The Bharatiya Janata Party, which has finalised the candidature of Maharashtra governor C P Radhakrishnan as the Vice-Presidential candidate, has begun talking to all political parties to get their support for him in the by-elections scheduled to be held on September 9.
Buoyed by the Telugu Desam Party's clean sweep in the by-elections to two ZPTC seats in YSR Congress Party president Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy's home constituency, Pulivendula, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu may go aggressively against him in the YSR family's traditional stronghold.
Andhra Pradesh Minister Nara Lokesh on Sunday demanded that former Chief Minister and YSR Congress Party president Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy apologise to the nation for skipping the hoisting of the national flag on Independence Day.
Several Indian states, including Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Delhi, Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir, are currently offering free bus travel to women.
Amidst the controversy surrounding a viral audio clip allegedly abusing actor Jr NTR, the legislator at the centre of the storm has strongly denied any connection with it.
When YSR Congress party president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy was the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, he had to face a tough time from the then state election commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar in the first three years.
The Andhra Pradesh government’s free bus travel scheme for women has come under sharp criticism, with many calling it impractical and filled with hidden restrictions.
The YSR Congress Party appears to have decided to continue its fight against the alleged undemocratic conduct of the Pulivendula and Vontimitta ZPTC by-elections, accusing the ruling party of rigging and police complicity.
YSR Congress party, which has been against the construction of capital city at Amaravati, has come out with a fresh allegation on Saturday saying that the Chandrababu Naidu government has been diverting flood water from Amaravati to adjacent areas in Guntur district, resulting in inundation of thousands of acres of fertile land.
Even as the Telugu Desam Party-led coalition government headed by chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has been claiming that the works on Polavaram project are going on in full swing despite heavy rains, reports from ground zero indicate that heavy floods to Godavari river have actually hampered the works.
When YSR Congress party president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy was in power, he launched an interesting scheme YSR Vahana Mitra for auto drivers with effect from June 1, 2021.
The by-election to the Pulivendula ZPTC seat, though insignificant, has kicked up a political storm in Andhra Pradesh, as the Telugu Desam Party bagged the seat by breaching the unbreachable fortress of the YSR family.
The outcome of the latest by-elections to Pulivendula and Vontimitta Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituency seats has clearly indicated the changing political dynamics in the state – from healthy politics to revenge politics.
As expected, the Telugu Desam Party won the by-election to the zilla parishad territorial constituency (ZPTC) seat in Pulivendula, the stronghold of YSR Congress party president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy.
Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy criticized that Chandrababu Naidu works hand in glove with Rahul Gandhi.
