Here's an incident that took place during the previous government in Andhra Pradesh.
In most political parties across India, salaries are only paid to office staff, consultants, advisors, and experts—not to leaders holding key party positions.
With the Election Commission of India announcing the schedule for the elections to five MLC seats in Andhra Pradesh under the MLAs' quota, intense lobbying has begun within the ruling coalition for nominations.
Pawan Kalyan became the Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh by agreeing to contest elections in alliance with the Telugu Desam Party (TDP).
There is an argument that the government is using the arrest of former YSRCP leader, film writer, and actor Posani Krishna Murali to accomplish other objectives.
YSR Congress party general secretary Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy, who has been made the state coordinator of the party, is said to be feeling terribly insecure about his position in the party following a series of complaints against him to party president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy from various quarters.
The latest arrest and prosecution of YSR Congress party leader and former MLA Vallabhaneni Vamsi in the case related to attack the TDP office at Gannavaram in 2023 is taking curious turns with every passing day.
If the reports doing rounds in the Telugu Desam Party circles are to be believed, party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is trying to bring back young leader G V Reddy into the party and offer him a good position.
Senior leader from Prakasam district and former Telugu Desam Party minister Siddha Raghava Rao is most likely to join the Jana Sena Party soon, reports appearing in a section of mainstream media.
There is ongoing discussion about BJP approaching YCP leaders. Some YCP leaders are reportedly dissatisfied, with the YCP's concern about them.
In a surprise turn, a GO was released from the state of Andhra Pradesh, announcing that Kondapalli Srinivas, the Minister for MSME, SERP, and NRI Empowerment and Relations, has been nominated as the President of AP NRT Society.
Former minister Seedari Appalaraju from Srikakulam district has unexpectedly gone silent.
Popular television news anchor Parvathaneni Venkata Krishna is learnt to have called it quits to ABN-Andhra Jyothy television news channel at last, for reasons known to him.
If the speculations doing rounds in the political circles are to be believed, YSR Congress party president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has decided to go slow on Jana Sena Party chief and deputy chief minister Pawan Kalyan, while stepping up the attack on the Chandrababu Naidu government.
The YCP, which suffered a massive defeat in the 2024 elections, found itself significantly weakened in the East and West Godavari districts.
