A day after the presentation of the Union budget by finance minister Nirmala Sitaraman in Lok Sabha on Tuesday, there is some clarity on how much Andhra Pradesh has got in the budget for the year 2024-25.
In yet another setback to the YSR Congress party, former MLA Kilari Venkata Rosaiah from Ponnuru in Guntur district resigned from the party.
It has been 45 days since the new government of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) headed by chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu was formed in Andhra Pradesh but there has been no change in the functioning of the officials at the lower-level.
The Telugu Desam Party government in Andhra Pradesh led by chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu will present a full-fledged budget in the assembly only after two months, as it is yet to make an assessment of the state’s financial position which is in shambles.
The announcements made for Andhra Pradesh in the Union Budget 2024-25 brought cheer to the BJP's key ally, Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu as they met most of his main demands, especially for the development of the state capital Amaravati and the Polavaram project.
Even as the second day of the budget session of the Andhra Pradesh state assembly is going on, the YSR Congress party MLAs and MLCs, led by party president and former chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy left for New Delhi to take part in the dharna on Wednesday in protest against attacks on and killings of party leaders.
YSR Congress party president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday filed a petition in the state high court, seeking a direction to the state legislative assembly speaker to grant him leader of opposition status in the House.
The grand announcement made by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitaraman to facilitate special financial support of Rs 15,000 crore for the capital city of Andhra Pradesh has kicked up a debate, whether it was a loan or a grant from the Centre.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for the announcements made in the Union Budget 2024-25, saying this would go a long way towards rebuilding Andhra Pradesh.
YSR Congress party president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy could not get the leader of the opposition status in the state assembly, as his party does not have enough numbers to get the status.
In the Union Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that various agencies would provide support for the construction of Andhra Pradesh's capital, Amaravati.
YSR Congress Party President and former Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy said on Monday that in just 50 days, Andhra Pradesh's TDP-led coalition government has failed on all fronts.
Former legislator from Guntur (West) Maddali Giridhar, who got elected on Telugu Desam Party ticket in 2019 elections but defected to the YSR Congress party within a few months, has quit the YSRCP.
Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president Y S Sharmila on Monday gave a virtual clean chit to Telugu Desam Party in the recent sensational murder of a YSR Congress party leader Sheik Rasheed at Vinukonda in Palnadu district.
A major fire accident that broke out in the sub-collector office at Madanapalle in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district late on Sunday night created a big commotion in the government.