YS Jagan Mohan Reddy-led Andhra Pradesh government on Monday gave appointment letters to over 1.26 lakh employees, claimed to be the first of its kind in the country in terms of numbers in a single recruitment drive, under a new governance initiative of Village and Ward Secretariats.
The YSR Congress government headed by Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has been going in for reverse tendering in every irrigation project to unearth corruption indulged in by the previous Telugu Desam Party government.
The Rythu Bandhu scheme launched in Telangana in May 2018 was a big success and had fetched tremendous political mileage to Telangana Rashtra Samithi in December 2018 assembly elections.
Telugu Desam Party in Telangana, which has almost been defunct with the defection of several senior party leaders and cadre into various parties, mainly the Telangana Rashtra Samithi and Bharatiya Janata Party, witnessed yet another defection on Monday.
The 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on October 2 will usher in a new system of public administration in Andhra Pradesh with the launch of village and ward secretariats.
The other day, Telugu Desam Party president and former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu made highly objectionable comments against village volunteers, alleging that they might turn out to be a security threat to womenfolk at homes.
Chief Minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy had made yet another mouth-watering offer for the unemployed youth in Andhra Pradesh.
Employees of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) on Sunday decided to go on indefinite strike from October 5 to press for their demands, the main being the merger of the unit with the government.
Another senior journalist from Sakshi media group is all set to get into the YSR Congress party government headed by chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, if the reports coming from the power corridors of Amaravati are to be believed.
The Andhra Pradesh government will take over all 3,500 liquor shops from October 1, as a first major step towards imposing prohibition in the state.
The appointment of veteran journalist and former editorial director of Sakshi media group Kondubhatla Ramachandra Murthy as an advisor to Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Public Policy has triggered yet another uproar in the Andhra media.
It is quite common in politics for the opposition parties criticising the ruling party to take political mileage.
YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has been taking certain daring and dashing decisions ever since he assumed power on May 30 this year.
It has been more than five years since combined state of Andhra Pradesh was bifurcated to carve out separate Telangana state and the residuary part remained as Andhra Pradesh.
The sudden transfer of senior IPS officer N V Surendra Babu from the post of AP State Road Transport Corporation vice-chairman and managing director raised many eyebrows.
