Jana Sena is the first political party in Andhra Pradesh to announce the list of candidates for assembly and parliament seats for the elections 2019.
Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is said to be in second thoughts in admitting former joint director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and retired IPS officer V V Lakshminarayna into the party.
Finally, senior Telugu Desam Party leader and Andhra Pradesh minister for higher education Ganta Srinivasa Rao managed to retain his hold in the party by bringing pressure on party president and chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu to retain him in his Bhimili assembly constituency in Viisakhapatnam district.
With the Election Commission announcing the election schedule giving hardly three weeks’ time for the parties for campaigning, YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy cancelled his plans to take up bus yatra for electioneering.
After undergoing several pulls and pressures and assessing all permutations and combinations, Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is understood to have decided to field his son Nara Lokesh from Mangalagiri assembly constituency in Guntur district.
Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is under tremendous pressure these days. Not because, he is facing difficulty in selection of candidates for the assembly and Lok Sabha elections in the state.
The much awaited announcement of YSRCP candidates for upcoming Assembly and Lok Sabha polls in AP has been postponed to March 16.
The election authorities in Andhra Pradesh have received an online application for deletion of YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) President Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy's name from the voter list.
Even as there are speculations over some senior leaders making an attempt to bring about a patch-up between the YSR Congress party headed by Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and Jana Sena Party led by actor Pawan Kalyan in order to avoid splitting of anti-establishment vote
For those who follow Andhra politics closely, the names of Mudragada Padmanabham, T Subbirami Reddy, TG Venkatesh and Magunta Srinivasula Reddy need no introduction.
As the announcement of schedule for assembly and Lok Sabha elections is heating up political atmosphere in A_, the pro-TDP media are all set to come out with a 'sensational' exposure of YSRCP President Jagan's yet another alleged 'quid pro quo' deal in their editions tomorrow.
Former home minister and Congress MLA from Maheshwaram assembly constituency Sabita Indra Reddy appears to be in two minds over continuing in the Congress party.
They continue to remain in political limelight, but when it comes to electoral politics, they prefer to stay away from contesting the elections.
Even before former joint director of Central Bureau of Investigation V V Lakshminarayana took any official decision on joining the Telugu Desam Party, YSR Congress party was quick to react on the media reports and take political advantage of it.
The elections to Andhra Pradesh assembly are just less than a month away and there is still suspense over the choice of assembly constituency by Jana Sena Party chief and power star Pawan Kalyan.
