The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Eatala Rajender won by a margin of 23,855 votes against TRS’s G Srinivas Yadav in the Huzurabad bypoll.

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], November 3 (ANI): After Congress lost the Huzurabad bypolls on Tuesday, Telangana party chief Revanth Reddy, while taking full responsibility for the loss, said that the by-elections do not determine the future of the party.

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], November 2 (ANI): Former cabinet minister and BJP leader Eatala Rajender on Tuesday won the Huzurabad Assembly seat which went to bypolls on October 30.

Hyderabad Oct 28 PTI The Telangana High Court on Thursday dismissed a batch of PILs challenging the Election Commission of Indias order to defer the implementation of Dalit Bandhu scheme till the completion of the Huzurabad bypoll The High Court said that the ECI is vested with the powers under Article 324 of the Constitution for ensuring free and fair polls A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice A Rajasheker Reddy declined to interfere with the ECI order The Election Commission had recently directed that the implementation of the scheme be stopped in Huzurabad Assembly constituency till the October 30 bypoll is over The petitioners approached the High Court and argued against the ECI direction contending that the scheme was launched before the poll notification was issued and as it was an ongoing scheme it should not be stopped under the garb of model code of conduct They sought to know on whose complaint the ECI had stopped it and requested the court to set aside the ECI order The High Court had earlier reserved orders on the petitions The State government is presently implementing the Dalit Bandhu scheme on a pilot basis in Huzurabad and a few other places in the State Under the flagship Dalit welfare scheme Rs 10 lakh is provided to each beneficiary to start a business of hisher choice so that the beneficiary can emerge out of poverty PTI VVK GDK VVK BN BN

New Delhi Oct 28 PTI A delegation of Congress leaders from Telangana met the Election Commission on Thursday and demanded cancellation of the Huzurabad Assembly bypoll alleging brazen violation of the model code and use of money power to lure votersThe delegation comprising All India Congress Committee secretary Challa Vamshi Chand Reddy Sravan Dasoju and H Venugopal Rao submitted to the poll panel videos purportedly showing envelopes being handed over to voters in the constituencyThey told the commission that it was disheartening to see that both the ruling TRS and the BJP are resorting to brazen abuse of power and obstructing the conduct of a free and fair bypoll in the Huzurabad Assembly segmentThe bypoll is scheduled on October 30We wish to submit that both the TRS and BJP are resorting to illegal and shameless violation of Election Code of Conduct and unprecedented misuse of power distribution of money and gifts to unduly influence voters in Huzurabad bye-election the delegation said in a memorandumDistribution of cash gifts like sarees utensils sports kits watches silver and gold ornaments two-wheelers four-wheelers and other expensive items were done by both BJP and TRS they allegedWhat is disgusting is that both TRS and BJP leaders have been doing this in the broad daylight and inspite of many reports in media and social media neither the police nor state government officials have taken any action the memorandum statedThe leaders also alleged that alcohol is flowing freely and even wreaking havoc in families as both the parties are distributing it freely to unduly influence male votersHuzurabad bypoll is considered as the most expensive election in the history of Indian democracy as both TRS and BJP are splurging money earned through corruption As the campaigning ended on Wednesday TRS and BJP leaders are now distributing money covers each containing Rs 6000 to 10000 the Congress delegation allegedThey also alleged that Telangana Chief Electoral Officer Shashank Goel is intentionally turning a blind eye to the irregularitiesThe Congress party firmly feels that the conduct of a fair and free election in Huzurabad is completely ruled out and is urging the Chief Election Commissioner Government of India to urgently interveneWe urge the Chief Election Commissioner of India to cancel the Huzurabad bypoll and make efforts again to conduct it only after replacing the entire biased government machinery from election duty including the present chief electoral officer and other police officers and ensuring a level playing field for all contestants the memorandum stated PTI SKC NSD NSD

New Delhi [India], October 3 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday decided to field former Health Minister of Telangana Etela Rajender, who recently joined the BJP in the upcoming Huzurbad Assembly by-election in Telangana.

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 28 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Dharmapuri Arvind on Tuesday claimed that the party will win Huzurabad by-elections in Telangana by a huge margin.

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 28 (ANI): Election Commission of India on Tuesday announced that the Huzurabad bypolls in Telangana will be held on October 30.

HYDERABAD The state government on Monday released the second instalment of Rs 500 crore for implementing Dalit Bandhu scheme in Huzurabad Assembly constituencyThis is in line with Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Raos promise of implementing the scheme in Huzurabad on a pilot basis by allocating Rs 2000 crore in order to give Rs 10 lakh to each dalit family in the constituencyThe CM directed finance department officials to release the balance of Rs 1000 crore within a weekSpeaking at a public meeting in Huzurabad on August 16 after formally launching Dalit Bandhu the Chief Minister promised to release the earmarked Rs 2000 crore within two weeksAccording to official estimates there are 20929 Dalit families in Huzurabad Assembly constituency including 5323 families in Huzurabad mandal 4346 in Kamalapur mandal 3678 in Veenavanka mandal 4996 in Jammikunta mandal and 2586 families in Illanthakunta mandal for whom Dalit Bandhu will be extended on a saturation basis