
The much-publicised meeting of the Joint Fact-finding Committee (JFC) called by Jana Sena Party president Pawan Kalyan to find out the truth in the claims and counter-claims of the Telugu Desam Party and Bharatiya Janata Party on the Central assistance to Andhra Pradesh appeared like a debate in television channel.

Andhra Pradesh minister for marketing and warehousing Ch Adinarayana Reddy, who is one of the 23 defectors from YSR Congress party into the Telugu Desam Party, has virtually exposed the ruling party’s drama over pulling out of the National Democratic Alliance in the Centre.

With almost all the political parties and organisations, particularly YSR Congress party, raising the pitch for Special Category Status to Andhra Pradesh, Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has gone on the defensive.

YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy on Thursday threw yet another challenge to his bęte noire – Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, virtually pushing him to the corner.

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh to file affidavits stating they are bound by the 1980 Godavari River Water Tribunal Award in terms of the Interstate River Water Disputes Act, 1956.

For the last few days, actor and Jana Sena Party president Pawan Kalyan is trying to create an impression among the people that he is fighting for the cause of Andhra Pradesh, especially with regard to achieving special category status to the state and implementation of promises made in AP Reorganisation Act.

Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan might not be a big politician, at least for now, but as an actor, he is one of the most popular persons in the Telugu film industry.

The self-respect of Telugus and the Telugu pride which had been the issues during the previous elections in the state have now once again come to the fore for the next elections.

Stung by the announcement made by YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy that his party MPs would resign from their posts if the Centre does not grant special category status by April 6, Telugu Desam Party president and chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is planning a counter-strategy.

For Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, industrial bigwigs and rich and mighty are more important than the common man.

Telugu Desam Party MLA from Denduluru in West Godavari district Chintamaneni Prabhakar on Wednesday received a big shock, when the local Bhimadole magistrate court sentencing him to two years imprisonment.

It is an open secret that Telugu Desam Party MP from Ananatapur J C Diwakar Reddy is a straightforward politician and does not mince words when he wants to say something, even if it embarrasses his own party.

At last, YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy has decided to go all out on his demand for special category status to Andhra Pradesh, thereby pushing both the Telugu Desam Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party to the corner.

An interesting news report that appeared in all newspapers on Tuesday has revealed an interesting fact that opposition parties in Andhra Pradesh have been saying all these days. The report says Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh

Sycophancy in politics seems to be going to greater heights in Andhra Pradesh these days.