
Andhra Pradesh State government is planning to participate in the bidding for the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, if the Centre goes for disinvestment.

Minister for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy had seen partial victory over State Election Commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar.

Farmer is a farmer, be it in Delhi or in Amaravathi. The pandemonium caused by Delhi farmers is shaking the entire nation and keeping the ruling government in defense.

The Vizag steel is the pride of Andhra Pradesh and reconsider disinvestment decision of the government, said Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

State Election Commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar had written a letter to DGP Gautham Sawang on Saturday asking him to restrict the movements of Minister for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy to his residence.

Andhra Pradesh state panchayat raj and rural development minister Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy continued to attack state election commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar with choicest epithets.

TDP senior leader Varla Ramaiah is known for controversial talk from the beginning.

Former minister and TDP MLA Ganta Srinivasa Rao had sent his resignation to the AP Assembly Speaker Thammineni Sitaram on Saturday.

The sudden U-turn taken by Bharatiya Janata Party Andhra Pradesh state unit president Somu Veerraju on projection of a backward class leader as the chief ministerial candidate has come as a big surprise.

In an unprecedented decision, Andhra Pradesh state election commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar on Saturday ordered a virtual house-arrest of state minister for panchayat raj and rural development Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy till February 21.

The former minister addressed the media in Hyderabad on Friday, where he justified the privatisation of Visakha Steel Plant.

Telugu Desam Party on Friday announced withdrawal of its election manifesto Palle Pragathi-Pancha Sutralu, released for the ongoing gram panchayat elections, following a direction from Andhra Pradesh state election commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar.

Tummala Lokeshwara Reddy, advisor to the Andhra Pradesh government on technical projects, was sacked from the post for allegedly poking his nose in the ongoing gram panchayat elections in Kadapa.

The Central government’s announcement on 100 percent strategic disinvestment in Visakhapatnam Steel Plant so as to hand over it to the private sector has given a new weapon to the Telugu Desam Party.

In what can be a temporary setback to Andhra Pradesh state election commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar, the state high court on Friday put on hold the operation of E-Watch, a mobile application of the SEC, till February 9.