The announcement of schedule for the Lok Sabha and some state assemblies by the Election Commission of India on Sunday had been on cards, but what is shocking is the time given for the elections in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
Protests seeking special category status to Andhra Pradesh will greet Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he lands in this port city on Friday to address a public rally.
The report that Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is planning to do away with appointment of public relations officers for the minister in his cabinet has triggered a wide debate in the media circles in the state.
The visit of Congress president Rahul Gandhi to Tirupati to address a mega rally on February 22 is raising a lot of curiosity in the political observers, who are wondering as to what stand he would take on the Telugu Desam Party government in Andhra Pradesh headed by chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu.
If the reports doing rounds in a section of media are true, senior Telugu Desam Party leader and former union minister P Ashok Gajapathi Raju might quit the party sooner or later.
Yatra has been receiving positive response from all corners. Even the netizens verdict for the film was positive in the poll conducted by us.
It looks like Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy, the last chief minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh, is not interested in contesting the elections to either the Andhra Pradesh state assembly or Lok Sabha.
It is very common for political parties to collect funds from various sources. Starting with Bharatiya Janata Party, all the other parties including the Congress, the Communist parties, Telugu Desam Party, Jana Sena have to invariably depending on donations during the elections and regular party activities.
YSR Congress party, which has been getting closer to Telangana Rashtra Samithi in its attempt to float a federal front at the national level, has found fault with Trinamul Congress chief and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee for putting up a aggressive posture against the Centre.
At a time when the political atmosphere in Andhra Pradesh is turning hot with the elections fast approaching and main political parties – Telugu Desam Party and YSR Congress party stepping up their aggressive campaign, one person who is providing a comical relief to the people is evangelist and Praja Shanti Party president K A Paul.
TDP president and AP CM N Chandrababu Naidu seems to have no regard for the famous proverb 'Once bitten, twice shy'. The proverb says we should learnt lessons from the past and should not commit such mistakes in future.
In what can be considered a rude shock to Telugu Desam Party president and chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, former Union minister Kotla Suryaprakash Reddy on Tuesday took a complete U-turn on his plans to join the TDP.
The much-awaited agricultural investment support scheme from the Andhra Pradesh government headed by chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, on the lines of Rythu Bandhu of the Telangana government, has turned out be a big disappointment.
TDP president and AP CM N Chandrababu Naidu is leaving no stone unturned to beat YSRCP in upcoming AP Assembly polls.
Y S Bharathi, wife of YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, is likely to jump into electoral politics soon, if the talk going on in the party circles is to be believed.
