With elections to the state assembly just 16 months away, Andhra Pradesh chief minister and Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu has once again stepped up poaching the leaders from rival YSR Congress party in its own strongholds, in order to weaken the opposition.
Former minister Vadde Sobhanadreeshwar Rao, who was once a trusted lieutenant of Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, has turned hostile against the latter ever since he distanced himself from the party.
The sudden outburst from the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders in Andhra Pradesh against their political ally Telugu Desam Party and its president N Chandrababu Naidu in the last three days has surprised many.
The Telugu Desam Party in Telangana, which is already beleaguered with the large scale defection of its leaders and cadre into the Congress and the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, is set to receive yet another shock.
YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, who celebrated his 45th birthday on Thursday, received greetings from a surprising quarter – his bęte noire – Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu.
The ongoing unrest among the students in Osmania University has forced the Centre cancel the forthcoming prestigious event – the 105th edition of Indian Science Congress, to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 3, has been indefinitely postponed.
It has been more than three and a half years since the combined state of Andhra Pradesh has been bifurcated, but for the people of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad is still their home city.
Last week, the Andhra Pradesh cabinet approved the design for the assembly building of Amaravati prepared by London-based architects Norman Fosters and Partners.
Within two days of the Bharatiya Janata Party emerging victorious in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh elections, the party leaders in Andhra Pradesh have started raising their voice against their political ally Telugu Desam Party.
YSR Congress party leader from Kurnool and former MLC Silpa Chakrapani Reddy has made the things easy for party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy in the selection of candidate for the forthcoming elections to MLC seat under Kurnool Local Bodies constituency.
Telugu Desam Party MLA from Kakinada (rural) Pilli Anantalakshmi went into hiding once again.
The resurgence of the Congress party in the assembly elections in Gujarat is considered to be a wakeup call for the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi in Telangana, headed by chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.
Enthused by the victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, the party leaders in Andhra Pradesh have already started looking down upon their ally Telugu Desam Party.
It is going to be a hung assembly in Telangana in 2019 elections with no party going to get an absolute majority, if a survey doing rounds in social media circles since Monday morning is any indication.
As BJP suffered a short but decisive scare at the hands of the Congress during the Gujarat Assembly poll counting on Monday, noted film actor Prakash Raj has asked prime minister Narendra Modi to stop and introspect on the party's victory.
