Telangana Assembly may pass resolution against CAA: CM K Chandrasekhar Rao
Hyderabad, Jan 25: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday said the state assembly may pass a resolution against the Citizenship Amendment Act like some other states did recently.
Rao said he has already spoken to many of his counterparts in other states and he may convene a conclave of regional parties and Chief Ministers here to oppose the CAA since it concerns the country's future.
The TRS is secular by its policy and nature and it had opposed the CAA, he told reporters here.
The ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi had voted against the amendment to citizenship law in Parliament last month.
"I have already spoken to many chief ministers on this. I spoke to leaders of other parties also.
Probably, maybe, in the next one month, I may arrange a conclave of regional parties and CMs in Hyderabad to oppose this....100 per cent. Because, this concerns the future of the country. This is not good for India, where 130 crore (people) live," Rao said.
After Kerala and Punjab, Rajasthan became the third state to pass a resolution against the CAA on Saturday.
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"Please come & do vote": FM Nirmala Sitharaman exhorts people to cast ballot
Bengaluru (PTI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday exhorted people to vote, saying they should exercise their democratic right despite the soaring mercury.
The Rajya Sabha member from Karnataka cast her ballot at a polling booth in Jayanagar coming under Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency.
Voting was underway on Friday in 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in the State in the first phase.
“Everyone should come out of their homes and cast their vote. Yes, it can be a hot day for Bengaluru but it is worth coming out. Choose your time, please come and do vote," Sitharaman told reporters.
Many booths reported brisk voting in the first hour of polling as people sought to "beat the heat"
Polling began at 7 am and will end at 6 pm.
A total of 247 candidates -- 226 men and 21 women -- are in the fray for the first phase in 14 segments covering most of the southern and coastal districts, where more than 2.88 crore voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in 30,602 polling stations.
The 14 segments facing polls in the first phase are: Udupi-Chikmagalur, Hassan, Dakshina Kannada, Chitradurga, Tumkur, Mandya, Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Bangalore Rural, Bangalore North, Bangalore Central, Bangalore South, Chikkballapur and Kolar.
There are a total of 2,88,19,342 electors in these constituencies — 1,44,28,099 male, 1,43,88,176 female and 3,067 third gender
