
Even as the allocation of 22 acres of prime land to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) for a nominal price of 99 paise in Visakhapatnam by the Chandrababu Naidu government in Andhra Pradesh a couple of months ago has drawn sharp criticism from various quarters, another IT company got the same favour.

Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee President YS Sharmila criticized the Telugu Desam Party-led coalition government for failing to control the YSRCP cadres during YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s Palnadu tour on Wednesday, but showing unusual enthusiasm in curbing her movements in the past.

As the Telugu Desam Party-led alliance government in Andhra Pradesh headed by N Chandrababu Naidu completed one year in office on June 12, a survey conducted by an agency RISE headed by poll analyst Praveen Pullatla has revealed that 52% of the people who took part in the survey said Naidu’s governance in the first year was good.

Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSR Congress Party president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has alleged that Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu is showing traits of a dictator by trying to suppress any dissent and gag the voices of those who question the misuse of police.

YSR Congress party president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy’s recent visit to Rentapalla in Palnadu district has stirred controversy, particularly over a provocative banner that featured a dialogue inspired by the movie Pushpa 2.

In a significant relief to senior IPS officer and former Andhra Pradesh intelligence chief P.S.R. Anjaneyulu, the state High Court has directed the police not to take any further coercive action against him in the case related to the alleged harassment of Mumbai-based actress Kadambari Jethwani.

The ruling Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh has expressed surprise over YSR Congress Party president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy’s decision to visit the family of his party leader K Nagamalleshwara Rao, deputy sarpanch of Rentapalla village in Palnadu district, more than a year after his death.

Perhaps for the first time, YSR Congress Party president and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has invoked the Kamma card in an attempt to turn the tables on Telugu Desam Party president and current Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.

Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president Y S Sharmila on Wednesday alleged that the previous Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government in Telangana, led by K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR), had indeed tapped the phones of several prominent individuals, including politicians — and that she, too, was among the victims.

YSR Congress Party president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s visit to Rentapalla village in Palnadu district was officially meant to console the family of party leader Nagamalleshwara Rao, who recently died by suicide. However, the party appeared to turn the visit into a major show of strength.

YSR Congress Party President and former chief minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy will visit Palnadu district on June 18 to console the family of a party functionary who committed suicide due to alleged police harassment.

After several high-profile YSR Congress Party leaders, including sitting Rajampet MP Peddireddy Mithun Reddy and Raj Kesireddy, it is now the turn of former Chandragiri MLA Chevireddy Bhaskar Reddy to face trial in the sensational multi-crore liquor scam that allegedly took place during the Jagan Mohan Reddy regime.

The Telugu Desam Party-led coalition government in Andhra Pradesh appears to be going all out to fix YSR Congress Party MP from Rajampet constituency, Peddireddy

The inhuman treatment of a woman in Narayanapuram village of Kuppam mandal in Chittoor district by a group of moneylenders has sparked a major controversy in the state, placing Telugu Desam Party president and Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in a tight spot.

The delimitation of assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, as proposed in the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014, is expected to take place in the next couple of years, if the Central government proceeds as planned.