Jana Sena which is promising to revolutionise politics seems to be going the way of all other political parties with internal squabbles and ‘commission culture’.
As expected, the announcement of the first list of 65 candidates by the Congress for the Telangana assembly elections triggered unrest in the aspirants who were denied tickets.
After initial no, it was yes and then, finally it ended up as no. This was the position as regards the contest of popular actress and former MP Vijayashanti.
Telangana Jana Samithi president Prof M Kodandaram, who has compromised on the number of seats allotted to his party as part of seat sharing in Maha Kootami, had to make yet another sacrifice for the big brother, the Congress party.
YSR Congress leaders and MPs on Monday met President Ramnath Kovind and submitted a memorandum seeking his intervention for ordering a judicial inquiry or a central agency investigation as the State Government has been trying to dilute October 25 attack on Leader of Opposition YS Jagan Mohan Reddy at Vizag airport.
A day after suggesting that the Bharatiya Janata Party may be dangerous because the Opposition thinks so, superstar Rajinikanth has clarified that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is actually stronger than the opposition combined.
The Congress Party is taking absolutely no chances given the tense atmosphere prevailing regarding the allocation of tickets.
Every electronic voting machine will have a ballot paper stuck on it with names of contestants and the elections symbols allotted to them, so that the voter could identify his favourite candidate with the help of the symbol and pressure the button opposite to it.
It is now official. Janipalli Srinivas, who made an attempt on the life of YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy with a sharp knife at Visakhapatnam airport on October 25, did not have permission to enter into the airport longue.
People who would be participating in the marathon padayatra of YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy would be missing a big opportunity hereafter: taking selfies with the leader.
The process for conducting elections to the Telangana assembly began on Monday with the issuance of an official gazette notification by the Election Commission authorities and the filing of nominations has commenced at 11 am.
It has been more than two decades since Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu usurped power from his father-in-law and TDP founder N T Rama Rao in a midnight coup.
The devastating Cyclone Titli wreaked havoc in Srikakulam in October and Telugu Desam Party government headed by chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu had to incur the wrath of the people for failing to predict the magnitude of the cyclone and also for poor relief works.
Bharatiya Janata Party national official spokesman and Rajya Sabha member G V L Narasimha Rao, who has become a thorn in the flesh of Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu of late, is all set to trouble the latter once again.
It is extremely significant that in all of Chandrababu Naidu’s meetings with prominent regional political party heads or national politicians, missing in action is his once-favourite Sujana Chowdary.
