Wisdom seems to have dawned upon Telangana Rashtra Samithi leader and IT minister K T Rama Rao at last. Though KTR looks a simple politician, he loves to enjoy the attention of people and get the publicity.
The ruling Telugu Desam Party appears to be facing a very uncomfortable situation in Nandyal, which is going for by-elections shortly. After the exit of former minister Shilpa Mohan Reddy from the TDP to join the YSR Congress
With popular political strategist Prashant Kishor officially taking over as the consultant for YSR Congress party for the next elections, hectic activity is being witnessed in the party these days in all the assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is hand in glove with Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu in delaying the construction of Polavaram project and diluting the entire project profile.
The so-called investigation by the Special Investigation Team of police constituted by the Chandrababu Naidu government into the sensational Visakhapatnam land scam has been dubbed as a mere eyewash by the opposition parties, since it has been confined only to tampering of land records to grab precious lands, rather than illegal encroachment of lands.
The unprecedented action being taken by the Telangana government on the drug peddling racket in the last few days has shaken the entire state.
Notwithstanding the overtures by the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi to the Bharatiya Janata Party by supporting the NDA on issues like note ban, GST and election of the president and the vice president, the Telangana BJP has made it clear that it would fight against the TRS bitterly in 2019.
Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu and his Telangana counterpart K Chandrasekhara Rao are said to be facing severe opposition from Dalits in the rural areas following the high handed behaviour of the officials and the police.
With YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy announcing that he would embark upon a six-month long 3,000-km padayatra from October 27, there seems to be sudden movement in the cases filed against him by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with the alleged quid pro quo deals.
It looks like Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu's ambition of completing the Polavaram project on Godavari river before the next elections is turning out to be difficult with more and more hurdles coming in the way.
Senior Congress leader and AICC in-charge of Andhra and Telangana affairs Digvijay Singh always wants to be news with his controversial remarks, rather than focussing on improving the party position in the Telugu states.
YSR Congress party on Wednesday demanded that assembly speaker Kodela Sivaprasada Rao disqualify all the 20 MLAs who had crossed over from YSRC to the Telugu Desam Party, in the wake of the High Court notices to four defectors who were taken into the cabinet.
In a sudden and surprising move, domestic airliner IndiGo on Wednesday revoked its ban imposed on maverick Telugu Desam Party MP J C Diwakar Reddy from flying on its flights. The ban has been lifted with immediate effect.
The 'elevation' of former union minister M Venkaiah Naidu to the post of Vice-President of India is expected to change the dynamics of Andhra Pradesh politics.
With womenfolk across Andhra Pradesh revolting against the government for liberalising liquor sales in its latest excise policy resulting in mushrooming of belt shops (unauthorised liquor shops), the Chandrababu Naidu government has decided to launch a crackdown on these belt shops.
