Andhra Pradesh endowments minister P Manikyala Rao is a member of the Chandrababu Naidu cabinet. Therefore, he is bound by the collective responsibility of the council of ministers. Whatever he says, it is construed as the opinion of the entire cabinet.
At a time when the political leaders and people of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are fuming at the Centre for doing gross injustice to both the Telugu states in the Union budget introduced on Thursday, one man who is expecting to change the politics of the states has not uttered a single word so far.
The disproportionate assets and money laundering case filed by Enforcement Directorate against YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy seems to be fizzling out as one after the other is getting the relaxation from the court.
At a time when every Telugu Desam Party MP and minister is bringing pressure on party president and chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu to break the alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party, finance minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu seems to be opposed to the idea.
The YSR Congress party leadership is said to be in second thoughts over forging alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party in the next general elections scheduled to be held in April/May, 2019.
Is Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu really serious on quitting the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) or is he just enacting a drama to fool the people?
In a full-frontal attack on the Centre, Telugu Desam Party (TDP), which is an ally of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), expressed its unhappiness and discontent after Andhra Pradesh did not appear in the two-hour long budget speech of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
After much dilly dallying, Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu finally cleared the name of Putta Sudhakar Yadav senior TDP leader from Mydukuru in Kadapa district, as the new chairman of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams trust board.
The ruling Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh is likely to end up being in the opposition party with just 50 per cent of its present strength in the next assembly elections, if one were to go by the latest survey purportedly done by former Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal.
The way the Telugu Desam Party reacted to the Union budget presented by finance minister Arun Jaitely made one wonder whether the party would say bye-bye to National Democratic Alliance soon.
The other day, Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has hinted that his party is ready to face the early elections if held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections.
It looks like prominent industrialist, philanthropist from Nellore Vemireddy Prabhakar Reddy is paying a price for defecting from Telugu Desam Party to YSR Congress party.
Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu appears to have realised that he cannot take up construction of official buildings on a permanent basis in Amaravati for obvious reasons.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi MP from Nizamabad and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s daughter Kalvakuntla Kavitha is said to be evincing interest in playing a bigger role in the state after 2019 elections.
It is often said the Congress party does not need any enemies to fight with it. It has enough enemies within itself, who attack the party when it is just getting stronger.
