Even as India and its political leadership is focused on battling the Corona virus, the fact that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not reach out to Telugu Desam chief Chandrababu Naidu has not gone unnoticed in Andhra Pradesh political circles. This when two days back, Modi called up just about every prominent opposition leader in … Continue reading PM Modi does not dial Chandrababu Naidu on Corona
For three days, Hyderabad has been hitting the headlines for extremely unfortunate reasons. But Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has kept mum over the gangrape and murder of the 26-year-old veterinary doctor. He neither visited the family of the victim nor tweeted about the horrific crime. He was criticised for instead taking out time … Continue reading KCR reacts on Hyderabad doctor gangrape-murder, KTR urges PM to amend IPC
In May 2018, when HD Kumaraswamy was sworn in as chief minister of Karnataka at the head of a Congress-JDS coalition, opposition leaders were marking attendance in large numbers. Among them was Chandrababu Naidu, freshly anti-BJP minted after having walked out of the NDA a couple of months before. Over the next one year, he … Continue reading Chandrababu Naidu’s silence on Maharashtra speaks volumes
There is palpable anger over the gangrape and murder of the 27-year-old veterinary doctor in Cyberabad police limits of Hyderabad. But within political circles, there is also concern that this should not snowball into another Nirbhaya-like case. The Congress that was in power, both in the country and in Delhi, had to pay a heavy political … Continue reading Large-scale protests over Hyderabad doctor’s murder causes concern in TRS
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?
``Naan eppo varuven eppadi varuvennu, yarukkum theriyathu. Eppo varunumo appo correct varuven.'' Coming a year before he cracked the real political punch, this punch dialogue from Rajinikanth's 1995 film Muthu, was political like never before. It left the Tamil Nadu audience tantalisingly poised, asking will Rajini, won't Rajini. Translated into English it said, ``When I will … Continue reading The Rajinikanth factor in Tamil Nadu politics
By A Shankar In the first week of November, ADMK’s Coordinator and Tamil Nadu deputy CM O Panneerselvam and Joint Coordinator and CM Edappadi Palaniswami announced that the General council of the party will be held on 24 November. Soon after the announcement, OPS left on an official trip to the USA along with his son … Continue reading Decoding the political craft of Edappadi Palaniswami
All does not seem to be well between YS Jaganmohan Reddy and K Chandrasekhar Rao. Five months after the Andhra Pradesh chief minister attended the inauguration of the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project on river Godavari in Telangana, his state has told the Supreme court to direct the Centre not to grant it the status of … Continue reading Jagan govt opposes national status to Telangana’s Kaleshwaram project
After a lull, the BJP is back to eyeing the Telugu Desam. Party MLC Somu Veerraju today taunted Chandrababu Naidu, telling the former chief minister not to worry too much about his 23 MLAs. ``A lot of sitting MLAs as well as ex-MLAs are trying to join the BJP since the party is growing from … Continue reading We will empty your TDP house soon, BJP leader warns Chandrababu Naidu
The last time Rajinikanth had been so emphatic perhaps was on 31 December 2017, when he said his entry into politics is certain. Today, he slammed the door on the BJP, making it clear that he will not get trapped in the attempts to saffronise him. If you hear Rajini's statement along with the bombastic … Continue reading Rajinikanth junks efforts to saffronise him, denies plan to join BJP
By Tenali Rama (Follow @IamTenaliRama) The Shiv Sena and the BJP have criticised the onion farmers of Maharashtra for creating hurdles in the formation of the government in the state. Ten farmers have reportedly committed suicide in Marathwada region in the last five days after unseasonal rain damaged their onion crop. This has sent the … Continue reading Shiv Sena reiterates concern for farmers, says it is discussing `malaai’ first
In the corridors of power in Andhra Pradesh, there is much speculation over what will former Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary LV Subramanyam do next. He can either choose to lie low for the next five months and 25 days that he has till he retires mid-2020 or choose a more confrontationist approach by going to … Continue reading Which top officer could move from Andhra Pradesh to Delhi?
By Krishna Saagar Rao It's unbecoming of a democratically elected Chief Minister of a state to indulge in oppressive hegemony over small employees of a quasi government corporation like Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC). The only provocation for the chief minister of Telangana state K Chandra Sekhar Rao seems to be a legal strike … Continue reading Telangana CM unleashes his wrath on RTC employees
Friday will be an important day for Jaganmohan Reddy. And depending on which way the decision of the CBI court goes, it will turn out to be an important day for Andhra Pradesh as well. And if the verdict of the court goes against the chief minister, it could well press the reset button on … Continue reading Will CBI court ask for Jagan’s personal appearance on court?
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