When the political atmosphere in Andhra Pradesh was heating up following the tour of YSR Congress party president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy to the politically volatile Palnadu district on Wednesday, where his party workers created a tense atmosphere, there was a complete silence in Jana Sena Party camp, headed by deputy chief minister Pawan Kalyan.
Veteran Congress leader and former Union minister Chinta Mohan expressed doubts over the construction of Amaravati as an ultra-modern international capital city, as it is not feasible to construct high-rise buildings there.
For the past three years, Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu has been wearing a platinum ring on the index finger of his left hand.
The Andhra Pradesh high court has expressed concern over the manner in which a Prisoner Transit (PT) warrant was issued and acted upon against former YSR Congress party MLA Kakani Govardhan Reddy from Sarvepalli and granted a stay on all punitive actions against him till July 3.
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.
