The other day, YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy categorically told the media in New Delhi that his party had neither got an offer from the Bharatiya Janata Party nor had he asked the Lok Sabha deputy speaker post for his party.
Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao on Monday met his Andhra Pradesh counterpart Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy here and invited him for the inauguration of the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project on June 21.
The recent change of government in Andhra Pradesh has led to fall in real estate prices in Amaravathi.
Even as the Telugu Desam Party leaders are raising a hue and cry over the withdrawal of pilot and escort vehicles for their party president and leader of opposition N Chandrababu Naidu, the Andhra Pradesh government has provided brand new vehicles to YSR Congress party president and chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy.
Its just two weeks since YS Jagan Mohan Reddy took over as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
AP chief minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Saturday told party MPs that there was no need for an alliance with the BJP, indicating that he is not prepared to accept any posts at the Centre including the Lok Sabha deputy speakership.
Contrary to the talk that YSR Congress party president and newly-elected Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has conveniently pushed the special category status demand to the backburner, he raised the issue once again with a strong voice at the Niti Aayog governing council meeting held in New Delhi on Saturday.
When he was in power in Andhra Pradesh till recently, Telugu Desam Party president and former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu had received brickbats for his frequent U-turns on several issues, particularly, the special category status issue.
Now that he has completed the formation of a full-fledged cabinet, YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has ample time to focus on accommodating other loyalists and seniors in the party in various important posts and positions.
The hue and cry being raised by the Telugu Desam Party leaders over the conduct of security check for party president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu at Gannavaram airport on Friday is totally unwarranted.
Here is yet another interesting news, or gossip, with regard to former chief executive officer of popular Telugu television news channel TV9 V Ravi Prakash.
It looks like YSR Congress party does not want to allow its arch rival Telugu Desam Party president and leader of opposition N Chandrababu Naidu to have mental peace and sound sleep even after the defeat.
The Narendra Modi government which had been turning a blind eye to the repeated requests of Andhra Pradesh government to release funds due to the state under various schemes and projects when Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu was the chief minister till recently, has suddenly started showing favours to the state.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and raised the issue of special category status for his state as well as amicable settlement of all contentious issues with neighbouring Telangana.
Union Minister of State for Home G. Kishan Reddy has received threatening phone calls from unknown persons, the Hyderabad Police said on Friday
