Any Party hopeful of coming to power or striking a chord with the public normally directs its attention to the misdeeds of the ruling Party.
Former chief secretary of Andhra Pradesh IYR Krishna Rao, who raised a banner of revolt against the Chandrababu Naidu government in the state, seems to be uncertain about his future plans – whether to join politics; and if he does, which party he would go with.
The TDP was stunned when Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Parliament that the TDP had walked into YS Jagan’s trap and subsequently made a mistake by severing ties with the NDA.
Perhaps for the first time, YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy came down heavily on power star and Jana Sena Party president Pawan Kalyan, who has stepped up his aggressive political campaign of late.
The short-notice discussion that took place in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday on the implementation of Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act has once again proved that it is absolutely a futile exercise by the Telugu Desam Party and other political parties to fight for the special category status to AP.
The biggest threat to a family in politics comes not from outside but within. This has been proved time and again in history.
When Pawan Kalyan launched his Jana Sena, he said he was starting his party to question the establishment and not for any power or posts. But recently, he revealed how Chandrababu Naidu had promised him a Rajya Sabha post and cheated him in 2014.
The no-confidence motion may have ended up as a win-win situation for both the BJP and the TDP.
Remember the television show Satyameva Jayate hosted by Aamir Khan which focused specifically on social issues of the nation?
Power makes all the difference. It gives a lot of power to even the small time leaders of the ruling party and they wield it on the weak people.
Pawan Kalyan once again visited the farers of Undavalli and other villages and asked the farmers not to give their lands to the government.
What we mean to say is that let us assume that the BJP actually wins a seat somewhere. You will then retire from politics and do what? The same thing that you are doing now.
For quite some time, maverick Telugu Desam Party MP from Anantapur J C Diwakar Reddy had been hinting at quitting at politics. He even boycotted the recent debate on no-confidence motion moved by the TDP against Narendra Modi government in Lok Sabha.
Retired Supreme Court Judge Jasti Chelameswar, who created a nation-wide uproar by leading a batch of four judges to revolt aganst Chief Justice of India Dipak Mishra a few months ago, seems to have joined the anti-Chandrababu Naidu bandwagon in Andhra Pradesh after his retirement.
When the Congress Working Committee adopted a resolution in July 2013 in favour of bifurcation of combined Andhra Pradesh to carve out separate Telangana state, the party hoped that it would get tremendous mileage in 2014 assembly elections in the new state.
