Faced with criticism from all sections of people, including Kapu community leaders and his own followers for accepting just 24 assembly seats and three MP seats offered by then Telugu Desam Party as part of alliance, Jana Sena Party president and power star Pawan Kalyan made a weak attempt to defend himself.
There is a general talk that YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy is heavily depending on his political advisor Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy, senior minister Botsa Satyanarayana or for that matter party general secretary V Vijay Sai Reddy in the party matters.
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N. Chandrababu Naidu and Jana Sena leader Pawan Kalyan on Wednesday sounded the war cry for the forthcoming polls, calling on the people of Andhra Pradesh to back their alliance to end the destructive rule of the YSRCP.
A latest survey conducted by Zee News has revealed that YSR Congress party is going to come back to power in Andhra Pradesh for a second successive term by securing good number of assembly seats and MP seats.
YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday night released yet another short list of five candidates, including two for Guntur and Ongole Lok Sabha constituencies.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address back-to-back public meetings in Telangana state, starting with Adilabad on March 4 and followed by Sangareddy on March 5.
YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, who was getting ready to conduct his massive fourth public rally Siddham at Medarametla of Bapatla district on March 3, postponed it by a week.
The newly formed alliance between Telugu Desam Party headed by former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu and Jana Sena Party headed by power star Pawan Kalyan seems to have got a new name – Telugu Jana Vijayam.
The Congress will make a declaration on special category status to Andhra Pradesh at the March 1 public meeting at Tirupati, state Congress chief Y. S. Sharmila Reddy said on Wednesday.
The alliance between Telugu Desam Party and the Jana Sena Party has dashed off hopes of several ticket aspirants in both the parties, as they are losing their bastions as part of seat sharing.
In another setback to YSR Congress Party in the run-up to elections, Ongole MP Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy on Wednesday resigned from the party.
As expected, YSR Congress party’s Lok Sabha member from Ongole parliamentary constituency Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy on Wednesday quit the party and is all set to join the Telugu Desam Party sooner or later.
The question of why Pawan Kalyan chose to change his constituency from Bhimavaram to Pithapuram has sparked speculation and analysis.
Seeking to turn every controversial issue to its political advantage ahead of the assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh, the Telugu Desam Party on Tuesday quickly jumped into action to politicise the sacking of Indian cricketer Hanuma Vihari from the Andhra team captaincy for the Ranji Trophy.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday accused the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) government in Andhra Pradesh of having no vision and mission.
