With the commencement of the first session of the Telangana state assembly, a tense atmosphere prevailed in the opposition camp as to whether there would be any exodus of MLAs into the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi.
Banswada MLA Pocharam Srinivas Reddy will be the Speaker of Telangana State Legislative Assembly.
The meeting of Telangana Rashtra Samithi working president K T Rama Rao with YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy at the latter’s Lotus Pond residence in Hyderabad has triggered intense political debate in the political circles.
Even as Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen MLA Mumtaz Ahmed Khan was sworn in as the pro-tem Speaker of the newly-constituted Telangana state assembly on Wednesday, suspense continues over the selection of the new Speaker and deputy speaker which will happen on Thursday.
After completing his 14-month long padayatra, named as 'Praja Sankalpa Yatra' covering more than 3,600 km across Andhra Pradesh, it is time for YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy to take a break for some time and get physically and mentally relaxed.
The hue and cry by the Telugu Desam Party leaders including their president N Chandrababu Naidu notwithstanding, the Telangana police are making a serious investigation into the complaint lodged by YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy’s sister Sharmila.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Working President K.T. Rama Rao on Wednesday held preliminary talks with YSR Congress Party President Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy on the proposed Federal Front and they agreed to hold further talks, sources in the two parties said.
It looks like the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is investigating into the knife attack on YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy at Visakhapatnam on October 25 with all seriousness without leaving any scope for any gaps.
The meeting between TRS working president K T Rama Rao and YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday (today) heated up political atmosphere in Telugu States.
As expected, three members of the Telangana state legislative council who defected from Telangana Rashtra Samithi to Congress before recent assembly elections were disqualified on Wednesday.
It is now official. Telangana Rashtra Samithi, the ruling party in Telangana and YSR Congress party, the main opposition in Andhra Pradesh, are all set to work together.
A big political development will unfold in Telugu States, a day after Sankranthi. TRS working president K T Rama Rao will meet YSRCP president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday (today).
The release of 'NTR Katha Nayakudu,' the first part of legendary actor and former chief minister N T Rama Rao’s biopic, might not have been a big hit at the box office, but it has become the much-needed 'masala' to the web-channels to churn out spicy stories.
If the Election Commission of India has its way, the general elections to assembly and Lok Sabha in Andhra Pradesh will be held in the last week of April.
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Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday asked how YSR Congress Party President Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy and his sister Y.S. Sharmila can contest elections in the state when they have no trust in the state police.
The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief asked the leaders of the main opposition party in the state to behave as responsible citizens of Andhra Pradesh.
"How will you remain citizens of the state if you don't trust the state police? In that case, how can you contest the elections here?" Naidu said while addressing a news conference in his native village Naravaripalle in Chittoor district.
Naidu was reacting to Sharmila lodging a complaint with the Hyderabad police, seeking action against those trying to defame her by posting objectionable comments in the social media. Alleging that the TDP is behind the conspiracy, she told reporters after meeting the Hyderabad Police Commissioner on Monday that she has no trust in Andhra Pradesh Police.
Condemning Sharmila's allegation, Naidu said the TDP has never indulged in personal attacks and character assassination.
Naidu reiterated that the state will challenge in court the Centre's move to order probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into October 25 attack on Jaganmohan Reddy at Visakhapatnam airport.
"The Centre is trying to take away the state's rights. We will not allow this. We will fight for our rights," he said.
The NIA on January 1 took up the investigation into the knife attack on Jagan, who had refused to give his statement to Andhra Pradesh Police, saying he does not trust them.
"Can you go to another country and demand inquiry into an incident which happened in India?" Naidu said.
The TDP chief alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Jagan and Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao have colluded with the aim to damage Andhra Pradesh.
He also remarked that justice to Andhra Pradesh is possible only if Modi is defeated in the coming elections.
He claimed that TDP is the only party which has a right to seek votes in the coming elections as it has undertaken more development and welfare schemes than revenue-surplus states like Telangana.
