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Hans India
6 days ago
- Politics
- Hans India
Cabinet likely to discuss local body polls today
Hyderabad: The state Cabinet, slated to meet on Monday, is likely to discuss and take a decision on holding the local body elections in the state, likely to be held from July onwards. As per the schedule, the Cabinet meeting will be held in the afternoon. The newly appointed ministers will be introduced to the Cabinet since this is the first meeting after the recent expansion. According to sources, the ministers will be discussing the local body elections, which are due for a long time now. Two ministers -- Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy and Panchayat Raj Minister Dhanasri Anasuya (Seethakka) – have already hinted that the notification for the local body elections would be issued by the month-end. During his visit to Khammam on Monday, Srinivasa Reddy said that a clarity on the dates of the local body elections would come after a discussion in the Cabinet meeting. Initially, there will be elections for the ZPTC and MPTC seats followed by polls to sarpanches and municipal bodies, according to sources. The Cabinet is also likely to discuss the Rythu Bharosa scheme and announce a date for its payment as the monsoon has arrived and farmers have started agricultural activities. The state government is also gearing up to implement one more promise out of six guarantees the Congress party had given during the 2023 elections. This issue may also come up for discussion. Meanwhile, Srinivasa Reddy has asked the party leaders to be ready for the local body polls. He also asked them to sort out the problems in the villages. He further said that candidates with ample winning chances would only be fielded. According to him, the state government will transfer Rythu Bharosa amount and pending bonus of super fine paddy to farmers soon.
The Hindu
23-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
BRS MLC Kavitha's six page letter to KCR creates flutter
HYDERABAD As was being speculated, some chinks in the armour of the Opposition [in Telangana] Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) have been exposed with a letter addressed by the party MLC and Telangana Jagruthi president K. Kavitha to her father and party president K. Chandrasekhar Rao seeing the light of the day. The timing holds significance as the letter was out in open before Ms. Kavitha's return to Hyderabad from the USA. She went abroad to attend her elder son's graduation ceremony. The letter has raised many an eyebrow in the political circles as it has been apparently 'leaked' intentionally as there was no reason for the MLC to write a letter when she could as well meet her father in person. The six-page handwritten letter, scribbled both in Telugu and English, has some interesting points raised by Ms. Kavitha. Referring to Mr. Rao's speech at the Warangal (Elkathurthy) public meeting held on April 27 to celebrate the party's 25th foundation day, she remarked that the party president had spared only two minutes to criticise/target Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). BRS cadre view that BJP could become an alternative She felt that the party president could have been more critical about BJP . Such an apparent soft speech had given rise to the speculation that BRS could go for an alliance with BJP in future. Since the Congress had lost faith at grass-roots level, 'our cadre' (BRS) were of the view that BJP could become 'an alternative'. Not contesting the MLC election to the Hyderabad Local Authorities Constituency had also sent the wrong message that BRS had indirectly helped BJP by staying away. Everyone in the party was expecting that 'you (KCR) would give a specific programme or direction to the party ranks to address such a political scenario', she wrote. She suggested to her father that the plenary of the party could be held for 1-2 days even now so that the party ranks could vent their opinion. On the organisational matters, she brought to the party chief's notice that most of the MLAS, ZP chairpersons, ZPTC member level leaders were of the view access to the party president was only selective and suggested the chief to reach out to everyone. Further, she said that the old in-charges getting the responsibility for organising such a huge meeting had disappointed the Statehood movement activists. 'Dhoom dham' a failure Those in-charges were claiming that they would be giving B-Forms for local bodies elections and suggested that only the party at State level should give B-Forms for MPTC/ZPTC Member contestants. The 'dhoom dham' at the meeting was a failure and the leaders who are with the party since 2001 should have been given an opportunity to speak before the party chief taking to the dais, she felt. Ms. Kavitha stated that she was also disappointed in the party chief not speaking in Urdu, on Waqf Act, 42% BC reservation and on SC categorisation. She has also given some positive feedback in her letter.
Hans India
01-05-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
ZP chief calls for water conservation
Nellore: The Zilla Parishad general body meeting headed by ZP Chairman Anam Arunamman has stressed the need of initiating steps in the interest of overcoming drinking water problem in the peak summer, on Wednesday. The meeting also decided to conduct repair works under central government's Jal Jeevam Misssion (JJM) and Rural Water Scheme (RWS) related to canals in all constituencies in the district. On this occassion the member participated in the meeting alleged that government fails to follow the protocol norms by ignoring the ZPTC members, ZP Chairman in inviting them for laying foundation for repair works of Kavali canal and works taken up under JJM. The members also pointed that outstanding related to honorarium of ZPTC's MPTCs not paid since long time. They appealed the ZP Chairman to initiate steps for sorting out the problem by bringing the issue to the notice of the government. Speaking the occasion ZP Chairman Anam Arunamma has ordered the officials to compulsory follow the protocol norms otherwise prepared for facing departmental action. She said that the budged with revised estimations Rs 379 crores for 2025-26 year. Kavali MLA Dagumati Venkata Krishna Reddy, MLC Balli Kalyana Chakravarthi, DRO Udaya Baskar; ZP CEO Vidya Rama were present. Zilla Parishad Chairman Anam Arunamma addressing in the ZP general body meeting onWednesday.
