It is just 24 hours since former Union Minister T Subbarami Reddy got re-elected to Rajya Sabha for a second term. But on Saturday, he announced that he would contest the next Lok Sabha polls from Visakhapatnam seat.
Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy is reported to have taken ill. He has developed pain in the shoulder.
If the reports from the Chief Minister’s camp are to be believed, Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy might step down from his post on February 13, the last day of the Assembly session.
Minister for Infrastructure and Investments Ganta Srinivasa Rao on Saturday exuded confidence that the Congress high command would not dare sack Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy under any circumstances.
The Union Cabinet has displayed neither competence and capacity nor seriousness and sincerity in addressing the problems being triggered by its decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh, charged Lok Satta Party national President Dr Jayaprakash Narayan on Saturday.
Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayana on Saturday lambasted Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu saying the latter was a noted leader in the state for his colluding politics.
Even as the Union Cabinet is going ahead with jet speed in getting the A P Reorganization Bill (Telangana bill) passed in the Parliament in the next few days, die-hard integrationist and Congress MP from Vijayawada Lagadapati Rajagopal is still hoping against hope on stalling the bill in the Parliament.
Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member KVP Ramachandra Rao on Saturday said that being a Congress loyalist, he would like to die as a party activist.
The talk about CM Kiran Kumar Reddy setting up a new political party has been making rounds since a while.
Perhaps the only family member after N T Rama Rao who has scored good success politically is his daughter Purandareshwari.
The political situation in Andhra Pradesh is going through a very dramatic phase and thanks to the Telangana issue a new party seems to be in the offing.
Ever since he has taken over as the CM of Andhra Pradesh, Kiran Kumar Reddy has been besieged with problems on all sides.
The Telangana issue is coming to the climax stages and it is clear that Sonia Gandhi and camp are adamantly going forward to push the Telangana bill unmindful of how it is hurting the Telugus especially the Seemandhra folks.
Speaking to the media here on Friday, Shoba said the TDP chief should take back his letter, which he had given to the Centre in support of Telangana State.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi leader and former Pradesh Congress Committee president K Kesava Rao was the most lucky candidate in the Rajya Sabha elections.
