Despite recent unilateral decisions of KCR such as the one to raze the existing secretariat, conducting an Eamcet separately, freezing the bank accounts of AP institutions or Telangana drawing excess water from Srisailam etc, not a single word of caution has been uttered by the Governor.
If one were to compare the manifesto of the AAP with that of the BJP, it is clear that Kejriwal has once again planned for some fantastic schemes, schemes that would require huge funding and are not easy to deliver on.
Can the media make or break a government? Maybe yes, maybe not! Arvind Kejriwal is a classic case study.
During the election campaign, Chandrababu announced an across-the-board loan waiver for farmers and promptly won the polls. However, after becoming the CM, Naidu put a lot of riders to his promise such as making Aadhar mandatory, loan waiver only up to Rs 50,000 and a host of other things completely diluting his promise.
Former Minister T G Venkatesh, who had switched his loyalty from Congress to Telugu Desam Party soon after Andhra Pradesh was bifurcated, is known for his controversial remarks. And on Thursday, too, he lived up to his reputation.
The raging controversy surrounding Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao's move to shift the Chest Hospital from Erragadda to relocate the State Secretariat there is all set to be thrown into the court of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
There is a saying in Telugu: “Devudu Varamichchina, Poojari Varamivvadu” (God grants boons, but the priest does not pass them on to devotees). Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhara Rao is now playing the rule of poojari for the people of Telangana.
Of course, one can attribute it to the work pressure, read his constant trips abroad and the fact that he is not yet operating from his state, though Hyderabad was meant to be the common capital for a decade.
Chandrababu Naidu in a bid to convince the employees of Andhra Pradesh to shift as soon as possible from Hyderabad to Vijayawada said that operating from Hyderabad felt like operating from a foreign country.
Prof Kodandaram is a household name in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for different reasons. In Telangana, he is respected for being at the forefront of the agitation. People of Andhra Pradesh hate him!
A cold war of sorts is said to be brewing between Panchayat Raj and IT minister K T Rama Rao and Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao over launching of their pet schemes, ostensibly to gain political mileage.
If the sources within Andhra Pradesh government are to be believed, Urban Development and Municipal Administration Minister Dr P Narayana might lose his berth in the Chandrababu Naidu cabinet sooner or later.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandraababu Naidu’s comment that he was feeling like operating from a foreign country has triggered wild protests from Telangana protagonists.
Everything that Kiran Kumar Reddy predicted prior to bifurcation is coming true. Water wars, electricity problems and other issues dominate the headlines daily in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
Andhra Pradesh CM Chandra Babu Naidu has been flying between Vijaywada and Hyderabad back and forth at least thrice a week.
