With the elections to Telangana assembly just a month away, the opposition in the state seem to be still clueless with regard to forging a grand alliance or Maha Kootami to put up a common fight in the elections.
Dedicating the Statue of Unity of Sardar Vallabhai Patel to the nation, Narendra Modi said that had it not been for Sardar, Indians today would have needed a visa to visit Hyderabad.
From being a small-time comedian to becoming a big time producer, the evolution of Bandla Ganesh has been nothing short of phenomenal.
Chandrababu Naidu has reportedly got an assurance from Rahul Gandhi that if the Mahakutami comes to power in Telangana, then Nama Nageswar Rao (Chowdary) of Madhucon Group would be the Deputy Chief Minister.
Officers from Andhra Pradesh are no exception and one name that immediately comes to mind is Dr Jayaprakash Narayan who founded the Lok Satta Party and won as an MLA from Kukatpally.
The indifferent attitude of the Congress leadership in lifting the suspension on veteran Congress leader from Khammam Jalagam Prasada Rao, despite clearance by the party high command in Delhi, is going to cost the party heavily in the district.
Pawan Kalyan is busy travelling all over Andhra Pradesh, as part of his political campaign.
BJP has fielded Syed Shahezadi, a young Muslim woman, as its candidate from Chandrayangutta constituency in Hyderabad, to take on AIMIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi in the December 7 state assembly election.
The seat sharing among the partners of Maha Kootami or grand alliance of opposition parties in Telangana continues to be an unending saga.
The sudden visit of Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu to Delhi a couple of days ago in the name of meeting leaders of all opposition parties including Congress president Rahul Gandhi was only to divert the people’s attention from the murder attempt on YSRC president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy.
Telugu Desam Party founder-president and former chief minister N T Rama Rao’s widow Nandamuri Lakshmi Parvathi on Saturday staged a unique protest at her husband’s Samadhi, pleading him to take a “rebirth” in the state to save the Telugu people and uphold their self-respect.
If reports doing rounds in the social media circles are to be believed, former Congress minister Vatti Vasantha Kumar and former MP C Ramachandraiah are contemplating joining the Jana Sena Party headed by power star Pawan Kalyan.
Telangana Jana Samithi president Prof M Kodandaram was as popular as Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao during the movement for separate Telangana state. In the capacity of Telangana Joint Action Committee chairman, Kodandaram has become a known figure in the entire Telangana.
The Congress party in Andhra Pradesh is already down in the dumps after its debacle in the 2014 general elections.
Relations between the YSRCP and the TDP are at an all-time low following the assassination attempt on YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.
