The results of the Kakinada Municipal Corporation elections, counting for which is taking place on Friday, are on the expected lines, with the Telugu Desam Party-Bharatiya Janata Party combine sweeping the polls with over two-thirds majority.
After keeping away from Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu for quite some time, his brother-in-law and TDP politburo member Nandamuri Harikrishna is said to be once again to come closer to Naidu.
There is no dearth of rumours in political circles these days. Especially after the advent of social media, there has been absolutely no control over these gossips and speculations. Of course, most of these speculations are harmless but just figments of imagination.
The Telugu Desam Party leadership might be under the impression that the YSR Congress party has become beleaguered after its defeat in the recent by-elections to Nandyal assembly seat and its leaders would make a beeline to the TDP in the coming days.
The sudden meeting of popular television and programme anchor Udaya Bhanu with Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Wednesday raised many eyebrows.
Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Capt N Uttam Kumar Reddy reiterated the allegation that the Agriculture Leadership Award being conferred by the Indian Council for Food & Agriculture (ICFA), an organization of dubious background, on Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao was totally fake.
Stunned by the rumours in a section of media as well as social media, obviously closer to the ruling Telugu Desam Party circles, the YSR Congress party leaders are forced to issue statements declaring their loyalty to their party and president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy.
Pawan Kalyan's full-time foray into politics has been a topic of discussion for past couple of years.
It is still 20 months to go for the next general elections in Telangana, but the Bharatiya Janata Party has decided to start preparations well in advance.
Strike the iron when it is hot – goes the adage. Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu appears to be following this saying to hit YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy below the belt.
For the last two days, actress and firebrand YSR Congress party MLA R K Roja is desperately trying hard to prove her loyalty and commitment to the party and its president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, apparently to counter the reports that some of her own party leaders are trying to hold her responsible for the party’s defeat in Nandyal by-elections.
The victory of Telugu Desam Party candidate Bhuma Brahmanand Reddy in Nandyal by-elections with a huge majority of over 27,000 votes seems to have enhanced the image of Bhuma Akhila Priya, daughter of late Bhuma Nagi Reddy, whose death necessitated the by-elections.
Apparently realising that YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy has to put extra efforts to take on Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu in the next elections, political strategist Prashant Kishor, who was hired by Jagan to work out election strategies, is learnt to have come up with an innovative idea.
The Hyderabad high court on Tuesday took serious note of the callousness of the Chandrababu Naidu government in Andhra Pradesh for failing to respond to its direction for submission of a counter in connection with the withdrawal of criminal cases against several TDP leaders.
Firebrand actress-turned-YSR Congress party legislator R K Roja, known for her loud-mouth and aggressive comments against the rivals, went into a shell soon after the results for Nandyal by-election were announced on Monday afternoon.
