
If the NDA government at the Centre has its way, the assembly seats in both the Telugu states – Telangana and Andhra Pradesh – will go up substantially very soon.

The defeat of YSR Congress party candidate Y S Vivekanand Reddy in the just concluded MLC elections under local bodies’ quota has come as a rude shock to many.

The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) has finally realised the importance of the social media in reaching out to the maximum number of people and counter the attack from the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi.

The Congress party has strongly condemned MIM president Asaduddin Owaisi for blaming secular parties, including Congress, for the victory of Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

The highhanded behaviour of the ruling Telugu Desam Party in the state assembly seems to have gone to new heights, so much so that the ministers have been questioning the opposition MLAs for leaving the house even to attend nature’s calls.

The Opposition YSR Congress party on Tuesday served notice seeking to move a Privilege Motion against Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu for his “derogatory” comments against the YSRC legislators.

The other day, firebrand YSR Congress party MLA from Nagari R K Roja has alleged that the ruling Telugu Desam Party leaders, particularly chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, is hell bent on ruining her political career by conspiring to get her suspended for one more year.

Chief minister Chandrababu Naidu's slip of the tongue during the heated debate in the Assembly on Monday came as a shocker to the ruling TDP.

Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao was very much interested in having an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party and make his party a partner in the NDA. But, he dropped the idea following an advice from his party MPs.

Apparently enthused by the victory of the Telugu Desam Party in the MLC elections, particularly in Kadapa – the fiefdom of YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu declared that his next target would be capturing the Pulivendula assembly constituency represented by Jagan.

Actor Prabhas underwent noticeable physical transformation for portraying the two generations of the fictional character Baahubali, father Amarendra and son Mahendra, in SS Rajamouli's series of epic filmsBaahubali: The Beginning and Baahubali: The Conclusion.

The YSR Congress party has thrown a challenge to Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, who has claimed victory for the TDP in the MLC elections in the districts dominated by YSR Congress party.

Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has once again proved his expertise in purchase of votes of the opposition parties, as is evident from the just concluded MLC elections under the local bodies’ quota.

In a rude shock to YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, the Telugu Desam Party grabbed the MLC seat under local bodies’ constituency in Kadapa district, considered to be the stronghold of the YSR family.

Priest-turned politician Yogi Adityanath, 44, who was on Sunday sworn in as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, now joins Trivendra Singh Rawat, 56, (Uttarakhand), M L Khattar, 62 ,(Haryana), Sarbananda Sonowal, 54, (Assam) and 70-year-old BJD chief Naveen Patnaik (Odisha) in the league of singletons running state governments.