At a time when the entire Telangana community was celebrating the second anniversary of the new state formation on Thursday, two prominent leaders – IT minister K T Rama Rao and Nizamabad MP K Kavitha were conspicuous by their absence.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao is likely to hold mid-term elections to the state assembly next year, if one were to read between the lines of his statements made on Thursday.
The Congress in both Andhra Pradesh as well as Telangana seems to be completely bereft of ideas to rejuvenate itself. How else would you explain recent decisions by the Party in both the States which are nothing short of ridiculous?
The Andhra Pradesh government has instructed its power utilities to purchase the entire power generated at the Hinduja Power Plant in Visakhapatnam.
Right from the inception of Telugu Desam Party, backward classes have been its backbone. Especially during the N T Rama Rao regime, the BCs extensively supported the party, because for the first time in the country, NTR provided 33 per cent reservation to BCs in all the local bodies.
Former union minister S Jaipal Reddy is often described as visiting professor. Most of the time, he stays in Delhi and remains in a shell, speaking to none.
The reports that Appa Rao, the Officer on Special Duty with Union Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju, had strong connection with Robert Vadra, the controversial son-in-law of Sonia Gandhi, have kicked up a storm in media and political circles.
Money matters most. It has once again been proved in the case of Andhra Jyothy managing director Vemuri Radhakrishna.
Believe it or not, the Telangana government headed by K Chandrasekhar Rao is learnt to have spent over Rs 200 crore, or Rs 210 crore to be precise, on the publicity expenses for celebrating the second anniversary of its formation.
The name of Sonia Gandhi and her family has cropped up in various cases of late, be it Robert Vadra’s land dealings in Haryana or the latest arms deals, the National Herald Case and the Augusta Westland case.
The Krishna River Management Board has decided to take over the irrigation projects in Telangana and naturally, KCR is a displeased man.
Nara Lokesh was repeatedly pointing out that the TDP gave the Rajya Sabha seat to BJP only after a request from the BJP Chief Amit Shah. Thereby, Lokesh wants to create some measure of respectability for the TDP. But the reality is different.
It's been two years since the formation of Telangana and two years since Narendra Modi became PM. But he hasn't visited Telangana even once in these two years.
The Mahanadu seems to have been convened only for the purpose of Jagan-bashing. On the last day of the event, TDP functionaries outdid one another in criticising YS Jagan to bring a smile to the lips of Chandrababu Naidu.
This question has been doing rounds in the political and media circles ever since the TRS came to power in the new state of Telangana in 2014.
