With Union home minister Rajnath Singh throwing up his hands on increasing the number of assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states and throwing the ball into the court of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it is a tricky situation for both Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu and Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.
As expected, the Andhra Pradesh police did not allow former minister and Kapu strongman Mudragada Padmanabham to take out his much publicised 'Chalo Assembly' padayatra from his Kirlampudi residence in East Godavari to Amaravati on Wednesday.
Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu often boasts of constructing the world-class capital city Amaravati.
It looks like Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is losing confidence of winning the by-elections in Nandyal assembly constituency in Kurnool district, notwithstanding crores of rupees he is spending in the name of development.
A tense atmosphere is prevailing in the Konaseema area of East Godavari district as former minister and Kapu strongman Mudragada Padmanabham is all set to launch his padayatra from the early hours of Wednesday.
Social media is a huge platform for getting attention of the people and also seeking vast publicity. For politicians, this is the best medium to attract people.
Maverick film director Ram Gopal Varma, who shot his mouth off on the ongoing interrogation of film personalities by the Special Investigation Team of the Telangana excise and enforcement department in connection with their alleged links with drug peddlers, is at it once again.
The Telangana Rashtra Samithi government has turned Telangana into a "den of drug abuse and peddling" by adopting an "open-gate" excise policy.
If the reports coming from New Delhi are to be believed, Telugu states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana would get a woman Governor very soon.
The interrogation of a dozen film personalities from Tollywood in connection with their alleged links with the drug peddling racket is like hunting for small fish, leaving the big sharks.
The hectic lobbying by Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu and his Telangana counterpart K Chandrasekhar Rao with the Centre notwithstanding, the Bharatiya Janata Party leadership is said to be not keen on increasing the number of assembly seats in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
TRS leader and minister for IT and industries K T Rama Rao, who is celebrating his 41st birthday in a simple manner on Monday, received birthday greetings from surprising quarters – Telugu Desam Party general secretary and Andhra Pradesh IT minister Nara Lokesh.
Some issues happen at one time, become top news and they fade away from memories of people. Then suddenly, the issue shoots back into limelight. Such is the case of TRS government's Toyota deal.
D Srinivas who was advisor to TRS, gave up his post and moved to Rajya Sabha. However, ever since the ex-Congressman went to RS, talk is that he has been drifting away from TRS.
Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is trying every trick to win the by-elections in Nandyal, since a defeat in this election would demoralise the party and establish the anti-establishment sentiment in the entire state.
