The controversy surrounding Union Minister Kotla Suryaprakash Reddy seems to be a storm created by Sakshi out of a tea cup. The YSR CP, Sakshi as well as its lawyer Harish Salve sought to establish that Congress was trying to blackmail Jagan into submission, by citing the alleged remarks of Kotla Suryaprakash Reddy. Sakshi and Harish Salve claimed that Kotla [...]

KCR and TRS are always looking for potential divisive issues to manipulate Telangana sentiment in their favour. They would also at the same time like to project themselves as being ‘very democratic’ in their demand, saying that they were only opposed to ‘Seemandhra corporate lobby’ and not its people. But who are welcome in the new Telangana state? In an [...]

It was reported in most of the Telugu news channels that TJAC leader Srinivas Goud went inside 10 Janpath, met Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and submitted a memorandum demanding that a bill for formation of Telangana state be introduced in the current session of the Parliament. The reports also gave the impression that 10, Janpath, Sonia’s residence, was surrounded by [...]

Y S Bharathi Reddy, wife of Jagan Mohan Reddy, today burst out in the Supreme Court hall where the bail petition of her husband was being heard. Bharathi who flew down from Hyderabad to Delhi went to the court to be personally present at the hearings. Before the Judges started hearing the case, Bharathi saw CBI SP H Venkatesh in [...]

The Centre has invited 9 political parties from the state to discuss on the issue of Telangana. A letter to this effect has been faxed on Wednesday to respective parties by K Skandan, Additional Secretar, Ministry of Home Affairs. As expected, the letter asked the parties to send two representatives each to the meeting. “A number of representations from the [...]

Visalandhra Mahasabha, working for the unity of the state, on Tuesday released a booklet “Telanganalo Visalandhrodyamam (The movement for united state in Telangana)” at Somajiguda Press Club in Hyderabad. Parakala Prabhakar, Nalamotu Chakravarthy and Anjeneya Reddy spoke on the occasion and said the booklet was a compilation of historical facts which stand a testimony to the untiring efforts of several [...]

Jagan Mohan Reddy is now the talking point in Andhra politics. Probably no other leader after the late N T Rama Rao made such an impact on the politics of the day – though in different context and circumstances. People love him or hate him – there is nobody in the state without an opinion on him. Jagan can be [...]

What is the case made out against YSR Congress Party Chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy? The charge sheet filed by CBI alleges that Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy got shares for himself allotted at par initially in M/S Jagati Publications Pvt Ltd and M/S Janani Infrastructure Pvt Ltd and later mobilized funds through companies/individuals benefited in the form of [...]

TRS won in four out of five seats it contested in the 2012 bypolls, leaving the Congress and the TDP high and dry in Telangana. However, a close analysis of the results show that ruling Congress and opposition TDP have actually increased their vote share, while TRS majorities have came down substantially. In the by-elections held in 2010, TRS created [...]

BJP’s unexpected win in Mahabubnagar, YSR Congress Party’s expected majority in Kovur and TDP failing to get deposit in Kamareddy are the main trends in the bypolls. In four out of five seats in Telangana, TDP came third or fourth, which was contrary to poll predictions. TDP stood second only in Kovuru and Station Ghanpur. The party could not give [...]