Ready to face polls in Telangana anytime, says BJP
Amid speculation about the advancement of Assembly polls in Telangana, BJP's state unit President K Laxman yesterday said his party was ready to face polls whenever they are held. Assembly polls in Telangana are scheduled to be held simultaneously with Lok Sabha elections next year. "We are ever ready... We are ready to face elections whenever they are held," Laxman said. Here's more.
TRS must explain why it wants early polls: Laxman
Laxman, however, said that the ruling TRS needs to tell people why it wants to go for early polls if it is so. Recalling that Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) President and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao had supported the idea of simultaneous polls in the country, Laxman said Rao needs to explain why he has suddenly changed his mind.