
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.

Firebrand and foul-mouthed Telugu Desam Party leader and Tadipatri Municipal Corporation chairman J. C. Prabhakar Reddy has alleged that the YSR Congress Party is able to survive and even dare to challenge TDP leaders only because Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu is protecting them.

There was a huge uproar during the YSRCP regime in Andhra Pradesh that whenever MLAs or MPs wanted to meet Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, his close coterie would often restrict them from getting access to him.

The previous YSR Congress party government in Andhra Pradesh, led by former chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, had completely abandoned the Amaravati capital city project to promote his controversial idea of establishing three capitals for the state.

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi generally confines himself to the Hyderabad old city politics and doesn’t poke his nose into the Andhra Pradesh politics.

The unusual delay in inducting Jana Sena Party leader and newly-elected MLC Konidela Nagababu into the Chandrababu Naidu cabinet in Andhra Pradesh is leading to a lot of speculations in the political circles in the state.

The government of Andhra Pradesh has launched an initiative to provide free coaching to over one lakh students to prepare for national competitive exams like JEE and NEET.

It seems some leaders have clearly understood that one’s words carry weight only when they hold a position.