
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Sunday dismissed Rajinikanth’s political entry as “media hype”, calling the actor “uneducated” and “corrupt”

Actor Rajinikanth on Sunday announced his political entry at an event here. Speaking at the Raghavendra marriage hall in Chennai, the superstar confirmed that he will contest next assembly polls.

Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s master plan of inviting Karnataka Transport Minister H M Revanna to the Golla Kuruma meeting in Hyderabad on Friday has dealt a big psychological blow to the Congress party in the state.

The multi-purpose Polavaram project on Godavari river has plunged into yet another crisis with Transstroy India Ltd, the main contractor for the prestigious Polavaram project, has virtually turned bankrupt.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not been showing any interest in giving an appointment to Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu for several months, notwithstanding the fact that the TDP is the political ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party and part of the NDA government.

Too many cooks spoil the broth- goes the saying. And YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy is understood to be going firmly by this proverb.

Top Maoist leader Jinugu Narasimha Reddy alias Jampanna, who recently surrendered to the Telangana police, is most likely to get into electoral politics, if the rumours doing rounds in the political circles are to be believed.

With the arrest of Madiga Reservation Porata Samithi president Manda Krishna Madiga and the unrest among the SCs creating a lot of trouble to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi government, chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has quickly moved his pawns to control the damage.

It looks like Telangana IT minister is seriously preparing ground for taking over as the next chief minister of Telangana in place of his father K Chandrasekhar Rao after 2019 elections.

As expected, the Telugu Desam Party has bagged the MLC seat from Kurnool district under local bodies’ quota unanimously with no contestants remaining in the fray after the last date of withdrawal of nominations on Friday.

At least a dozen YSR Congress party MLAs, who had defected to the Telugu Desam Party in the last two years, are in for big disappointment.

Telangana minister KTR has made an interesting comment about powerstar Pawan Kalyan. KTR had expressed his opinions during a chat with netizens.

Maverick Telugu Desam Party MP from Anantapur J C Diwakar Reddy has become a big headache for party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, who has been desperately trying to maintain the relationship with the Centre and retain the alliance with the BJP.

Surprising as it might sound, Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president N Raghuveera Reddy on Thursday announced that he will campaign for the Telugu Desam Party in 2019 assembly elections.

The alliance between the Telugu Desam Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party appears to be on rocks going by the recent developments, but according to former Congress MP from Rajahmundry Vundavalli Arun Kumar, the alliance will continue even during 2019 elections.