The race for Telangana is picking up steam, with the Congress and the BJP bringing out the big guns to convince voters to give them the mandate. Incumbent Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), meanwhile, is confident that its track record will speak for itself -- but is not leaving things to chance, as its latest election manifesto shows.

CNBC-TV18's Nithya Balakrishnan takes stock of how the parties are engaged in the three-way battle for Telangana are arming themselves.

First Published:Nov 29, 2018 11:16 PM IST