June 2 marks the completion of four years for the two Telugu states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
The Telugu Desam Party on Thursday gave a strong retort to the allegations levelled by Bharatiya Janata Party official spokesman and MP G V L Narasimha Rao on the submission of accounts for the funds released by the Centre under various schemes.
With every passing day, actor-turned-Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan is turning more and more aggressive in ripping apart the ruling Telugu Desam Party and even in making personal attacks on TDP president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu.
With the combined state of Andhra Pradesh getting divided to carve out Telangana state almost four years ago, both the states have looked for official symbols to represent their respective cultural identities.
Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu cannot escape from showing accounts for every rupee given by the Centre and cannot get away by making false allegations against the Bharatiya Janata Party.
We have seen the governments setting up commissions for women, minorities, SCs, STs and even OBCs for their welfare and also to prevent atrocities against these respective castes and communities.
Chandrababu Naidu often says that the strength of a political party is its cadre and he is absolutely right.
Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu might have thought he could take it easy with the Jana Porata Yatra of power star and Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan which started in Srikakulam district on May 20.
The people have lost their faith in Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu with regard to achieving special category status to the state and they do not believe Naidu is sincere in his fight against the Centre.
Power star and Jana Sena Party president Pawan Kalyan is not very much excited with the offer given by his nephew and young mega hero Ram Charan Teja that he would campaign for Jana Sena Party in the next assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh, if his uncle asks him.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for providing funds for a new capital Dholera for his home state of Gujarat while providing meagre funding for AP’s new capital of Amravati.
After bifurcation, it was widely expected that YS Jagan would come to power in Andhra Pradesh. However, in a major upset, Chandrababu Naidu stole the show at the last minute with his trump card Pawan Kalyan.
Lok Sabha member from Kurnool Butta Renuka seems to have got a firm assurance from Telugu Desam Party president and chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu that she would get the party ticket for Kurnool parliamentary seat in the next elections.
The ruling Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh has vowed to pull down the Bharatiya Janata Party government at the Centre in 2019 elections by bringing together all like-minded regional parties.
Suspense continues for at least one more week over the fate of five YSR Congress party MPs who submitted their resignations from their Lok Sabha membership to Speaker Sumitra Mahajan last month.
