The issuance of notices to senior Congress leader and All India Congress Committee (AICC) treasurer Ahmed Patel by the Income Tax department recently in connection with alleged transfer of Rs 400 crore to the party from Andhra Pradesh has created ripples in the political circles.
The agitation by the farmers of Amaravati, in protest against the YSR Congress party government’s decision to form three capitals for the state with administrative capital being shifted to Visakhapatnam, entered 63rd day on Tuesday.
It is an open secret that the media in Andhra Pradesh, especially electronic media, is virtually divided on political lines.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao seems to have decided to go all out against the Narendra Modi government in the Centre, instead of displaying a nonchalant attitude.
Megastar Chiranjeevi is likely to get back into active politics and might even get into the Narendra Modi cabinet soon, if speculations doing rounds in political circles are to be believed.
Some senior politicians in AP seems to be suffering from psychological disorder. That is for one single reason – the over assessment of Chandrababu Naidu and under assessment of Jaganmohan Reddy.
The Andhra Pradesh government took serious note of Reuters story of “Kia motors contemplating to move its plant out of Andhra Pradesh.”
YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy will overcome all the hurdles in his progress in power and will have a smooth sailing hereafter.
Notwithstanding the high court directions and agitation by farmers of Amaravati, the YSR Congress party government headed by chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy is making preparations quietly for shifting the administrative capital of Andhra Pradesh from Amaravati to Visakhapatnam.
If a legislator from any political party defies the party whip or party orders, he will be immediately sacked from the party.
There is a proverb in Telugu: “Ninda munigina vaaniki chali enduku” (Why would one feel cold, when he is already neck-deep in waters?). This aptly suits for power star and Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan.
In any democratically-elected government in any state, it is the ruling party which takes the policy decisions, but the implementing authorities are bureaucrats who always call the shots in the government.
The YSR Congress party government’s decision to go in for land pooling in Visakhapatnam for providing house sites for the weaker sections housing scheme is running into controversy.
The absence of as many as 18 MLAs belonging to ruling YSR Congress party during the voting on crucial resolution introduced in the Andhra Pradesh assembly on abolition of state legislative council on Monday evening is learnt to have angered chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy.
A woman reporter of a popular Telugu television channel reporter working in the national capital of Delhi has suddenly lost her job, according to a report doing rounds in the media circles.