The farmers of 'Bethapudi' village agreed to the land pooling scheme at the last minute and gave their consent forms to the 900 acres sought by the government.
Though the resentment was brewing for some years, the Kapus are now working towards consolidating their vote bank with the hope of having a chief minister from their community by 2019.
On the first day of his whirlwind tour in Andhra Pradesh, noted film star and Jana Sena founder Pawan Kalyan spoke a few things that did not go very well with the TDP leaders.
Strange as it might appear, the three top leaders in the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee have Andhra connections.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao seems to be following the footsteps of YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy in the promotion of his newspaper – Namasthe Telangana.
Pawan Kalyan indirectly praising KCR has given rise to the speculation that the latter might be trying to patch up with KCR, but in doing so he might have dished out the ultimate insult to Chandrababu Naidu, although inadvertently.
Okay, finally after hinting that he will keep contesting till he understands the process, Pawan Kalyan now says that he will be contesting in forthcoming GHMC polls and in the bypolls.
For the first time, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has publicly indulged in criticism of Pawan Kalyan.
TDP MLA Revanth Reddy and Congress MLA Komati reddy Venkat Reddy got into an interesting discussion at the premises of the Assembly.
As usual, Telangana TDP leader A Revanth Reddy on Friday described his bete noire Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao as a blood sucking worm.
Minister Narayana warned farmers that they will stand to lose if they oppose land pooling in capital zone.
Actor-turned-Jana Sena Party founder Pawan Kalyan made clear his political ambitions by stating that his party would contest all the coming elections including bypolls, if any.
The problem and resistance arises only in the acquisition of private land and the state should keep away from it and make use of the government land, he said.
The decision to rechristen the holy Yadagirigutta, the abode of Sri Lakshmi-Narasimha Swamy, as 'Yadadri' by Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao is set to snowball into a controversy.
The Telugu Desam Party leaders appear to be virtually blackmailing the farmers of Guntur district who are refusing to part with their lands for the construction of new capital.
