party supporters staged an hour-long dharna in front the AP Transco/Genco office here on Tuesday demanding filling of posts in the utility serving the region only by locals.

Traffic disrupted

Disrupting traffic on the busy Khairatabad-Punjagutta road, legislators -- N. Narasimha Reddy, Padma Devender Reddy, T. Padma Rao, T. Harish Rao, S. Ramalinga Reddy, C. Lakshma Reddy and K. Nagesh -- shouted slogans before they were allowed inside Vidyuth Soudha where the two offices are located.

As APTransco CMD Rachel Chatterjee was away, the MLAs met Joint Managing Directors -- Harish Kumar (commercial) and M. Malakondaiah (vigilance). They handed over a memorandum listing the demands.

Mr. Narasimha Reddy and Mr. Harish Rao said Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy had earlier conceded their demand and assured them in the Assembly that the 100 posts of sub-engineers each in the Central and Northern discoms would be filled with Telangana candidates. They regretted that not a single member on the board of directors of the power utilities hailed from Telangana.

The Secunderabad MLA, T. Padma Rao (second from left), wait to cast vote for the byelection at Islamia School in Secunderabad on Thursday.

The Secunderabad MLA, T. Padma Rao (second from left), and the TRS candidate, T. Mohanchary (with file in hand), wait to cast vote for the byelection at Islamia School in Secunderabad on Thursday. Photo: P. V. Sivakumar

HYDERABAD, NOV. 18. Moderate voter turnout marked the bypoll to the Hissamgunj Monda ward of the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad here on Thursday. The byelection was necessitated by election of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) corporator, T. Padma Rao, as Secunderabad legislator.

According to Syed Khurshid Ali, polling officer for the by-poll, the poll percentage was a mere 20 per cent at 11 a.m., but rose gradually to about 37 per cent by 3 p.m. and 45.27 per cent by 5 p.m. In all, 7,240 votes were polled off the total voter population of 15,991.

Significance

The bypoll assumes significance in the backdrop of strained relations between the TRS and the Congress finding an echo in this predominantly business ward of the city. Both parties, which contested the last Assembly elections together, fielded their own candidates. The main battle in the four-pronged contest is said to be between TRS's K. Mohana Chary, a local goldsmith, and Congress' B. Muthyalu. Bharatiya Janata Party's Bhawar Lal Varma and an independent candidate, Giridhar, are also in the fray.

"This ward has given me my political birth and shaped my political fortunes. I have a reputation to live up to in the area. How can the Congress insist that my party withdraws from the fray," asked Padma Rao, who won as an independent from the ward in 1996 in the face of a Telugu Desam wave. He won the ward for a second time in 2002 on the TRS banner and exuded confidence that victory would be theirs on this occasion too.

Results tomorrow

The Additional Commissioner and Additional District Election Officer, Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad, T. Muralidhar, said the polling went off peacefully and there was no need for a re-poll. The results would be declared on November 20.

I will win, says Padma Rao

TRS candidate campaigning with zest

T. Padma Rao

HYDERABAD: We will win. He says this with certain exuberance that is hard to ignore.

The campaign in Secunderabad Assembly constituency is picking heat and seeking re-election, T. Padma Rao of TRS is in no mood to spare any effort. He has hit the road and is criss-crossing the constituency with a zest that could dampen the mood in opposition camp to some extent.

Having trounced TDP’s T. Srinivas Yadav in 2004 and bringing the then Tourism Minister’s two-time victory trip to a halt, Mr.Rao exudes confidence of handing over yet another defeat to his political foe. “Don’t even think about the result. I am going to win,” he says.

The TRS candidate speaks of a wave in favour of separate Telangana State in the constituency and hopes to ride the crest. “Wherever I am going, the electorate is echoing the Jai Telangana slogan. This is enough for me to feel assured about the outcome,” he says.

Achievements

Mr. Rao also lists out all that had been done for the constituency in his first term and hopes the same will ensure that he is elected back. Krishna water line from Adikmet to Seetaphalmandi, Manjeera line to Lalapet, Rs.20 crore sewer line from Marredpally to Nallakunta and he reels out the list. “Voters will not forget my contribution for development of constituency and what more do you want?”

The campaign is trying to cover as many localities as possible and Mr. Rao says he is aiming at a direct rapport with voters through door-to-door contact. “They have immense faith in our commitment to the cause of Telangana and they will return the party. Have no doubts,” he tries to be emphatic.

Source : The Hindu.