More and more skeletons are tumbling from the cupboard of the self-styled strategist who had been playing a key role in the core team of YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy for the last two years.
The Andhra Pradesh politics is virtually divided on caste lines and the trend spreading even to the Telugu film industry.
YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy’s announcement at the last cabinet meeting that the team of noted political strategist Prashant Kishor would be engaged to assess the performance of the party legislators in their respective constituencies has created tremors in the party.
Gone are the days when journalism used to be considered a noble profession and journalists were being treated with utmost respect by people, politicians and officials at all levels.
The statement issued by YSR Congress party leader and Andhra Pradesh state minister for information and public relations Perni Venkatramaiah alias Nani that the ruling party or the state government had no interest in or had any relations with the ongoing elections to the Movie Artistes Association (MAA), led to a hush talk in the film circles.
It is a known fact that all is not well between the Bharatiya Janata Party and its alliance partner Jana Sena Party in Andhra Pradesh.
It is an open secret that rebel YSR Congress party MP from Narasapuram parliamentary constituency Kanumuru Raghurama Krishnam Raju has been hobnobbing with the Telugu Desam Party after raising a banner of revolt against chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy a year ago.
Politics in Andhra Pradesh since independence has always been a tussle between two communities primarily: Reddys and the Kammas.
The advent of digital media and fast changing reading habits of the new generation of readers seems to have had a terrible impact on the print media across the world.
The Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy government in Andhra Pradesh is likely to withdraw the gazette notification issued last week transferring the Brahmin Welfare Corporation from endowments department to Backward Classes Welfare Department following protests from Brahmin groups.
The open tussle between YSR Congress party MP from Rajahmundry Margani Bharat and party MLA from Rajanagaram assembly constituency Jakkampudi Raja has at last reached the doorstep of party president and chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy in Tadepalli.
The much-awaited bypoll to the Huzurabad Assembly constituency in Telangana will be held on October 30.
The day-long Bharat Bandh called by Samyukta Kisan Morcha evoked contrasting response in the two Telugu states on Monday.
All these days, there has been an impression that YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy is maintaining friendly relationship with the Narendra Modi government at the Centre and is generally supporting the decisions taken by the Centre.
There was a big expectation on RK's interview with Sharmila for quite a few days.
