The return to Andhra Pradesh after being forced to stay in Hyderabad for more than two months because of the lockdown, is not proving to be good news for Chandrababu Naidu. News of at least two Telugu Desam MLAs preparing to jump ship ahead of the party's annual Mahanadu is doing the rounds. Already three … Continue reading Ahead of annual TDP Mahanadu, defections could jolt Chandrababu Naidu
A day before the Prime Minister was to address the nation at 10 am on 14 April, Jaganmohan Reddy shot off a letter to Narendra Modi. In the letter, the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh persisted with the point he made during the video conference with chief ministers. That just 81 mandals in Andhra Pradesh … Continue reading Andhra Pradesh may be able to relax lockdown after 20 April
It is something that should not have happened in the first place. Now the Andhra Pradesh High court has asked the government to repaint all the government offices and panchayat offices in the next ten days. That is because after the YSRCP came to power in May 2019, all these offices were painted in green, … Continue reading Government offices to be repainted in Andhra Pradesh
The visit of Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani to Tadepalli to meet Jaganmohan Reddy was no ordinary visit. It was significant messaging - at a business level, at a political level and at a personal level. On Saturday, Andhra Pradesh chief minister along with wife Bharathi met Ambani and his son, Anant Ambani at his … Continue reading Why the Jaganmohan Reddy-Mukesh Ambani meeting is significant messaging
Pawan Kalyan is a changed man, going by his reaction to the Union budget. Honestly following the alliance dharma, the Jana Sena leader praised every aspect of the budget presented by Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and called her proposals on the farm sector a big boost to agriculture in India. ``The funds allocated for production … Continue reading Pawan Kalyan’s Different Strokes on Budget
It is Mindgames season in Andhra Pradesh. With a discussion on whether to continue with the Legislative Council in the state on the anvil on Monday, the ruling YSRCP is trying to get under the Telugu Desam's skin. With just nine MLCs in the 58-member Council, the YSRCP is in a minority. Filter Kaapi decodes … Continue reading Mindgames in Andhra Pradesh as Legislative Council stares at Endgame
It is a coincidence that two lawmakers - one an MP and the other an MLA - decided to follow their conscience and heart rather than the party line on contentious issues. The MP is Kesineni Srinivas alias Nani of the Telugu Desam and the MLA is Rapaka Varaprasada Rao, the lone legislator of the … Continue reading As lawmakers defy party line, Naidu and Pawan helpless
The YSR Congress has always dismissed Pawan Kalyan as the B-team of the Telugu Desam. But in light of the Jana Sena leader's recent utterances, it can be safely assumed that the `B' alphabet in his political CV is actually the BJP. ``I never distanced myself from the BJP. I only differed from the party … Continue reading Decoding Pawan Kalyan’s BJP talk
Given the extremely combative nature of Andhra Pradesh politics, everytime Pawan Kalyan speaks, it hits the headlines. The latest is the Jana Sena chief reacting on the Disha gangrape and murder in Hyderabad. In Tirupati, Pawan Kalyan advocated that any man found guilty of harassing a girl should be caned, till his flesh came off. The … Continue reading Pawan Kalyan’s reaction to Disha gangrape-murder provokes political outrage
It is a pattern too obvious to be ignored. In recent days, both Pawan Kalyan and Chandrababu Naidu's political commentary is too similar to the BJP line. In fact, the lines are blurring. Pawan Kalyan, tweet quoting CS Rangarajan, the chief priest of the Chilkur Balaji temple near Hyderabad and declared he was in agreement … Continue reading Pawan, Naidu, BJP – Are the lines blurring in Andhra Pradesh?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wt7h9SC2HI It helps that National Education Day (birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad) and Children's Day (birth anniversary of Pt Jawaharlal Nehru) fall within three days of each other. The Andhra Pradesh government has spent this time in particular, focusing on school education. One of the big decisions taken by Jaganmohan Reddy has been to upgrade … Continue reading Jagan’s emphasis on school infrastructure and English medium is praiseworthy
On Thursday, Chandrababu Naidu will sit on a 12-hour-long deeksha in Vijayawada to protest against the sand shortage in Andhra Pradesh. Why this is important is because the issue pertains not just to the construction industry, it also has implications for the construction of the opposition space in the state. And to reconstruct the structure … Continue reading Chandrababu Naidu’s Deeksha on sand shortage is also to reconstruct TDP
It is a noisy political neighbourhood in Andhra Pradesh. A day after YS Jaganmohan Reddy taunted Pawan Kalyan about his three marriages, the Jana Sena chief hit back, asking the chief minister what was wrong if he had three marriages. ``He keeps saying three marriages, three marriages. Who is stopping you? You also marry three … Continue reading Pawan Kalyan hits back at Jagan’s taunt on his three marriages
``Evidence of cash payment of more than Rs 150 crore to a prominent person in Andhra Pradesh has been unearthed.'' Who could that prominent person be? That is the question doing the rounds ever since the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) put out a press release giving details of the Income Tax department busting … Continue reading `Prominent person in Andhra Pradesh paid Rs 150 crore in cash’
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