YSR Congress party leader and former Gannavaram MLA Vallabhaneni Vamsi is reportedly absconding as multiple criminal cases continue to mount against him in the recent past.
Even as the special investigation team (SIT) of the Andhra Pradesh is said to be deeply investigating the liquor scam that allegedly took place during the previous Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy regime, there are fresh allegations, this time against the Telugu Desam Party leaders, that they are using the same model to make big money through illegal means.
It looks like contractors who have been awarded various works in Amaravati capital city construction are brazenly flouting rules while executing works.
For much of his career, Arnab Goswami of Republic TV has been widely perceived as a journalist supportive of the BJP and sharply critical of opposition parties, particularly the Congress party.
Differences seem to have cropped up within the partners of the ruling coalition in Andhra Pradesh over the utilisation of the palatial bungalows on Rushikonda hills in Visakhapatnam.
Former IAS officer Praveen Prakash, who played a key role during the previous YSR Congress party government and took voluntary retirement soon after the present Telugu Desam Party-led coalition government came to power last year, says he received threatening calls during the present government.
It looks like Jana Sena Party chief and deputy chief minister Pawan Kalyan is preparing himself mentally to accept his cabinet colleague and Telugu Desam Party general secretary Nara Lokesh as the possible successor of Chandrababu Naidu as the chief minister.
The Telugu Desam Party-led coalition government in Andhra Pradesh headed by chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu received rude shock following poor response from the private parties to take up construction of medical colleges and associated teaching hospitals in public-private partnership (PPP) mode.
Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is said to be unhappy with the way state municipal administration and urban development minister P Narayana is handling the Amaravati capital issue.
The investigation into the alleged phone tapping scandal has gathered momentum, with the newly-formed Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by Hyderabad police commissioner V C Sajjannar intensifying its probe and focusing on political leadership.
Vizianagaram district has long been under the strong influence of the Pusapati royal family. For decades, the family has played a key role in politics.
Time and political circumstances continue to reshape leadership narratives in Andhra Pradesh, and the long-standing slogan of seeing Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan as Chief Minister appears to be steadily losing relevance.
Andhra Pradesh minister Nara Lokesh appears to be facing his toughest competition not in politics, but within his own family.
Former YSR Congress party general secretary and ex-Rajya Sabha member V Vijay Sai Reddy appears to be inching towards the Bharatiya Janata Party, if his latest comments on social media in support of Hindus and Hindutva agenda are any indication.
Popular national journalist, Arnab Goswami, has long been known for his affinity towards the BJP government and his respect for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership.