Revolutionary actor and producer R Narayana Murthy is a unique character in film industry. Though he played several characters exposing the ruling class, he never showed any interest in entering active politics, though he has connections with political parties and leaders.
The demise of veteran Telugu film director and former union minister of state for coal and mines Dasari Narayana Rao was a big blow to the entire Telugu film industry; and more particularly, to the makers of small-budget films.
Surprising as it might sound, Telangana Telugu Desam Party legislator from Kodangal constituency in Mahbubnagar district A Revanth Reddy has turned out to be the most popular leader among the party cadre in both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states, perhaps much more than the party boss N Chandrababu Naidu and his son Nara Lokesh.
If media moghul Ch Ramoji Rao revolutionised the Telugu media with his Eenadu Telugu daily taking it to every nook and corner of the state, it was Dasari Narayana Rao who set a new trend in taking the media to the door step of the common man.
The recent visit of BJP president Amit Shah to Telangana to take on TRS president KCR and his subsequent luncheon meeting with TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu made one wonder whether the BJP has shut the doors on the new allies in the Telugu states – TRS in Telangana and YSR Congress party in Andhra Pradesh.
Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has made all out efforts to pamper Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah during the latter’s visit to Vijayawada in a desperate bid to ensure that the TDP-BJP alliance will remain intact, but he still seems to be sceptical about the possibility of continuing the alliance.
Andhra Pradesh minister for roads and buildings Chintakayala Ayyanna Patrudu is a no nonsense leader in the Telugu Desam Party.
The sensational multi-crore Miyapur land scam has shaken the Telangana state politics, as it is considered to be one of the biggest scams ever surfaced in the state, if not the country.
The Telangana Congress leaders might be on cloud nine over the arrival of their party national vice president Rahul Gandhi to the state on June 1, the eve of Telangana formation day, but sceptics doubt whether he would be able to make any impact on the party’s prospects in the next elections.
Telugu Desam Party general secretary and Andhra Pradesh IT minister Nara Lokesh has drawn flak from the YSR Congress party for throwing challenge to Leader of the Opposition Y S Jaganmohan Reddy for a debate on corruption charges against them.
Mahanadu, the biennial mega mela of the Telugu Desam Party, concluded in Visakhapatnam on Monday evening, might have been claimed as “mother of all mahanadus” by party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, but media persons who covered the event described it as the dullest one they had ever seen.
Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday said his son Karti Chidambaram, against whom the CBI and ED have filed cases, never met any official connected with the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) nor did he influence the board by corrupt or illegal means.
If someone criticizes a government for its inefficiency, is it an attack against the people of that State? If someone criticizes Chandrababu Naidu or the TDP government, is it an attack on the Andhras?
At the 'Mahanadu' in Visakhapatnam, CM Chandrababu Naidu made two statements to his cadre which is evidence of the fact that he is betraying the party as well with false information and propaganda.
The BJP will not get a single seat in the Telangana assembly elections in 2019 while the Congress will get two, says a survey conducted on behalf of Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao.
