Many Ministers in the TDP government are worried at the secret performance appraisals being done on them by the Party leadership and the negative stories appearing against them in various dailies close to the Party.
Though AP Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and senior BJP leaders are still trying to fool people over special status to Andhra Pradesh, the Centre has once again made it clear that there is no way the demand can be conceded.
Surprising as it might sound, senior hero and politician Nandamuri Balakrishna has better credibility among the people than his brother-in-law and AP Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu.
Pooh-poohing at the survey and rankings of legislators conducted by the TDP, YSR Congress has said that it was only to divert the attention of the people and the true ranking would be given by the people.
It has been written about for quite some time that TDP ministers and MLAs would be ranked as per their performance in their respective constituencies and in delivering their official duties.
Call it irony or strange paradox, while the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh state is being projected as a state that is facing severe cash crunch, Telangana state has been projecting itself as a state flush with funds.
In erstwhile united Andhra Pradesh, various media houses were clearly biased towards one major political party and acted as their unofficial mouthpieces.
It is common knowledge that if one leaves home turf, then one has to tone down their opinions or even change their opinions. So seems to be the case of ex Congressman and present TDP leader TG Venkatesh.
The transmission of ‘NTV’ has been blocked in certain parts of Andhra Pradesh after the TDP felt that the channel was presenting it in a poor light regarding the 'cash-for-vote' scandal.
The allegations against Jagan primarily are that he had not taken up the cause of Samaikhyandhra after coming out on bail because compromise on the issue was one of the conditions put by the Congress for giving him bail.
During the Bonalu festival, it has been practice for 'Goddess Mahankali' to express her views through a woman at 'Rangam' on the second day. And there is a belief that whatever the woman says will come true.
Telugu Desam Party is planning to make all out efforts to wrest the Warangal Lok Sabha seat from the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, apparently to retain its existence in the Telangana State.
Parliament has been paralyzed over the Congress-Left demand that foreign minister Sushma Swaraj and the CM’s of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, Vasundhara Raje and Shivraj Singh Chauhan, resign over their roles in the Lalit Modi and Vyapam controversies.
AP will definitely not gain anything if TDP continues its alliance with BJP, but TDP definitely will. Only God knows what is happening in the name of the new capital construction.
Note for vote case continues to make headlines. But Revanth Reddy who is out of jail is said to be busy these days.
