Political Gossip

If the Election Commission of India has its way, the general elections to assembly and Lok Sabha in Andhra Pradesh will be held in the last week of April.

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday asked how YSR Congress Party President Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy and his sister Y.S. Sharmila can contest elections in the state when they have no trust in the state police. The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief asked the leaders of the main opposition party in the state to behave as responsible citizens of Andhra Pradesh. "How will you remain citizens of the state if you don't trust the state police? In that case, how can you contest the elections here?" Naidu said while addressing a news conference in his native village Naravaripalle in Chittoor district. Naidu was reacting to Sharmila lodging a complaint with the Hyderabad police, seeking action against those trying to defame her by posting objectionable comments in the social media. Alleging that the TDP is behind the conspiracy, she told reporters after meeting the Hyderabad Police Commissioner on Monday that she has no trust in Andhra Pradesh Police. Condemning Sharmila's allegation, Naidu said the TDP has never indulged in personal attacks and character assassination. Naidu reiterated that the state will challenge in court the Centre's move to order probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into October 25 attack on Jaganmohan Reddy at Visakhapatnam airport. "The Centre is trying to take away the state's rights. We will not allow this. We will fight for our rights," he said. The NIA on January 1 took up the investigation into the knife attack on Jagan, who had refused to give his statement to Andhra Pradesh Police, saying he does not trust them. "Can you go to another country and demand inquiry into an incident which happened in India?" Naidu said. The TDP chief alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Jagan and Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao have colluded with the aim to damage Andhra Pradesh. He also remarked that justice to Andhra Pradesh is possible only if Modi is defeated in the coming elections. He claimed that TDP is the only party which has a right to seek votes in the coming elections as it has undertaken more development and welfare schemes than revenue-surplus states like Telangana.

The only way Jana Sena Party president and actor Pawan Kalyan can win a few seats, including that of his own, in the forthcoming assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh is to join hands with popular evangelist K A Paul.

Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is dropping enough hints that he is pampering Jana Sena Party president and actor Pawan Kalyan, ahead of the ensuing elections in Andhra Pradesh.

Just two days are left for the commencement of the first session of the Telangana assembly, Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is still undecided on the appointment of the Speaker.

Two major Telugu dailies – Eenadu and Andhra Jyothy – have come out with conflicting headlines on Tuesday on the probable expansion of the Telangana cabinet headed by chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.

As the elections to Andhra Pradesh assembly are fast approaching, Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is taking out more and more sops from his pocket to woo the electorate.

Former chairman of Telangana Joint Action Committee (TJAC) and president of fledgling Telangana Jana Samithi Professor M Kodandaram is at a virtual crossroads in his political career as to what he should do next.

Former minister D L Ravindra Reddy, who had been desperately trying to get back into active politics by joining YSR Congress party, received a rude shock on Monday, when party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy refused to entertain his request.

Rubbishing the false propaganda unleashed by vested interests by linking her name to that of a popular Telugu film hero, YSR Congress leader YS Sharmila has said that the conspiracy was hatched by people to defame her ahead of the general elections to get political mileage

With three months to go for simultaneous elections to the Andhra Pradesh Assembly and the Lok Sabha, the ruling Telugu Desam Party and the main opposition YSR Congress Party are bracing for what is expected to be a keen tussle.

Jana Sena Chief Pawan Kalyan's comments in Tenali during Sankranthi celebrations on Sunday dashed the hopes of TRS president and Telangana CM K Chandrashekhar Rao on forging alliance between YSRCP and Jana Sena to defeat TDP in upcoming Assembly polls in Andhra Pradesh in April.

TDP president and AP Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is learnt to have come up with a new strategy to beat TRS in upcoming Lok Sabha polls in Telangana.

TRS president and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao suddenly took a decision to train his cabinet ministers on their jobs and responsibilities and how to improve their performance as and when he forms his cabinet.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday questioned J. Srinivas Rao, an accused in the knife attack on YSR Congress Party chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy.