The Congress party does not want to lose any opportunity that would help it pull down the Telangana Rashtra Samithi from power in 2019 assembly elections, even it required forging an alliance with the Telangana unit of Telugu Desam Party.
After making his party leaders clarify the party’s stand on the Kapu reservations controversy for three days, YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy finally sought to put the records straight at Pithapuram public meeting, thereby undoing the damage his earlier statement at Jaggampeta had done.
With the demand for Kapu reservations once again snowballing into a major political issue following the recent statement by YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, power star and Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan has come under pressure to disclose his stand on the issue.
Lambasting Chandrababu Naidu, TDP and his friendly media for distorting his statement, YSR Congress President YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has resolutely said that he stands for reservations to Kapus and has announced a bounty for the communities welfare while the State Government has cheated them by going back on poll promises.
YS Jagan, Chandrababu Naidu, Mudragada Padmanabham and the Kapu reservations issue. Chandrababu had promised to give reservation to the Kapus in2014.
Every political party needs one specific issue as trump card for any election. In 2014, it was the separate state and Telangana pride against so-called Andhra domination that was KCR’s chief platform.
Social activists Sandeep Pandey and Ramakrishnam Raju have expressed surprise at over 30 schemes in Andhra Pradesh being named after persons belonging to one family.
We have seen how TDP MP Murali Mohan made Lord Venkateswara Swamy, a Kamma and by association, a TDP worker.
Very soon, Bengaluru, the capital city of Karnataka, will have a Telangana Bhavan for the local Telugus to have their get-togethers and celebrate their activities.
Former Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal, who gained popularity as Andhra Octopus for his near accurate pre-election surveys, is getting ready for conducting a final survey on the possible outcome of the 2019 assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
Bharatiya Janata Party official spokesman and Rajya Sabha member G V L Narasimha Rao, who hit the national headlines with his hard-hitting speech in the Upper House the other day, served a privilege notice against Telugu Desam Party leaders on Monday.
YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy's statement refusing to commit himself on securing reservations to Kapu community in education and employment has landed his party leaders from the community in deep trouble.
Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is a shrewd politician who does not want to let go any opportunity that comes his way to gain political mileage on any issue.
The statement made by YSR Congress party president and leader of opposition in Andhra Pradesh assembly Y S Jaganmohan Reddy on the most contentious Kapu reservations issue has become a hot political issue across the state.
For saying that reservation to Kapu community comes under the purview of the Centre, Mudragada Padmanabham came down heavily on YS Jagan.
