The decision taken by YSR Congress party government headed by chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy to provide 50 per cent reservations to Backward Classes, SCs and STs in nominated posts and state corporations, boards, societies, trusts and agricultural market yards has created ripples within the ruling party.
Notwithstanding serious objections raised by the Centre and concerns expressed by credit rating agencies over stoppage of flow of investments, YSR Congress party president and chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy is hell bent on reviewing the power purchase agreements signed by the previous Telugu Desam Party government to expose corruption in the deals.
The Andhra Pradesh Assembly on Wednesday passed a bill to reserve 75 per cent of jobs to locals in all industries in the state even as Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy assured the industry that his government will extend every possible help to them.
Even as rumors are thick and fast that Nandedla Manohar might leave Jana Sena party and join Bharatiya Janata Party, the senior politician is bonding with mega brothers.
Biswa Bhusan Harichandan on Wednesday took oath as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh.
Land prices in Hyderabad have doubled while AP new capital Amaravathi city has been witnessing steep fall in land prices.
While the YSR Congress party government in Andhra Pradesh is hell bent on reviewing the power purchase agreements entered into by the previous Telugu Desam Party government headed by N Chandrababu Naidu in order to expose the latter’s corruption, the NDA government at the Centre is going all out to mount pressure on Jagan to stop the reviews.
Close on the heels of the World Bank, which dropped its plan to lend US $ 300 million to Andhra Pradesh government for the infrastructure development in Amaravati, the new state capital, another international lending agency also dropped the loan proposal.
It is a known fact that the Congress party has more or less been wiped out from both the Telugu states. While it is still battling for life in Telangana, it is almost dead in Andhra Pradesh.
With the resounding success in the just concluded state assembly elections, Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy overseas tour has been finalized. This is his maiden overseas tour after taking over the CM mantle.
Still coming to terms with the heart-wrenching loss at the 2019 World Cup finals, New Zealand batsman Martin Guptill feels the summit clash against England was both the best and worst day of his cricketing career.
The buzz on the social media and political circles is that NTR will be announced as a brand ambassador for Andhra Pradesh’s Tourism.
TDP chief and former AP CM N Chandrababu Naidu has given a statement in Legislative Assembly on Monday that he had committed a mistake by developing Hyderabad when he was CM of Undivided AP between 1995 and 2004.
YSR Congress party headed by Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy had managed to come to power in Andhra Pradesh in the recent assembly elections only because of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
The NDA government at the Centre seems to be extremely unhappy with the decision of the YSR Congress party government headed by Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy to review the power purchase agreements signed by the previous Telugu Desam Party government on solar and wind power producers.
