The negative sentiment attached to Uravakona assembly constituency in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh has once again proved right.
Family legacy failed to save these youngsters from an electoral rout. Nara Lokesh, son of Chandrababu Naidu lost his first ever election to Ramakrishna Reddy in Mangalagiri.
It is going to be a tough task for YSR Congress party president and chief minister-designate of Y S Jaganmohan Reddy to select his council of ministers, as every MLA had been loyal to the party and had done tremendous hard work in winning their seats.
As many as 151 of the 174 newly-elected MLAs in the Andhra Pradesh Pradesh Assembly have declared criminal cases against them, with 55 or 32 per cent reporting "serious" criminal cases in their affidavits, according to the Andhra Pradesh Election Watch (APEW) and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).
Andhra Pradesh's Chief Minister designate Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Sunday said he had prayed to God not to give more than 250 Lok Sabha seats to the party taking power at the Centre so that he can make it grant special category status to the state in exchange for legislative support but unfortunately the BJP got more than 300 seats.
Andhra Pradesh's Chief Minister designate Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Sunday alleged that there was a big land scam in new state capital Amaravati as his predecessor N. Chandrababu Naidu had resorted to "insider trading".
The massive victory of the YSR Congress party in the just concluding assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh has led to the talk that many party leaders, if not all, might be looking for making big money in the next five years.
Andhra Pradesh's Chief Minister-elect Jagan Mohan Reddy met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah in Delhi today to discuss the several issues including the Special Category status for the state.
After making films about the gangstas of Uttar Pradesh and the racketeers in 70s-era Mumbai, it seems filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has found his new muse - Jaganmohan Reddy.
Fresh from a resounding victory in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a visit to Vice-president Venkaiah Naidu today.
The latest information is that he has already taken a flight to USA in order to escape from the police who are after him as YS Jagan is set to become Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
Goddeti Madhavi, who won from the Araku Lok Sabha constituency on a YSR Congress ticket, will be the youngest Member of Parliament from the state.
YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy will take oath as the new chief minister of Andhra Pradesh at 12.23 pm on May 30.
YSR Congress Party President Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, who is set to take oath as Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister next week, on Saturday said God has punished TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu for his misdeeds.
Whether it is a coincidence or a calculated move, within a day of YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy winning the assembly elections with a massive mandate, the young man, who allegedly attacked him with a knife at Visakhapatnam airport on October 25, got the bail.
