In yet another step towards establishing a corruption-free administration in Andhra Pradesh, the YSR Congress party government headed by Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday got a bill passed in the assembly seeking to set up a mechanism for judicial preview of all big ticket tenders.
Telugu Desam Party president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu will be rushing to the United States on Sunday for a medical check-up, party sources said.
Senior Telugu Desam Party leader and Visakhapatnam (North) MLA Ganta Srinivasa Rao is secretly working out a plan to engineer a split in the Telugu Desam Party and merge the splinter group with the Bharatiya Janata Party, according to latest rumours in the political circles.
The expert committee of retired engineers constituted by YSR Congress party government in Andhra Pradesh headed by chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has found large scale irregularities to the extent of over Rs 3,100 crore in the tenders pertaining to Polavaram major irrigation project on Godavari river.
The bill passed by Andhra Pradesh Assembly on Wednesday reserving 75 per cent of jobs for locals in all industries in the state may multiply problems of the state already facing many challenges arising out of bifurcation five years ago.
After a disastrous political debut in 2019, it is natural for the cadre of Jana Sena to feel ‘down in the dumps’.
There is no love lost between Chandrababu Naidu and YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. When Chandrababu was in power, he hounded Jagan and now the latter is trying to repay the debt with interest.
Andhra Pradesh state assembly has been witnessing a high drama for the last two days, following the suspension of three Telugu Desam Party MLAs by deputy speaker Kona Raghupathi for creating ruckus in the House.
YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy was all praise for his Telangana counterpart K Chandrasekhar Rao for coming forward for an agreement to share Godavari waters in an amicable manner.
In a temporary reprieve for power producing companies, the Andhra Pradesh high court on Thursday suspended the controversial government order (GO Ms No. 63) issued by YSR Congress party government seeking to review power purchase agreements entered into by the previous Telugu Desam Party government.
After the initial friendly relations, Bharatiya Janata Party has, of late, started attacking the YSR Congress party government in Andhra Pradesh led by Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy.
The Andhra Pradesh state assembly on Wednesday passed a landmark bill makingit mandatory for any industry being set up in the state should provide 75 per cent reservations to locals in all the jobs.
The Andhra Pradesh Assembly is witnessing heated exchanges over the World Bank’s exit from ‘Project Amaravati’ with all political outfits engaging in a blame game.
The pro-farmer schemes of both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh governments are said to be suffering from severe financial crunch, as the Centre has refused to provide any funds to the states to implement the schemes.
As part of its plan to impose total prohibition, the Andhra Pradesh government is all set to take control of retail liquor business in the state, with a bill towards this effect passed by the state Assembly on Wednesday.
