The hot topic in Andhra politics these days is the possible alliance between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the YSR Congress party in the 2019 elections.
Senior Tamil Nadu film star Kamal Haasan, who is going to launch his new political party later in the night at Madurai, started off on a wrong note by declaring that Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is his hero.
Ever since Union finance minister Arun Jaitely presented the central budget for 2018-19 in Parliament on February 1, every political leader in Andhra Pradesh, including the cabinet ministers in Chandrababu Naidu government reacted at some point or the other, criticising the Centre for doing injustice to the state.
In yet another bold decision, YSR Congress party declared that it would move the no-confidence motion against the NDA government on March 21 demanding Special Category Status to Andhra Pradesh, without waiting for the support of any other party.
Former chief minister of combined Andhra Pradesh late Y S Rajasekhar Reddy had a strong sentiment for Chevella town in Ranga Reddy district.
As the elections to the state assembly are fast approaching, the ruling Telugu Desam Party and the opposition YSR Congress party have started playing the mind game to gain psychological edge over each other.
Even as the Telugu Desam Party is fretting and fuming against the Centre over injustice done to the state, the NDA government has started throwing the ball into the court of chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu.
YSR Congress party on Tuesday took exception to actor and Jana Sena Party president Pawan Kalyan for challenging its president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, rather than Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu, on moving no-confidence motion against the NDA government on the injustice meted out to AP by the Centre.
Within 24 hours of announcing that he would conduct an all-party meeting on the raw deal meted out to Andhra Pradesh in the Central budget and lack of implementation of promises made in AP Reorganisation Act, Telugu Desam Party president and chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu changed his tune.
The Andhra Pradesh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has decided to pay the Telugu Desam Party in its own coin in the forthcoming budget session of the state assembly.
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday raised the issues of 'beef ban' in the country, saying one can eat beef if he wants, but why to have a festival for the same.
The ruling Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh is suspecting that the BJP leaders were speaking the language of the YSR Congress party in attacking chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu personally and his government in general.
The YSR Congress party has expressed surprise as to why Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is against moving a no-confidence motion against the NDA government which he has been accusing of betraying Andhra Pradesh by not implementing the promises made in AP Reorganisation Act.
The Bharatiya Janata Party in Andhra Pradesh has proposed to the party high command in Delhi that the party should break the alliance with the TDP first, before the latter does it making false allegations against the Centre.
Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has proved time and again that he can go to any extent if it suits his political interests.
