The YSR Congress party took the battle for Special Category Status (SCS) to national capital New Delhi with its MPs, MLAs and party leaders staging a demonstration at Parliament Street on Monday and courting arrest a few hours later.
It looks like power star and Jana Sena Party leader Pawan Kalyan has suddenly discovered that Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao is more daring and dashing chief minister than his Andhra Pradesh counterpart N Chandrababu Naidu.
It has not even been 48 hours since Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao mooted the proposal for floating a third political front in the country and his intention to play a big role in national politics, the media in Telangana has started kite-flying in a big way.
Andhra Pradesh government has finally come out officially with the demand for granting of special category status to the state.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has kicked up a storm in politics by floating the idea of a third alternative to the national parties – the Congress and the BJP in the form of a coalition of regional parties and demanding more powers to the states restricting the Centre to limited number of subjects.
Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana E S L Narasimhan suddenly rushed to New Delhi on Saturday, amidst reports that the Narendra Modi government has sought a ground report on the situation in the two states, particularly in Andhra Pradesh where the movement for special category status is picking up.
Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Capt N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Saturday accused Telangana Rashtra Samithi leader and IT minister K T Rama Rao of indulging in cheap politics by making baseless allegations.
Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is known for his pungent comments and rabble rousing speeches. But he is also known for turning a volte face and blatantly denying what he talks publicly despite having clear evidences.
Perhaps for the first time, power star and Jana Sena Party president Pawan Kalyan made some critical comments against Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, albeit in a mild manner.
If the figures calculated by the Joint Fact-finding Committee (JFC) constituted by Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan are taken into account, Andhra Pradesh is still supposed to get an amount of Rs 74,542 crore under various schemes and projects till now.
The budget session of Parliament will resume on March 5 (Monday) and the YSR Congress party has already started its move to take the battle to New Delhi demanding special category status to Andhra Pradesh
The sudden phone call from Bharatiya Janata Party national president Amit Shah to Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu after the TD parliamentary party meeting surprised everybody.
YSR Congress party has decided to continue the boycott of the Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly beginning on March 5 as was announced in the past in protest against the lack of action against the MLAs who had defected to the ruling Telugu Desam Party.
The Bharatiya Janata Party is learnt to have decided to pay the Telugu Desam Party in its own coin with regard to controversy over central assistance to Andhra Pradesh in the last three and a half years.
Former MLA from Darsi assembly constituency Buchepalli Siva Prasad Reddy, who has been staying away from the activities of YSR Congress party for quite some time citing personal reasons, is now back in action.
