During the recent agitation in Tamil Nadu over the Jalikattu ban, the protesting Tamil youth found an unlikely savior in Salman Khan.
With just a little over two years left for the next assembly elections, the Congress party in Telangana has realised that it has to step up its gears to capitalise on the gradual anti-establishment atmosphere building up in the state.
Power star and Jana Sena Party president Pawan Kalyan, who has been making angry and strong comments in support of special category status for Andhra Pradesh, is strangely confined to social media, instead of taking a plunge into direct action against the Centre and the state governments.
It looks like there is some sort of undeclared emergency prevailing in Andhra Pradesh, with chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu giving strict instructions to police not to allow any kind of agitations and rallies.
Union minister of state for science and technology Y S Chowdary aka Sujana Chowdary made some derogatory comments against the youth who have spontaneously responded to the call for a silent rally at Rama Krishna beach in Visakhapatnam on Thursday to demand special category status for Andhra Pradesh.
Firebrand actress-turned-YSR Congress party MLA R K Roja on Thursday came down heavily on Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu for denying permission to hold a silent rally at Rama Krishna beach in Visakhapatnam demanding special category status to Andhra Pradesh.
As of now, it is a one-man show. Jana Sena party has neither an office address known to the people nor cadre unless one can consider fans of Pawan Kalyan as cadre of Jana Sena as well.
In a surprising development, Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has walked out of the cabinet meeting convened by him at the Velagapudi Secretariat on Wednesday.
After doing the bhajan of Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao for over two years, the media persons in Telangana have started raising their voice against him for treating them like dirt.
Telugu Desam Party MLA from Denduluru Chintamaneni Prabhakar is known for his aggressive behavior and foul-mouth character.
The panel of Chief Ministers led by Chandrababu Naidu submitted its report to the government on ways and means to usher in a cashless economy.
The Chandrababu Naidu government in Andhra Pradesh has been denying permission to former minister and Kapu strongman Mudragada Padmanabham to take out padayatra or indefinite fast periodically to highlight the Kapu reservation issue and arresting him whenever he makes such an attempt, without realizing that it would only strengthen the Kapu movement.
How can Jalikattu be compared to special status, fumed Chandrababu Naidu at reporters after his return from Davos.
Pawan Kalyan is currently shooting for "Katamarayudu" in a village in Medak district off Hyderabad.
Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has president seems to have decided to prove that he is no weak politician like his Tamil Nadu counterpart Panner Selvam.
