The ongoing by-elections are a make-or-break for the political career of not only Jagan, Chandrababu, Kiran and Botsa but also Chiranjeevi. Having merged his party with Congress Party, Chiranjeevi is now required to prove that he is indeed an asset to the party electorally, for which he was primarily inducted. His political future in Congress at this juncture will be [...]

International political and business weekly The Economist advised Rahul Gandhi whose party flopped at the recent state elections to look for a new career. The article in the latest edition of the magazine, while pointing out that the prospects were dim for Congress and economic reform in the country, however, said that a welcome development was that the voters were [...]

Why the delay in inclusion of PRP MLAs in cabinet? Is the CBI investigation going at snail’s pace? Monday’s Times of India report has answers to these questions. According to the scoop, Jagan extended olive branch to Congress in Delhi through two MPs – Deepender Singh Hooda of Rohtak, Haryana and Asaduddin Owaisi of MIM. The message was that Jagan [...]

Textiles and Handlooms Minister Dr P Shanker Rao is a maverick, who has been on a rampage for some time now. Shanker created sensation when his letter was treated as PIL by High Court and ordered CBI inquiry agianst Jagan Mohan Reddy. Of late, he has been making allegations against his own Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy as well as [...]

A year in the Chief Minister’s saddle seems to have instilled lot of confidence in Kiran Kumar Reddy. The man with little experience in administration and less than adequate political base has now become presumptuous with an air of certainty. In the only interview he gave on the occasion to Deccan Chronicle, Kiran declared firmly, “I am telling you, I [...]