Hyderabad sources stated that Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) President K Chandrasekhar Rao held a brainstorming session with the first batch of 105 party candidates for the December 7th Assembly elections in the state and deliberated on the strategies to be adopted to ensure the party's success. Meanwhile in the three hour meeting also attended by party MPs and ministers, Rao emphasized the importance of highlighting the benefits of welfare schemes implemented by his government among the voters.
Accordingly Rao instructed the candidates to coordinate with party workers and leaders in their respective constituencies to ensure that the party won at least 100 seats in the 119 member assembly, Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Kadiam Srihari, told reporters after the meeting.
Meanwhile there were an average of 60,000 beneficiaries in each Assembly constituency and their list was given to each contesting candidate, he said adding since the dissolution of Assembly many surveys were conducted and the details of such surveys were given to them. Earlier the Election Commission (EC) had on October 6 announced the election schedule for five states, including Telangana, which will go to the polls on December 7.
