The sudden decision of senior Congress leader Vanteru Pratap Reddy, who put up a strong fight against Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao in the recent assembly elections in Gajwel constituency, to join the TRS has come as a surprise and shock to many party leaders as well as political observers.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, who threatened to give a 'return gift' to his Andhra Pradesh counterpart and Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu, is said to have decided to go in a systematic way.
Senior Congress leader from Kadapa and former minister D L Ravindra Reddy is most likely to find his political rehabilitation in Telugu Desam Party.
Once known as 'troubleshooter' in TRS, T Harish Rao himself has been facing unending troubles from his party.
It looks like senior Congress MLA Turpu Jayaprakash Reddy alias Jagga Reddy is sending feelers to Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and is dropping enough hints that he is willing to join the TRS, if he gets proper invite.
Vanteru Prathap Reddy and A Revanth Reddy have one thing in common. Both are arch rivals and bitter critics of KCR and his family members.
Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday described the federal front proposed by Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao as a “brainchild” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
YSR Congress party on Thursday accused Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu of indulging in smear campaign against YSRC president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy for meeting Telangana Rashtra Samithi leaders.
For the first time in the last five years, prestigious annual meeting of the World Economic Forum to be held at Davos in Switzerland, will be missing a very important person this year.
It is often said there are no permanent friends or foes in politics. And there is no place for principles or values in politics.
Former Union minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Daggubati Purandeshwari has been entrusted with an important responsibility in the party, in the wake of reports that she might quit the party and take a plunge into the YSR Congress party headed by Y S Jaganmohan Reddy.
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.
