The sudden visit of popular political strategist Prashant Kishor to Andhra Pradesh to hold meetings with Telugu Desam Party top brass last week has kicked up a lot of debate in political circles.
Disgruntled elements in the ruling YSR Congress party, who are being discarded by the party leadership for various reasons, have only two options to sustain their political career: to join either the Telugu Desam Party or the Jana Sena Party.
It has been a long time since one has heard or seen former minister Daggubati Venkateshwar Rao, husband of Bharatiya Janata Party Andhra Pradesh unit president Daggubati Purandeshwari.
Shrimp farms in Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam district are using modern methods to produce about 40,000 tonnes of shrimp annually for exports, which fetch them around Rs 10,000 crore, according to the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
As expected, disgruntled YSR Congress party MLAs, who are being denied tickets by party president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy based on the survey reports that they stand no chances of winning, are looking for greener pastures in other parties.
The latest declaration of Telugu Desam Party general secretary Nara Lokesh his father and party president N Chandrababu Naidu would be chief minister if the TDP-Jana Sena combine comes to power is said to have upset Jana Sena Party chief and power star Pawan Kalyan.
The open letter written by veteran Kapu leader and former Lok Sabha member Chegondi Harirama Jogaiah to the Kapu community, attacking power star and Jana Sena Party Pawan Kalyan for surrendering to the Telugu Desam Party led by former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has created ripples in the political circles.
Former Home Minister Chegondi Hare Ramajogaiah has accused Jana Sena Chief Pawan Kalyan of betraying the hopes of the Kapu community.
In an interesting development, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s sister Y. S. Sharmila has sent a Christmas gift to Telugu Desam Party (TDP) General Secretary Nara Lokesh.
Telugu Desam Party's (TDP) decision to enlist the services of poll strategist Prashant Kishor has been dismissed by YSRCP leaders, asserting that Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's political acumen outweighs the strategist's influence.
Andhra Pradesh is witnessing interesting developments ahead of the Assembly elections next year with former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu meeting top election strategist Prashant Kishor days after the TDP-JSP alliance sounded the poll bugle.
It has become a trend for many to engage in harsh criticism of a political party and its leaders, aiming to garner support from the opposition group and gain power or favor from them.
Within hours of political strategist Prashant Kishor landing in Vijayawada and going to the residence of Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu, there were speculations in a section of media that Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) has dumped the YSR Congress party led by chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy and joined hands with the TDP.
Former Congress MP from Rajahmundry and self-styled intellectual Vundavalli Arun Kumar has a word of caution for YSR Congress party and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy in the selection of party candidates for contesting the upcoming elections in the state.
The decision of the Telugu Desam Party led by former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu to engage popular political strategist Prashant Kishor was taken with a pinch of salt by YSR Congress party.
