The suspense over the possible conduct of early elections in Telangana has come to an end with Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao finally ruling out such a possibility, after holding a marathon seven hour long meeting with his cabinet colleagues at his camp office Pragathi Bhavan on Wednesday night.
Bharatiya Janata Party, which has been claiming to have extended a lot of help to the Andhra Pradesh government for construction of new capital Amaravati, is now strongly opposing the issuance of Amaravati bonds for financing the ongoing developmental works in the capital city.
During his earlier stints as the chief minister of combined Andhra Pradesh, Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister was the most favourite political leader of the World Bank.
The ongoing talk doing rounds in the media circles over the conduct of early assembly elections in Telangana is being taken with a pinch of salt by sceptics who are wondering whether this talk is just a part of the strategy on the part of Telangana Rashtra Samithi.
The massive propaganda launched by YSR Congress party and its media house Sakshi over the prospective alliance between the Telugu Desam Party and the Congress party in Andhra Pradesh has kicked up wider debate in the political circles.
It is now official. Popular television news channel TV9 has confirmed the reports that it is changing hands with original promoter of the channel Srini Raju opting out of it.
The talk of early elections to the Telangana state assembly in the wake of the emerge cabinet meeting called for by Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhara Rao on Wednesday evening has kept Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on high alert.
If the speculations doing rounds in a section of media circles are to be believed, Telangana state assembly is most likely to be dissolved on August 25.
The much-publicised, much-delayed and also much-denied sale of popular news channel TV9 has at last become reality.
Ever since Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao hinted at early elections to the state assembly and announced that he would release the list of candidates, tension has gripped several TRS MLAs across the state.
Jana Sena Party chief and power star Pawan Kalyan has once again proved that he does not have patience to spend lengthy period among the people.
Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu used to claim very often – he does it even now – that he had rejected the Prime Minister post offer twice in the past.
Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, who tried to gain massive publicity for the so-called oversubscription of “Amaravati Bonds” floated by Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA) for raising funds for the construction of new capital of Amaravati, is now on the defensive.
It appears Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has finally had his way in preventing the entry of two expelled Telangana Congress MLAs – Komatireddy Venkat Reddy from Nalgonda and S A Sampath Kumar
It looks like the Bharatiya Janata Party is taking the support of YSR Congress party and its president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy for granted either before or after the next general elections.