Telangana election results are unfolding, and the current trend appears favorable for the Congress.
Tension continued between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh at the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam on Saturday following the action of Andhra Pradesh police in the early hours of November 30, while a key meeting called by Union Jal Shakti Ministry has been postponed to December 6 in view of the counting of votes in Telangana on Sunday.
In the realm of Andhra Pradesh politics, the Reddy and Kamma communities emerge as rivals due to their significant influence within the YSRCP and TDP, respectively. Against this backdrop, here is an interesting piece of news.
According to hearsay, firmly believing that the Congress would secure more than 65 seats in the recently concluded Telangana elections, the Congress high command has reportedly reserved popular farmhouse in Karnataka.
As the political heat is gradually picking up in Andhra Pradesh, the Telugu Desam Party led by former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu and Jana Sena Party led by power star Pawan Kalyan who have already announced formation of an alliance, stepped up the negotiations for seat sharing.
YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy’s ambitious plan of shifting his camp office from Tadepalli to Visakhapatnam seems to be jinxed once again.
The Bhuma family, which has been treating Allagadda and Nandyal areas as its virtual fiefdom, has received a rude shock with the Telugu Desam Party leadership appointing senior minority leader and former minister N M D Farookh as the in-charge of Nandyal assembly constituency.
There is a significant amount of betting activity in Andhra Pradesh with regard to Telangana Assembly elections.
As campaigning came to a close in Telangana by Wednesday evening, after three weeks of high-pitch campaign for the assembly elections, political analysts, media persons and independent political observers who had whirlwind tours of different parts of the state are still struggling to understand the real mood of the people.
Almost all pre-poll surveys have favored the Congress party in the upcoming state assembly elections, and party leaders are confident about their chances of coming to power.
The political scenario in the YCP of Sattenapally is intriguing. Minister Ambati Rambabu, representing this area, is currently grappling with internal issues within his own party.
Telangana Chief Minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president, K Chandrasekhar Rao, is reportedly feeling disheartened in the last two days as intelligence reports from the battleground indicate unfavorable conditions for the party in the upcoming assembly elections.
We are aware of how NTR used to adhere to astrology, sentiments and religious rituals during his political journey.
As the election campaign intensifies in Telangana ahead of the November 30 polling, major political parties in the state are strategically appealing to caste groups to garner last-minute support.
TDP General Secretary Nara Lokesh has been notably absent from public view lately. He is currently residing in Hyderabad and has refrained from engaging with party leaders.