This came after the TRS wrested the Huzurnagar Assembly seat from the Congress with a huge majority of over 43,000 votes.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday gave the voters of Huzurnagar constituency a 'diwali gift' of Rs 100 crore, a day after the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) won the bye-election.
Addressing a public meeting at Huzurnagar a day after TRS candidate S Saidi Reddy's win, KCR said that the state government would give Rs 25 crore to the Huzurnagar municipality, along with another Rs 15 crore for Nereducharla. KCR said that an additional Rs 20 lakh will be given to each of the 134 gram panchayats in the constituency, and Rs 30 lakh to mandal headquarters.
KCR also made several promises including the construction of an Outer Ring Road (ORR) for the town, making Huzurnagar constituency a separate revenue division, setting up an ESI hospital, a polytechnic college, a subordinate court and a Banjara Bhavan.
“All irrigation demands – repairs of canals and lifts will be taken up with phase-wise budget starting this year. We will also bring Godavari waters into the left canal. Irrigating all the 1.2 crore acres of Telangana will be my responsibility," KCR was quoted as saying.
The TRS on Thursday wrested the Huzurnagar Assembly seat from the Congress with a huge majority of over 43,000 votes. TRS candidate S Saidi Reddy defeated his nearest rival Padmavathi Reddy of Congress by 43,233 votes.
Padmavathi Reddy, wife of state Congress chief Uttam Kumar Reddy, could only secure 30.46% of the polled votes. Candidates of both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) had to forfeit their deposit. The constituency, with over 2.36 lakh voters, had recorded 84.75% polling in the bye-election held on October 21.
A total of 28 candidates were in the fray in the by-poll, necessitated by the resignation of state Congress chief Uttam Kumar Reddy following his election to the Lok Sabha from Nalgonda constituency in the recent polls.
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