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.
What is a democracy? Where the will of the majority prevails! In Andhra Pradesh though, it is the reverse that is in vogue, especially with respect to the land pooling process.
In a fresh twist to the controversy to shift the Chest Hospital from Erragadda and have the new Secretariat in its place, AP is contemplating a complaint to Prime Minister, Modi over this.
Chandra Babu Naidu has been voted Andhra Pradesh CM and it is nearly a year now. But according to gossip in political circles, apparently, Babu is feeling out of place operating from Hyderabad, where he has virtually no powers.
There is one question on the minds of many people and that is will Pawan Kalyan not question till 2017?
If one follows the itineraries of Telangana CM KCR and Andhra Pradesh CM Chandra Babu Naidu closely, it is obvious that they are more or less aping each other in many ways.
Any leader genuinely concerned about upholding the national spirit of integration will go in for policies aimed at unifying the citizens by finding common ground.
