Maverick evangelist K A Paul, who was in a virtual oblivion for several years, has been back in the news for the last few days, particularly taking pot shots at Telugu Desam Party general secretary and newly-inducted minister in Andhra Pradesh cabinet Nara Lokesh.
Political circles in Andhra Pradesh are agog with rumours that Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has asked the four newly-inducted ministers, who belong to the YSR Congress party but defected to the TDP in the past, to resign from their assembly membership and contest the by-elections again.
Land for tiller – was once a famous slogan, mostly popular among the Communists. Media baron Cherukuri Ramoji Rao was also a hard core Communist activist.
11 Ministers took oath at the Secretariat in Velagapudi on Sunday. Normally, the oath is administered in the name of God but legislators can also take oath in the name of their conscience.
Media has been carrying reports of how Nandamuri Balakrishna hugged Nara Lokesh after the latter took oath as MLC and how the entire family of Balakrishna made it to the swearing-in ceremony of Lokesh.
Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) President Capt. N. Uttam Kumar Reddy has accused the TRS Government of trying to influence media coverage of various events or incidents in Telangana State.
Chandrababu Naidu's good friend Pawan Kalyan always advocates honesty and clean politics. He gives the impression of speaking from the heart in a society which operates according to the mind.
Telangana Minister for Cinematography and Commercial Taxes Talasani Srinivasa Yadav, who continues to be the Telugu Desam Party member despite defecting to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi two and a half years ago, has now got the excellent opportunity to take on his former boss, TDP president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu.
In a letter to the Governor, Jagan said the four ministers – Sujaya Krishna Ranga Rao, N Amarnath Reddy, Bhuma Akhila Priya and Ch Adinarayana Reddy – were elected on YSR Congress party B form and later defected to the TDP along with 17 others without resigning from their posts.
After keeping silent for a couple of months, former minister and Kapu strongman Mudragada Padmanabham is back in action with his attack on Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu.
We have heard of all-party meetings conducted by the governments, which invite representatives of all political parties in the assembly for deliberations before taking crucial decisions on issues of public importance.
Analysts have predicted that those TDP MLAs who have been denied a place in the cabinet reshuffle might gravitate towards the YSRCP.
Vijayawada Central MLA Bonda Uma Maheswara Rao is always in the news for the wrong reasons.
A university is called a temple of learning and not without reason as it is supposed to impart and inculcate the best values in students. There is sanctity to the university and its ambience.
Ever since Ganta Srinivasa Rao joined the TDP and was made Minister, there has been a power struggle between him and another TDP Minister Ayyanna Patrudu.
