Consumption of liquor became a talking point in the Telangana state assembly on Monday, following the attempts of the Congress MLAs to disrupt the address of Governor E S L Narasimhan on the occasion of the budget session.
If the Telangana government has its way, former minister and Congress MLA from Nalgonda Komatireddy Venkat Reddy might get the suspension from the assembly for one full year, for his alleged unruly behaviour causing injuries to Legislative Council chairman K Swamy Goud.
The selection of sitting Telugu Desam Party MP C M Ramesh for a second term in the Rajya Sabha elections by party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu may not be a big surprise for many and in fact, he was an expected choice.
Like his Andhra Pradesh counterpart N Chandrababu Naidu, Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao also sprang a major surprise in the selection of candidates for the ensuing Rajya Sabha elections.
In what was a rather sarcastic dig at Chandra Babu and his past involvement in 'note for vote' case, opposition leader and YSRCP president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy made some interesting comments during a public meeting in Chirala.
They said we don’t need special status and we were silent. Now, they are asking for it again. Should we go and lick their armpits again?
The Telugu Desam Party has decided to field two candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections and has dropped the move to field a third candidate.
The Telugu Desam Party has the chance to win just two seats in the Rajya Sabha elections in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on March 23, if there is a contest. But more than a dozen candidates from all communities and castes are in race for the two seats.
YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy announced a couple of days ago that his party would join hands with any party or front that would grant special category status to Andhra Pradesh.
Despite knowing fully well that it does not have enough strength in the Telangana state assembly, the Congress party is still trying its luck in the Rajya Sabha elections.
There is every need for the corruption being indulged in by the State government to come down, said IYR Krishna Rao, former Chief Secretary of the Andhra Pradesh Government.
Now that the Telugu Desam Party has almost come out of the National Democratic Alliance at the Centre, TDP president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has no inhibitions now to talk whatever he wants against the Centre.
Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is learnt to have dropped the plan for fielding a third candidate for the Rajya Sabha elections.
With elections approaching, the entire system is gearing up for election time. Already, there are a lot of changes happening in the background and one can see political leaders and parties tilting towards one agenda or the other.
If the reports coming from the Telugu Desam Party sources are to be believed, party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu might respond to the friendly hand extended by the Congress party to the TDP.
