Bharatiya Janata Party and Telugu Desam Party who fought the elections together in 2014, might have parted ways more than a year ago and traded charges against each other.
The YSR Congress party government headed by chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has started exposing the 'internal trading' allegedly done by the Telugu Desam Party leaders in and around Amaravati, before it was declared as the capital city by N Chandrababu Naidu government in September 2014.
Ignoring the objections from the Centre and court litigations from power producers, YSRCP president and AP CM Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy is hell bent on unearthing massive corruption involved in the signing of power purchase agreements (PPAs) signed during the regime of TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu.
Some gold and silver ornaments allegedly went missing from the treasury of the Tirumala temple, which led to the temple authorities so far recovering Rs 2.25 lakh from an official held responsible for the loss.
Notwithstanding the uproar from the opposition parties over Amaravati capital issue, YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy is going ahead with implementation of welfare schemes listed out in his Nava Ratnalu agenda.
With the unrest among farmers in Amaravati over the capital issue flaring up gradually, YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy quickly sought to douse the fire by clearing the arrears of annuity payments to the farmers.
The YS Jagan Mohan Reddy government in Andhra Pradesh will not go ahead with the proposed 'iconic' bridge across the Krishna river, throwing another indication that its plans for the new capital Amaravati will not be as ostentatious as envisaged by former chief minister Chandrababu Naidu.
One can understand the anguish of farmers of Amaravati capital region on the reports of a possible shift of capital city to some other place.
When he was in power between 2014 and 2019 in AP, TDP president and former CM N Chandrababu Naidu had earned a sobriquet, 'U-turn Babu,' from his political opponents, as he had changed his stands on several issues repeatedly, whether it was special category status or alliance with the Congress.
The YSR Congress party government in Andhra Pradesh headed by chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has not yet taken any decision on shifting of capital city from Amaravati, though his cabinet colleague Botsa Satyanarayana gave a hint to that effect saying Amaravati was a bad choice for capital city and that state government was seriously thinking about the relocation.
TRS chief and Telangana CM KCR in his first term as CM between 2014 and 2018 boasted that he will not seek votes in elections if he fails to complete Mission Bhagiratha project and provide tapped drinking water to each and every household in Telangana.
Recently, Chandrababu Naidu surprised one and all when he tweeted birthday wishes to mega star Chiranjeevi.
Even as the appointment of senior journalist from Telangana Devulapalli Amar as advisor to the Andhra Pradesh government for national media affairs and inter-state relations triggered uproar in the Andhra media circles, here is yet another heart-burning news for them.
Notwithstanding the pressures from various quarters, YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy is learnt to have decided to act tough against the alleged irregularities committed by previous Telugu Desam Party government headed by N Chandrababu Naidu.
Andhra Pradesh Police and Legislative Assembly officials on Monday recovered Assembly furniture allegedly diverted by then Speaker Kodela Siva Prasad Rao.
