The reports that Telugu Desam Party president and AP chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu had rejected Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s offer for a Cabinet berth for any TDP MP of his choice has taken several political pundits by surprise.
Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has returned from his China trip a few days ago, saying that he had tied up with several Chinese companies for investments in Andhra Pradesh.
With the Telugu Desam Party almost wiped out and the Congress party deeply in low spirits, the Bharatiya Janata Party has started moving its pawns to emerge as the best alternative to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi by 2019 elections.
Kapu strongman and former minister Mudragada Padmanabham, who had withdrawn his fast following the release of five Kapu youth in connection with the Tuni violence, feels very much isolated and ignored.
After using all his weapons against ruling Telugu Desam Party and chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy has come out with yet another innovative programme to expose Naidu’s misrule.
Andhra Jyothy, as the name suggests, is supposed to highlight the issues concerning the people of Andhra Pradesh. One can understand it also takes up the issues of Telangana, as it has headquarters in Hyderabad and till recently, both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh were united.
Strange are the ways of Telugu associations in the US. Most of them have already been divided on caste lines and now on regional lines and they have been organising Telugu conferences at their own will and chalking out their own programmes.
Rumors are flying fast that Pawan Kalyan's new film has been shelved. But industry sources say the film is very much on and will go to the sets very soon.
Telangana minister for Information Technology K T Rama Rao is very active on twitter. He reacts very quickly on every issue that is brought to his notice. However, he does not take pot shots at his political rivals on twitter, more so on TDP president and AP chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu.
Telangana deputy chief minister Kadiam Srihari and Palakurthy MLA Errabelli Dayakar Rao had been bitter rivals right from their days in the Telugu Desam Party.
That the Telugu media in Andhra Pradesh supporting Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is displaying more loyal than king attitude was once again evident on Saturday with regard to the resignation of YSR Congress party MLA from Mydukuru in Kadapa district Raghurami Reddy.
Though it is not totally unexpected, the way Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker Kodela Sivaprasada Rao rejected the petition of YSR Congress party seeking disqualification of 13 defected MLAs has taken many by surprise.
Believe it or not, Devansh Naidu, son of Telugu Desam Party national general secretary Nara Lokesh Naidu, is not able to recognise his own grandfather – Andhra Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu.
The Hyderabad High Court on Friday gave a veiled threat to the agitating judges and other staff of various courts of Telangana that action would be taken against them if they do not withdraw their agitation.
