Even as the talk of Bharatiya Janata Party trying to grow independently in Andhra Pradesh by next elections is gaining ground gradually, Union minister for information and broadcasting M Venkaiah Naidu added fuel to fire by rapping Telugu Desam Party president
Notwithstanding the opposition from people of Andhra Pradesh, Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is firm on acknowledging June 2 as the formation of the residual Andhra Pradesh.
In what is considered to be a rude shock to TDP president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, the BJP has chosen Visakhapatnam for holding its national executive committee meetings in July this year.
After giving much hype to the proposed metro rail project connecting Vijayawada and new capital of Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu seems to have backtracked on the project for reasons known only to him.
It looks like TDP president and Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu is taking all precautions to ensure that his friendship with the Bharatiya Janata Party and Jana Sena Party will remain intact, so that he would be in a safe zone in the next elections.
Even as the entire Telugu film industry and even media world was deeply condoling the demise of legendary director Dasari Narayana Rao, his elder daughter-in-law Susheela kicked up a controversy raising doubts over his death.
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.
