A tense atmosphere prevailed in Pithapuram constituency, represented by deputy chief minister Pawan Kalyan, in Kakinada district with cadres of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Jana Sena Party indulging in a bitter feud.
Telangana Backward Classes Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar on Tuesday expressed concern over recent remarks made by Andhra Pradesh coalition leaders regarding the bifurcation of the state and the formation of Telangana.
In Andhra Pradesh, the political climate is heating up with fresh debates around governance and priorities.
YSR Congress party spokesperson and former MLA Rachamallu Siva Prasad Reddy on Monday strongly criticized newly-appointed working president of Telugu Desam Party and AP information technology minister Nara Lokesh for showering sudden love for YSRCP president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy’s mother Y S Vijayalakshmi.
Ever since the 131st Constitutional Amendment Bill, which sought to take up delimitation of parliamentary constituencies and implement 33% reservation for women in legislative bodies from 2029, failed to pass in the Lok Sabha after falling short of the required two-thirds majority
Greetings poured in for Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on his 76th birthday, from across political and film circles, with several prominent personalities taking to social media to convey their wishes.
When Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy appointed Mohan Sai Dutt as an advisor in September 2024, the move raised more questions than answers.
Power often creates an illusion that it will last forever. Many leaders, once they gain control, begin to act with a sense of permanence.
The failure of 131st Constitutional Amendment Bill seeking delimitation of parliamentary constituencies coupled with women’s reservation in the elected bodies in Lok Sabha on Friday has brought CM Chandrababu Naidu, YSRCP president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy and Jana Sena Party chief-deputy chief minister Pawan Kalyan together on the same page.
Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSR Congress Party president Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy said the parties which opposed the bill to amend the Women’s Reservation Act in Parliament should question themselves on what they have achieved.
The Andhra Pradesh high court on Friday dismissed the order of a local court in Kuppam in Chittoor district, granting bail to YSR Congress party general secretary (media affairs) Pudi Srihari in connection with alleged objectionable posts against chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu.
With Union home minister Amit Shah declaring in Lok Sabha on Thursday that Andhra Pradesh and Telangana would get increased Lok Sabha constituencies by 2029 elections, speculations have begun over the possible formation of new constituencies.
The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), which announced its wholehearted support to the delimitation bill moved by the NDA government in Parliament on Thursday, tried to create an impression it is giving a conditional support.
The proposed exercise by the Narendra Modi on delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies and linking it to the women’s reservation bill has kicked up a nation-wide debate, even as the Lok Sabha began discussing the legislations on Thursday.
Remember how retired IAS officer Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar appointed as the Andhra Pradesh state election commissioner (SEC) by chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu during his earlier stint, had created troubles for the previous Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy government in the conduct of local body elections in the state?
