Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s decision to construct the state secretariat at Bison Polo grounds in Secunderabad does not seem to have the support of the people of Hyderabad.
For the last one day, social media had been agog with rumours that firebrand YSR Congress party legislator from Nagari R K Roja had been taken into custody by the police in Kuwait city in the Gulf.
If Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has his way, the by-elections to Nalgonda Lok Sabha constituency would be held in the month of November or December.
Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s statement that the state was not getting the promised funds from the Centre for various projects on time has angered the Bharatiya Janata Party leadership in New Delhi.
It has been a very long time since one has heard about former minister D L Ravindra Reddy, once a powerful leader in Kadapa district. After the Congress lost its ground in Andhra Pradesh following the bifurcation of combined state, DLR has virtually gone into oblivion.
The way the Telangana government sought to showcase Bathukamma festival in a big way for the sake of world records and show put-up, rather than celebrating its spirit came in for some sharp criticism from the people of Telangana in social media.
Quite often, Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao says his state is the richest in the country and that his government is revenue surplus.
Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is known for taking firm decisions. But these days, he seems to be hesitating to take political decisions, may be out of confusion or lack of confidence over his own decisions.
Has YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy made a mistake by giving political rehabilitation to so-called senior leaders like Botsa Satyanarayana and Dharmana Prasada Rao, who enjoyed all big positions in the Congress regime?
It is an open secret that the Telugu Desam Party has almost been wiped out in Telangana. Except a couple of MLAs, there are hardly any leaders left in the party at present and there have been absolutely no programmes or plans for the party in Telangana.
The Singareni Collieries trade union elections scheduled to be held on October 5 have become very prestigious for both the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi and the opposition parties, as they are considered to be a sort of semi-final for the 2019 general elections.
The Andhra Pradesh government has no money in the kitty to pay even dearness allowance arrears to its employees, leave alone paying the arrears of the Pay Revision Commission (PRC). With great difficulty, it could pay September salary for the staff, just a day before Dasara festival on Thursday.
Ever since he was dropped from the Chandrababu Naidu cabinet early this year, former Andhra Pradesh Social Welfare Minister Ravela Kishore Babu has been creating embarrassing moments for the Telugu Desam Party leadership and whenever there was an opportunity, he is taking a dig at the party, without of course naming Naidu.
There seems to more to the postponement of YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy’s padayatra than what meets the eye.
Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu had a brief halt in New Delhi a couple of days ago while returning from his Mussorie.
