The suspension of a senior police officer in Andhra Pradesh on charges of treason has sparked a row with Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy coming under attack for targeting officials, who were considered close to his predecessor N. Chandrababu Naidu.
Chief Minister Jaganmohan Reddy is all set to seal the fate of the Legislative Council today, when he chairs his cabinet at Velagapudi in the morning and when he meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi in the evening.
In a yet another shock to senior Telugu Desam Party president and former Anantapur MP J C Diwakar Reddy and his brother J C Prabhakar Reddy, a former MLA from Tadipatri, the YSR Congress party government on Monday night issued orders withdrawing complete security to them.
The outcome of Delhi assembly elections wherein Aam Admi Party led by Arvind Kejriwal has retained power with a huge mandate has once again brought into focus the role of popular political strategist Prashant Kishor.
If YSR Congress party government has its way, the two crucial bills to decide the state capitals will soon become Acts and the shifting of administrative capital from Amaravati to Visakhapatnam will start in the right earnest.
Telugu Desam Party on Tuesday threatened to take penal action against state legislature secretary P Balakrishnamacharyulu for rejecting the file sent by legislative council chairman pertaining to constitution of select committees to look into the capital bills.
In a sudden and swift development, YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy will be leaving for New Delhi on Wednesday afternoon to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The defeat of the BJP in Delhi Assembly elections is a blessing in disguise for Jagan Mohan Reddy government in Andhra Pradesh.
The news about Kia Motors proposal to move out of Andhra Pradesh to Tamil Nadu flashed by a leading news agency – Reuters – is seen as a conspiracy against the Jagan Mohan Reddy government.
YSR Congress party on Monday described senior IPS officer and former state intelligence chief AB Venkateswara Rao as a traitor and demanded that the central government issue a look-out notice for Rao in the wake of reports that there are chances of his escape from the country.
The constitution of select committees by Andhra Pradesh state legislative council chairman Mohd Ahmed Sharif to look into the two crucial bills – AP Decentralisation and Inclusive Development of All Regions Bill, 2020 and the APCRDA (Repeal) Bill seems to have run into rough weather.
For the fifth consecutive day on Monday, the Income Tax department sleuths have been conducting searches in the residence of P Srinivas Rao, former personal secretary of Telugu Desam Party president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu.
The suspension of senior IPS officer A B Venkateswara Rao from services pending enquiry in Andhra Pradesh is now a hot topic.
The late-night suspension of former Andhra Pradesh intelligence chief and senior IPS officer A B Venkateshwar Rao by the YSR Congress party government has not come as a surprise for him, as he has been expecting it for quite some time.
The sudden suspension of senior IPS officer and former state intelligence chief A B Venkateshwar Rao on the charges of irregularities in procuring critical intelligence and surveillance contract to favour his son is sending shivers down the spine of several other officers who had called shots during the Telugu Desam Party regime.
