For several months now, one has been hearing about allegations of insider trading in the Amaravati capital region. Jaganmohan Reddy harped upon it during the election campaign in Andhra Pradesh and ever since he came to power in May 2019, his cabinet colleagues have been alluding to top Telugu Desam leaders having hit the pot … Continue reading Naidu decisions, including on Amaravati, now under SIT scanner
YS Jaganmohan Reddy will have reason to be upset. Because despite having a brute majority of 151 out of 175 in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, the Legislative Council where the opposition Telugu Desam has the majority, managed to stop his plan to shift the administrative capital from Amaravati to Visakhapatnam. The Chairman of the … Continue reading Stumped in Legislative Council, Andhra Capital shift to Vizag will not happen soon
In the first seven months of Jaganmohan Reddy's tenure as chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, if there is one running theme, it is to reverse just about every decision taken by his predecessor Chandrababu Naidu. In fact, the government is referred to in jest as a Reverse Government. But in what may be a first, … Continue reading Will Jagan make Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council, history?
On paper, a party with no MLA (BJP) and a party with one MLA (Jana Sena) should not worry a ruling party with a brute majority of 151 out of 175 legislators. But politics does not quite follow the Math we learnt in school. Which is perhaps why YSRCP leaders are going overboard, falling over … Continue reading What Pawan signing up with the BJP will mean to Andhra Pradesh politics
After six months of avoiding appearing in court, YS Jaganmohan Reddy will travel to the CBI court in Hyderabad on Friday morning. Last week, the court had frowned upon weekly requests from Jagan (accused number one in the Disproportionate Assets cases) and Vijaysai Reddy (Accused number two) for personal exemption, citing official engagements. It had … Continue reading As Chief Minister, Jagan to appear before CBI court on Friday for the first time
With two weeks of their agitation yielding little except photo-ops for Chandrababu Naidu and Pawan Kalyan, the farmers of Amaravati have decided to intensify their protest at the Andhra Pradesh government's proposed decision to move the administrative capital to Visakhapatnam. They have decided to launch a Sakula Janula Samme (All People's Strike) to bring Amaravati … Continue reading Jagan’s three-pronged strategy to deal with Amaravati protests
The buzz in the political corridors was that this was waiting to happen. The CBI special court in Hyderabad has frowned upon YS Jaganmohan Reddy skipping court citing official engagements and has asked the Andhra Pradesh chief minister to attend court proceedings on 10 January. Jagan is Accused number 1 in the disproportionate assets cases. … Continue reading Jolt to Jagan as CBI court insists Andhra CM must appear before it next Friday
Farmers in the Amaravati capital region who gave their lands as part of an elaborate land pooling arrangement to the Andhra Pradesh government are upset with the decision of the Jaganmohan Reddy government to move the administrative capital to Visakhapatnam. With speculation that the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA) could be scrapped and … Continue reading Amaravati farmers upset with Vizag capital decision
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
In September, the YSRCP government went into an overdrive when Chandrababu Naidu announced his plan to organise a rally to Atmakur to focus attention on the alleged killings of Telugu Desam activists by members of the ruling party. Now the former chief minister's plan to tour Amaravati on 28 November seems to have created a … Continue reading Chandrababu Naidu’s proposed Amaravati visit creates a flutter in YSRCP
The decision of the Singapore Consortium and the Andhra Pradesh government to call off the proposal to develop the core capital area has upset Chandrababu Naidu. But those familiar with the project details have told Filter Kaapi that no work was undertaken by the Singapore companies. And the reason for this was reportedly political. ``They … Continue reading Revealed : The reason Singapore Consortium did not start work in Amaravati
Even as social media is agog with news of Pawan Kalyan reprising Amitabh Bachchan's role in the Telugu remake of `Pink', the Powerstar himself has not confirmed he is padding up for a second innings in tinsel town. Why this has generated so much attention is because of what Chiranjeevi did. Also read : Buzz around … Continue reading Nothing wrong if Pawan Kalyan wants to keep one foot in Tollywood
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?
On the face of it, there is nothing wrong with YS Jaganmohan Reddy's decision to empower department secretaries to sue media houses for defamatory, baseless and false reports. Because the cornerstone of journalism is truth. And if the media is found publishing or broadcasting lies with a view to sully his government's image, he is … Continue reading Jagan’s order on media ill-advised
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