At a time when the Congress party in Andhra Pradesh is completely down with absolutely no chance of winning even a single assembly seat, let alone MP seat, former Union minister K Sai Pratap returned to the Congress, after trying his luck in the Telugu Desam Party and the YSR Congress party.
The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Thursday staged a protest over Election Commission's decision to conduct re-polling in five more polling booths in Andhra Pradesh.
Even as suspense looms large over the outcome of the assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh held on April 11 and will continue for another six days, the supporters of YSR Congress party has already taken it for granted that party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy will form the next government in the state.
The state-level training camp for the counting agents of YSR Congress party workers began at the party headquarters in Amaravati on Thursday.
While majority of the surveys predicted that YSR Congress party led by Y S Jaganmohan Reddy will come to power in the state, leaders of Telugu Desam Party headed by N Chandrababu Naidy are also hoping that the party would scrape through to come to power for a second term.
More than a month after polling and a week before counting of votes for AP Assembly elections, the pro-TDP 'yellow media' seems to have realised that YSRCP wil come to power in AP and Jagan will be the next CM of AP.
Five polling booths in Andhra Pradesh will go for re-polling on May 19, when last phase of elections will be held in different parts of the country.
Sacked chief executive officer of popular television news channel TV9 V Ravi Prakash on Wednesday could not get anticipatory bail from the high court to avoid being arrested by the Hyderabad police in connection with the forgery and criminal conspiracy case filed by the channel’s new management.
The unexpected visit of Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu to Ramoji Film City for less than two hours on Wednesday afternoon raised many eyebrows.
Many surveys including those done by the national media are predicting a landslide victory for the YSRCP.
Everyone knows how expensive elections were in AP recently. Even a school kid says crores of rupees were spent by candidates of three major parties (TDP, YSRCP, Jana Sena) in AP Assembly polls.
YSR Congress party on Tuesday challenged Telugu Desam Party president and chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu to declare the exit poll survey commissioned by him on the evening of May 19.
After making a hue and cry over the alleged highhanded behaviour of the Election Commission for not allowing him to hold official meetings, Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu finally held the cabinet meeting on Tuesday, after getting the official nod from the EC.
Telugu Desam Party president and chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has decided against preponing the party’s annual conclave Mahanadu in the wake of election results.
DMK president MK Stalin on Tuesday said he saw no chances for a non-BJP, non-Congress third front post-Lok Sabha polls, but a decision could be taken only after May 23, the counting day.
