Former union minister for information and broadcasting M Venkaiah Naidu, whose election as Vice President of India on Saturday is a foregone conclusion, is going to be different from his predecessors in one aspect.
YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy seems to have decided to step up attack on his bete noire Telugu Desam Party president and chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu in a more aggressive fashion.
YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy’s overdependence on his newly-hired political strategist Prashant Kishor for every decision is learnt to be causing irritation to senior leaders in the party.
With YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy kick-starting his election campaign in Nandyal with his aggressive speech on Thursday, Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has plunged into action, moving his pawns quickly.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s unusual outburst against the opposition parties, particularly the Congress party, shows his utter frustration over the inept administration he is heading.
YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy’s decision not to admit Nandyal Telugu Desam Party leader Silpa Chakrapani Reddy into YSRC unless the latter resigns from his MLC seat, is a slap on the face of TDP president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu.
Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is understood to have sought the help of power star and Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan in neutralising the adverse campaign being run by former minister and Kapu strongman Mudragada Padmanabham.
With the NDA government made it loud and clear on the floor of Parliament that there is no question of increasing the assembly seats in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, it is very clear that it was purely a political decision taken by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The Telugu Desam Party government in Andhra Pradesh headed by chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is unlikely to take a decision on Kapu reservations issue before the next elections, if the tone and tenor of the statements being made by the TDP leaders are any indication.
Affirming that the battle for Nandyal is the fight for righteousness, YSR Congress President and Leader of Opposition YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has said that Chandrababu Naidu and his governance has been steeped in a bundle of lies as he had never respected values and ethics in the political system.
Bharatiya Janata Party, which is contemplating growing independently in southern states including Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, is said to be looking for potential leaders in Andhra Pradesh who can galvanise masses across the length and breadth of the state.
With the battle for Nandyal by-elections gaining momentum following the commencement of nomination process, two major contenders for the seat –Telugu Desam Party candidate Bhuma Brahmananda Reddy and YSR Congress party candidate Shilpa Mohan Reddy have started mobilising their forces into action.
Telugu Desam Party appears to be in a desperate mood to win the by-elections to Nandyal assembly seat by hook or crook.
Telugu Desam Party and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu seems to have gone mad after the Centre has made it categorical that there would be no delimitation of assembly constituencies.
With senior Telugu Desam Party leader from Nandyal Shilpa Chakrapani Reddy announcing his defection into the YSR Congress party to support his elder brother Shilpa Mohan Reddy in the ensuing Nandyal by-elections, the Bhuma Nagireddy family is virtually crest-fallen.
