Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and former intelligence chief of Andhra Pradesh A B Venkateshwara Rao, who moved the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) on Thursday, challenging his suspension by the YSR Congress government last Saturday, could not get any relief.
In a swift development, the Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday prorogued the state legislative assembly and legislative council, leaving a question mark on the fate of two bills related to formation of three capital cities for the state.
Telugu Desam Party members of the Andhra Pradesh state legislative council have decided to knock the doors of the Centre shortly requesting it not to abolish the council as recommended by the YSR Congress party government which got a resolution passed to that effect in the assembly.
Senior IPS officer A B Venkateshwara Rao, who served as state intelligence chief during the Chandrababu Naidu regime between 2014 and 2019, on Thursday moved the Central Administrative Tribunal challenging his suspension by the YSR Congress party government last week.
The just concluded elections to Delhi assembly have once again proved that if the ruling party in the state delivers a good governance, the people will not hesitate to vote it back to power for second or third terms, irrespective of whether it is a regional party or a national party.
Even as speculations are being made over the political reasons behind the meeting of YSRC Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Wednesday, the opposition Telugu Desam Party suspects a different agenda behind the meeting.
The controversial episode of the constitution of select committees of Andhra Pradesh state legislative council to look into the two bills related to the capital cities of the state is heading for an interesting climax.
Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy had completed 8 months in office. He would be in office for the rest of the four years and four months.
There seems a clarity on working together between AP chief minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and Prime Minister Narnedra Modi.
Till recently, there had been speculations that YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy had taken the decision on forming three capitals with executive capital being shifted from Amaravati to Visakhapatnam only after informing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah.
The meeting between Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Wednesday evening generated a lot of curiosity among the media persons and also political circles.
YSR Congress party general secretary and parliamentary party leader V Vijay Sai Reddy might be new to parliamentary activities, but he has proved to be a best performer insofar as raising the issues of the state in Rajya Sabha is concerned.
Notwithstanding the loss in the assembly elections in Delhi where Aam Admi Party of Arvind Kejriwal has won, the Bharatiya Janata Party has nothing to worry as it has huge mandate in Lok Sabha with two-thirds majority.
The YSR Congress party government in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday came up with an important proposal to curb flow of liquor and money in the local body elections and municipal elections scheduled to be held shortly.
After recording a massive victory in the assembly elections in Delhi on Tuesday, Aam Admi Party president and chief minister Arvind Kejriwal was flooded with congratulatory messages from his well-wishers and also from his detractors.
