Telugu Desam Party president and Leader of Opposition in the State Assembly N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday finally committed himself on the Telangana statehood issue.
It is none other than CM, Kiran Kumar Reddy. The people of Seemandhra are looking up to him to prevent the bifurcation of the state somehow or the other.
At a time when there is a lot of uncertainty over the fate of the Congress party in the State, especially in the Seemandhra region, the decision of YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy not to field any candidate for the Rajya Sabha elections took everybody by surprise.
Ever since he got re-elected as the APNGOs Association president, Parchuri Ashok Babu has started project himself in larger than life-size image. And he is now virtually dictating agenda for the Seemandhra political leaders.
Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy's speech in the State Assembly, being delivered in installments, opposing the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, absolutely lacks any punch, according to political observers.
YSRCP leader YS Jagan has once again lashed out saying that conspirators have tried their best to eliminate the name of one leader from the minds of people. He said that such people finally realized that the name of YS Rajasekhar Reddy was etched in the hearts of people as he truly strived to uplift the lives of the common man.
Minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao has said that he will decide whether or not to contest for the Rajya Sabha after his meeting with union minister Chiranjeevi.
AICC in-charge for Andhra Digvijay Singh on Friday hinted that there would be no more extension of time for Telangana debate.
Congress MP Lagadapati Rajgopal on Friday threatened to launch a dharna in front of Congress president Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi, if the Telangana bill is introduced in Parliament.
Senior Congress leader from Rayalaseema J C Diwakar Reddy on Friday made it clear that he was in the Rajya Sabha election race.
Telugu Desam Party leader and IT-man of the party Palem Srikanth Reddy on Friday quit the TDP and launched ‘Jana Palana’, a socio-political movement forum.
With the Telangana Bill expected to come up in Parliament during the session next month, main opposition BJP today said it will decide on its stance after considering various views, particularly in the context of "justice" for Seemandhra region.
Tribal Welfare Minister, Balraju is now the new black sheep among the Seemandhra politicians. In a shocking turnaround Balraju gave a statement in the Assembly saying that he supports a separate Telangana as the High Command has decided on it.
Mentioning the insulting remarks against nurses by AAP leader Kumar Vishwas, Thackeray said his (Vishwas) recent jokes on women backfired and he was forced to apologise.
Speaking on the draft Telangana Bill in the assembly MLC Sheikh Hussain got it right when he said that the Seemandhra agitation was completely a people’s agitation and that politicians from the region were forced to join it for fear of being kicked out from their constituencies.
