Not with standing the categorical assertion from the Bharatiya Janata Party leadership at the Centre that there is no question of granting special category status to Andhra Pradesh, YSR Congress party chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy does not want to give up the fight for SCS.
The two-day meeting convened by power star and Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan as part of fact-finding mission on the financial assistance given by the Centre to Andhra Pradesh is learnt to have proved disappointing for those who attended it.
The two-day meeting of the Joint Fact-finding Committee (JFC) convened by Jana Sena Party chief and actor Pawan Kalyan in Hyderabad has drawn a lot of criticism from the people of Andhra Pradesh.
For the Bharatiya Janata Party's supporters, the growing belief that the party is no longer as favourably placed as before must be both bewildering and disheartening. They must be wondering what could have gone wrong when the BJP was looking forward to
There have been several allegations by the Opposition parties on the criminal activities of the Telugu Desam Party leaders in the state.
The much-publicised meeting of the Joint Fact-finding Committee (JFC) called by Jana Sena Party president Pawan Kalyan to find out the truth in the claims and counter-claims of the Telugu Desam Party and Bharatiya Janata Party on the Central assistance to Andhra Pradesh appeared like a debate in television channel.
Andhra Pradesh minister for marketing and warehousing Ch Adinarayana Reddy, who is one of the 23 defectors from YSR Congress party into the Telugu Desam Party, has virtually exposed the ruling party’s drama over pulling out of the National Democratic Alliance in the Centre.
With almost all the political parties and organisations, particularly YSR Congress party, raising the pitch for Special Category Status to Andhra Pradesh, Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has gone on the defensive.
YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy on Thursday threw yet another challenge to his bęte noire – Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, virtually pushing him to the corner.
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh to file affidavits stating they are bound by the 1980 Godavari River Water Tribunal Award in terms of the Interstate River Water Disputes Act, 1956.
For the last few days, actor and Jana Sena Party president Pawan Kalyan is trying to create an impression among the people that he is fighting for the cause of Andhra Pradesh, especially with regard to achieving special category status to the state and implementation of promises made in AP Reorganisation Act.
Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan might not be a big politician, at least for now, but as an actor, he is one of the most popular persons in the Telugu film industry.
The self-respect of Telugus and the Telugu pride which had been the issues during the previous elections in the state have now once again come to the fore for the next elections.
Stung by the announcement made by YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy that his party MPs would resign from their posts if the Centre does not grant special category status by April 6, Telugu Desam Party president and chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is planning a counter-strategy.
For Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, industrial bigwigs and rich and mighty are more important than the common man.
