The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) is locked in a fierce battle for power with the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) as the stage is set for single-phase polling for simultaneous elections to yjr 175-member Andhra Pradesh Assembly and for 25 Lok Sabha seats on April 11.
That Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu roped in his daughter-in-law Nara Brahmani and for that matter even his grandson Nara Devansh into electioneering clearly shows how desperate he is to come back to power for a second time.
VDPAssociates, a poll agency that has been almost accurately predicting the trend in South Indian states in the last couple of years, has released its pre-poll survey for the state of Andhra Pradesh.
The yellow gang is leaving no stone unturned in trying to influence public perception. They recently released a survey by the name of ‘Corp Chanakya’ predicting a victory for the TDP in the upcoming election.
Every day in his campaign trail, Chandrababu Naidu does not fail to take the name of party founder NT Rama Rao.
Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has been toiling day and night even at the age of 69 to bring his party back to power for a second successive term in the state.
Having persuaded the Congress to bifurcate the old Andhra Pradesh in 2014 and carve out a new state of Telangana, he seized power by wiping out the Congress in election that followed in Telangana.
Lagadapati Rajagopal, whose recent survey in Telangana turned out to be damp squib, will be releasing his pre-poll survey for Andhra Pradesh tomorrow.
Serial offender Nandamuri Balakrishna has done it again. He has beaten up an enthusiastic fan when he approached him during an election campaign on Sunday in Cheepurupalli in Vijayanagaram district in Andhra Pradesh.
If the NTR clan continues to dominate the politics in Andhra Pradesh for over three decades, the YSR family remains its biggest rival since taking the centre stage in 2004.
When it comes to political dynasties in the country, few can match the charisma and the melodrama associated with Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao's personality. Even 23 years after his death, the legacy of the founder of Telugu Desam Party (TDP)
If the reports from a section of media are to be believed, megastar and former Rajya Sabha member Chiranjeevi will participate in an election rally next week.
The family of mega star Chiranjeevi is split on extending support to Jana Sena candidates. Pawan Kalyan who was campaigning for Jana Sena candidates across the state failed to enlist the support of his family own members.
The National Democratic Alliance led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi may get a thin majority with 275 seats, only three seats more than the magic mark, in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, a pre-poll survey found on Saturday.
YSR Congress leader Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy's remarks that he has forgiven the Congress could lead to new alignments after the Lok Sabha elections if there is a hung Parliament and parties now perceived to be friendly to the BJP adopt a different course.