The Congress party has found fault with Telangana Rashtra Samithi leader and IT minister K T Rama Rao for calling the opposition party leaders and activists are coming to Siricilla like tourists.
With elections to the Andhra Pradesh assembly less than 20 months to go, any election, whether it is for a local body or for a vacant assembly seat, is viewed as the people’s judgement to the performance of the ruling party.
Whenever there is an occasion, YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy challenges his rival Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu to asks the 21 MLAs who defected from the YSRC to the TDP to resign from their posts and contest the by-elections again.
Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member K V P Ramachandra Rao on Sunday came up with an interesting offer: he would fight for getting Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award of the country to Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu.
Purandareswari who moved from the Congress to the BJP hasn't managed to stake a claim in state BJP leadership.
When the Telangana movement was at peak between 2010 and 2013 or for that matter before 2004, people used to come in tens of thousands to the public meetings of Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao.
Now, it seems to be more or less clear that the big fish in the sensational drug peddling case in Hyderabad would go scot free and only small fried would be shown as culprits, that too, for the time being. And the case, which gained so much media attention, is all set to fizzle out.
On one hand, pro-Telugu Desam Party media houses have been highlighting the pungent and abusive comments of YSR Congress party leaders against TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu and other leaders, as if the latter are symbols of Gautama Buddha, maintaining utmost restraint.
YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, who kicked up a major political controversy by making inflammatory comments against his political rival Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, has softened his words on Saturday but continued his aggression in attacking the TDP chief.
Former union minister M Venkaiah Naidu is now the Vice President of India. He is no more a politician either actively or passively. But his heart is in Andhra Pradesh and his only worry seems to be that he would not be able to come to the rescue of his close friend and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu during the crisis period.
So, when Naidu’s son and Andhra Pradesh IT minister Nara Lokesh met Venkaiah in New Delhi a couple of days ago, Venkaiah is said to have shared his thoughts with him. He reportedly suggested some dos and don’ts in politics. “Now that I am the Vice President of India, I may not be able to talk to your father or you frequently and freely. But my blessings are always there with you and I will do my best to see that the TDP would get the best from the Centre,” he is learnt to have told Lokesh.
The Vice President made enquiries with Lokesh about the possible outcome of Nandyal by-elections and the plans of YSR Congress party which has now got the backing of political strategist Prashant Kishor.
Venkaiah told Lokesh that the best way to bridge the gap between the government and the party is to make frequent tours of villages and maintain good relations with the people. “Since you are Panchayat Raj minister, go on tours to rural areas as frequently as possible, attend to the personal needs of the people and closely monitor rural development schemes. You should create an impression that the government is focussed on villages,” Venkaiah told him.
Well, Venkaiah should first ensure that the BJP will continue its alliance with the TDP. Otherwise, Naidu will be shattered!
Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president Asaduddin Owaisi often claims himself to be the saviour of Muslims and only representatives of the minorities in Hyderabad.
The torture of Dalits and Backward Class people belonging to Nerella village of Rajanna Siricilla district in Telangana in the police custody in connection with the lorry burning case is said to have caused irreparable damage to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi.
With YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy going all out with his road shows in Nandyal to campaign for his party candidate Silpa Mohan Reddy in the ensuing by-elections, the Telugu Desam Party has completely gone on the defensive.
It is no doubt a matter of pride for the Telugu people that veteran leader and former Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu was sworn-in as the 15th Vice President of India on Friday.
Sounds absurd? But that is what TDP leader and Vijayawada MLA Jaleel Khan has appealed to Nandyal voters. This gentleman, who claimed to have done B Com with physics and maths, apparently does not know the election symbol of the TDP as he got elected on the YSR Congress party ticket.
