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Purandeswari found fault with TDP government

  Former Union Minister and BJP leader Purandeswari has found fault with AP government. She objects the state government for claiming full credit of implementing various welfare schemes and projects in which the NDA government is also contributing funds.   Addressing the party workers at Pedanandipadu in Guntur district, she said “NDA government is also funding for old age pension schemes implemented by the state government. It is also providing huge funds to all states for constructing latrines for every poor family. It is funding 90 per cent cost of the Polavaram Project in the AP state. It has granted uninterrupted power supply pilot project to the AP state. But, the state government is claiming full credit of all those welfare schemes and projects. So, BJP workers should campaign about our party and central government contribution in such programs and projects.”   There is a general opinion among the people of the state that NDA government is not helping the state as it was expected to be. For example, even seven months after formation of state and central governments, several promises like Railway Zone, Special status, industrial corridor from Vizag to Chennai etc. are were not granted till date. People think that the state BJP leaders are also not taking any initiative to stress their party high command to fulfill all the promises made to the state in the AP Reorganization Bill-2014.   Their ignorance or failure to highlight such points mentioned by Purandeswari helps to develop negative opinion among the people. This kind of negative feeling against NDA government is very harmful to BJP’s political interests in the state. If, BJP is really serious to strengthen itself and emerge as alternate political power in the state, all its leaders should campaign about the central government contribution in the state development.   In fact, her criticism is not intended to hurt the TDP but a wake-up call to the state BJP leaders. The ruling TDP government also should realize that it should share the credit of developing the state with the BJP to avert such criticism from its alliance partner and that will encourage them to pressurize the central government.

MLC Rudraraju Padmaraju to join TDP

  Congress party that is awaiting a strong jolt with BJP president Amit Shah’s arrival to AP and Telangana states got one before his arrival. Its senior most leader and official spokesperson MLC Rudraraju Padamaraju has decided to join TDP very soon. He has been serving the Congress party for last 3 decades but leaving the party as sees no hope for it in the state. AP PCC President Raghuveera Reddy has tried to convince him not to snap ties with the party, but he decides to quit the party. TDP president Chandrababu Naidu is reported to be welcomed him into the party. So, he may officially announce his decision tomorrow.   Congress party should be prepared to receive many more shocks on tomorrow and day after tomorrow as some of its senior leaders are likely jump into the BJP in the presence of its president Amit Shah. There were reports about Marri Shashidar Reddy, Danam Nagendar and some others in Telangana are planning to join TRS party.

Are TDP Leaders over reacting to Jagan’s remarks?

  TDP leaders and some ministers of the AP state government are sharply reacting to YSR Congress party president Jagan Mohan Reddy’s prediction about TDP government collapsing within two years. Somireddy Chandra Mohan Reddy asked him to disclose the name of the astrologer who predicted this or reveal who is conspiring to topple the government. Minister Raghunatha Reddy has predicted that Jagan Mohan Reddy, who is facing 11 CBI charge sheets, will definitely go to jail within two years. Several others of the party and the state government also have criticized him similarly for his predictions.   However, they seem to be giving unnecessary importance to his meaningless statement with their overreaction. Their strong reaction is developing curiosity in the people to know what Jagan has stated about TDP government. But, Somireddy question to Jagan is hinting that TDP is suspecting that Jagan Mohan Reddy might be conspiring to topple the government. Probably, that is why he asked Jagan whether he or someone else is conspiring behind. TDP has to find itself about it and shouldn’t expect him or anyone to disclose about the conspiracy.   However, Jagan Mohan Reddy may be very much pleased see them all alarmed with his small remark and for reacting so sharply. In fact, they gave him a clue that they are very much worried with his remark. So, he may keep pinching the state government whenever he find himself cornered by them.

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Conditions applies to free housing scheme: T-Government

  Providing two bed room houses to every poor family is one of the many elections promises made by the TRS Chief KCR. He reiterated his promise even till recent past. However, Indrakaran Reddy, minister for housing has stated that conditions apply to the free housing scheme.   He said “We have estimated that it will cost Rs.4.5 lakh for constructing a two-bed room house in 490 square feet area. Keeping in view of financial constraints, government will pay Rs.3.5 lakhs and the beneficiaries have to pay Rs.1lakh only.”   Earlier, the Congress government was used to provide ‘Indiramma Illu’ to the poor people in urban and rural areas also. Under this scheme, government provides Rs 45,000 to Rs 70,000 in rural areas and from Rs 55,000 to Rs 80,000 in urban areas for the poor people in the upper casts and backward classes and Rs.1.2 lakh in urban and rural areas to the poor people in the SC and ST categories.   Then, KCR has asked how the Congress government expects a four or five member family to live in a small single bed room flats? So, he offered to provide two-bed room houses to all the poor people in the state totally at free of cost. But, now he seems has realized that his promise is costlier than his crop loans waiver promise. So, his government is now trying to reduce the financial burden by transferring part of it on to the poor people.   Now, it is Congress party’s turn to ask him how his government is expecting the poor people to pay Rs.1 lakh and why is putting such conditions when he promised to offer them at free of cost. TDP leader Ravula Chandrashekar Reddy and former minister DK Aruna opine that CM KCR is trying to escape from one by one of all his elections promises. They said there is no surprise if the Telangana government links this scheme to Aadhar or some other system to narrow down the beneficiaries.

Amma Cement @ Rs.190 per bag launched in TN

  Despite losing power and being disqualified to contest any elections, former CM of Tamilnadu state Jayalalitha’s influence on her ruling AIADMK party and the state government remain unquestionable proves her die-hard loyalist and the present CM of the Tamilnadu state O Panneer Salvam by launching ‘Amma Cement’ in the state two days ago.   The actual price of each cement bag in the market is around Rs.300, but the state government will supply the same at subsidized rate of Rs.190 per bag to the poor and middle class section people. Need not to say it makes a large difference for the weaker and middle class sections of the society.   During her regime, she has launched many products like Amma Mineral Water, Amma Tea powder, Amma Sault etc. that glorifies her image among the poor and middle class sections of the society. Her ‘Amma Canteens’ launched all over the state during her regime have further glorified her image.   AP Government inspired with her Amma Canteens has planned to introduce the same in the AP state as Anna Canteens, but still it couldn’t complete the necessary arrangements and basic infrastructure to run the canteens.

NTR Statue to be installed in River Krishna

  AP Government is reportedly planning to install a huge statue of late NTR in the Krishna River, just like Buddha statue installed in Hussein Sagar Lake in Hyderabad. CM Chandrababu Naidu believes that it will make his fans, party followers and the people of the state very happy and also it will become a major tourist attraction of the state.   According to available information, he wants the statue to be installed facing the upcoming capital city. There are also proposals to develop a small island in the river for this purpose so as tourists can spend some time there. However, this plan is not yet finalized. Chandrababu Naidu is reported to be put this proposal for discussion by the party senior leaders and the members of his government. If, they back his proposal, he may give nod for this project also. However, the government should remember what the High Court and Supreme Court are saying about installing statues of political leaders and hoardings, otherwise it will be inviting fresh troubles.

I will be thankful to my brother always for it: Pawan Kalyan

  Chiranjeevi Although, Chiranjeevi and Pawan Kalyan politically differ with each other, they still respect each other like ever before. It was revealed during ‘Gopala Gopala’ movie audio release function held at Shilparamam in Hyderabad yesterday.   Speaking on the occasion, Pawan Kalyan said “I will remember my elder brother Chiranjeevi’s advice as long as I live. I used to dedicate all my time for practicing Yoga and meditation before joining film industry. One day, when I tried to explain about the importance and good things about Yoga and Meditation to him, his reply makes me realize what the life is and how to live it.”   “Then he told me “You can tell any stories as long as I keep sweating in film profession and your sister-in-law is feeding you. You will realize the sweetness of the life only when you also strive hard and achieve something.”   “I felt his reply like a slap on my face. I will not forget his advice in my life. I am very thankful to him for making me realize what the life is and for guiding me towards my goal.”   “I will honestly effort to achieve my goals. Either it may be in films or politics. But, I believe success and failures are not in our hands. They are controlled by the god alone. I think my duty is to put sincere efforts and leave the rest to the god. I believe in god and humbly accept whatever he offers me. I have never asked him for any favours before, but after seeing my fans are feeling very sorry for my frequent failures then only I prayed the god to give me a hit.”   Pawan Kalyan always spells his mind very honestly about any matter. Perhaps, that is why his fans love him so much.

Wedding Bells for Trisha soon?

  Veteran Tollywood and Kollywood actress Trisha may get married in this coming March with film maker Varun Maniyan. According some reports from Tamil media, their engagement function held on November 16, 2014. They both are reported to be gone on a jolly trip to Agra in a charter flight few days ago.   Trisha, while greeting her fans on New Year, tweets this year will be very special for me. There are rumors in the media that I will quit film industry after my marriage. But, it is not true. I will continue in the industry. According to Kollywood sources, her mother Uma Krishnan has already begun arrangements for her marriage. If seen these things collectively, they give scope to believe that she is going to marry very soon.   Trisha had successfully completed 12 years in the film industry. She has number of super hits to her credit. Although, she remains a busy actress in Kollywood, she couldn’t bag any films after her last film Dammu released in 2012. But, she recently has signed one Telugu film ‘Lion.’ She will pair with Balakrishna in it. She also has signed three Tamil films and recently.   But, can she manage to do all these films after marriage? If can’t, she has to postpone her marriage to complete them which may take a year or so. Let us see how she is going to manage all these things.

Ahuthi Prasad Passes Away

  Veteran Tollywood actor Ahuthi Prasad (57) passes away at KIMS Hospital in Hyderabad on Sunday afternoon. He was ailing with cancer decease. His actual name is Adusumilli Janardhan Varaprasad. He has two sons. His native place is Koduru in Mudinepalli mandal of Krishna district.   He debuts with Telugu film ‘Ee Prashnaku Baduledhi?’ and acted in 275 films including Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and one Hindi film. He became popular as Ahuthi Prasad with his marvelous performance in film ‘Ahuthi.’ His last film is Rudramadevi directed by Rajamouli. He also acted in “Shankar’ and ‘Patta Pagalu’ which are expected to release soon.   His performance in films Gulabhi, Ninne Pelladutha, Chandamama, Jayam Manadera, Kottha Bangaru Lokam, Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu etc. have earned name and fame for him. He won Nandi Award as Best Villain in Nenu Ninnu Premisthunnaanu in 2003, and again won Nandi Award in 2008 as Best Character Artist in film Chandamama. He served as general secretary of Movie Artists Association.   His funerals will be conducted at Errgadda graveyard on Monday morning. Before that, his body will be kept at Film Chamber to enable his fans and others offer him their last tributes.

YCP shows doors to its trusted leaders?

  There is a common factor in all these former YSR Congress leaders-Konda Surekha, Sabbam Hari, Konathala Ramakrishna, Jupudi Prabhakar rao and Gattu Ramachandra rao. They all are known to be die hard loyalists of the party and also used to defend the party and its president Jagan Mohan Reddy from the rival party’s attacks. But, they all get the same mistreatment in the hands of their party president and so left the party.   Gattu Ramachandra rao is known to be mouth piece of the party in the Telangana state. But, he also bid good bye to party yesterday. Like many others, who left the party before, he also complains about Jagan Mohan Reddy’s peculiar attitude. He said that he couldn’t adjust with him in the party, so leaving the party.   If, Jagan has no plans to return to Telangana state again, Ramachandra rao’s departure may make no difference to him. But, in case if he is really serious to return to Telangana, it will be very difficult for him to fill the gap created with his departure. Ramachandra rao is reported to be planning to return either to TRS or CPI (M). If he joins TRS party, probably people may hear something interesting from him about Jagan Mohan Reddy and his party.

AP Government may go to court over EAMCET issue

  The AP Reorganization Bill-2014 states that the existing system of higher education is to be continued for the next ten years without any change. This is applicable to EAMCET admissions also. But, the Telangana government is not willing to abide by that clause. It wants to conduct EAMCET separately on its own.   CM KCR argues that it is inappropriate to jointly conduct the exams even after Telangana state is emerged as a separate in the country and no other government can force his government to conduct exams jointly with it. His argument can be justified, if there is no certain clause in the AP Reorganization Bill-2014 for this purpose. But, the previous UPA government has added this clause in the bill to safeguard the interests of the students studying in the Hyderabad and in other Telangana districts.   There are lakhs of students whose origins are in Andhra Pradesh. So, all those students may badly affect if the Telangana government that is desperate to develop its own identity introduces a new syllabus and a new pattern in the EAMCET Exams. That is why the AP government is objecting the Telangana government’s proposal of conducting separate exams.   AP HRD Minister Ganta Srinivasa rao will meet Governor Narasimhan on Saturday afternoon to intimate him that his government will be forced to go to the High Court or Supreme Court if he fails to convince the Telangana government for conducting joint exams.   Since, the AP government is arguing on the basis of AP Reorganization Bill-2014, the court may direct the Telangana government to strictly abide by the clauses in the bill. But, the legal fight between the two governments may lead to confusion among the students and their precious academic year may be wasted, if there is any delay takes place in conducting the exams due to this legal battle between the two governments. So, if the Telangana government is reluctant to conduct exams jointly, it can implement the same from the next academic year onwards taking the consent of the courts.

Rahul Gandhi also doing Padayatra?

  Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi wakes-up from his long sleep with the defeat of his party in Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir States. According to latest information, he is likely to conduct a padayatra from Saranath to Banaras in Uttar Pradesh very soon. The purpose is to strengthen his party. However, his program is not yet finalized. Senior Congress leaders are discussing whether it is worth conducting padayatra in this time when there are no elections around.    Actually, Rahul Gandhi has no other job to do now after his party was defeated in the general elections. Moreover, he and his mother are often facing demands from within the party to handover the party reins to some others who can lead the party efficiently. His prince image is also gradually fading away behind the strong influence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. So, all these reasons may encourage him to think about going on a padayatra. Whether his padayatra could strengthen his party or not definitely it will help him to catch the media attention after a longtime.

YCP finds fault with CBN’s decision

  YSR Congress party may believe that being the main opposition party, its duty is to oppose any decision taken by the ruling TDP government, so is it opposing the CM Chandrababu Naidu’s decision to allow the retail market giants Reliance, Wal-Mart, ITC into AP market.   Vasireddy Padma, the official spokesperson of the YSR Congress party speaking to media at party office flayed Chandrababu Naidu for allowing the retail giants into the AP market. She also levied serious allegations against him of taking thousands of crores of rupees bribes from them. She asked why he has changed his mind when TDP MPs were issued a whip to vote against the FDI bill in the parliament during UPA regime. She reminds that her party opposed the bill, but TDP MPs have abstained during voting time. She demands an explanation from the CM about what makes him change his stand on this issue.   If, Chandrababu Naidu doesn’t allow the retail giants enter into the AP market then also YSRCP may blame him for behaving like a monarch. It should note that no developing country or state will ever think to control the markets instead they will be encouraged to spread and thus generate revenue for the governments. If markets are flourishing with good business, it is generally considered as a good sign of healthy condition of the states. Since, Chandrababu Naidu is dreaming for a rapid development of the state, he is letting the markets also spread proportionately.   And opposing the FDI bill is to be seen as purely a political decision. The FDI bill was introduced by the rival Congress party and so TDP opposed it. However, Vasireddy reminds that the two MPs of TDP have abstained from the FDI Bill voting. That itself is indicating about TDP’s stand on it. Unfortunately, YSRCP is trying to politicize each and every issue instead of giving constructive suggestions to the state government.   YSRCP alleges that Chandrababu Naidu chooses Vijayawada for building the capital city merely because he wants to benefit his party leaders. Now, Vasireddy Padma alleges that CM Chandrababu Naidu is allowing the retail giants into the state only because he received thousands of crores bribes from them. Since, she is making very severe allegations against a CM she has to show the evidences for it, before asking his explanation.

Deploy Paramilitary to prevent misuse of waters?

  The disputes between the AP and Telangana states over sharing of water have reached its peak with AP government’s letter to Centre appealing for deployment of paramilitary forces reservoirs to prevent Telangana government from drawing additional waters from the reservoirs. AP government in its letter to Centre complains that Telangana government is still secretly generating power by drawing water from the Srisailam dam, whereas was allowed to generate power till November 2, 2014 only.   AP government argues that entire Rayalaseema region will be deprived of drinking water, the ayacut under the KC canal, SRBC and Telugu Ganga projects will badly affected, if Telangana government keep drawing water from the dam for power generation. It argues that Telangana government should strictly abide by the water sharing formula proposed by the Brijesh Kumar Tribunal and shouldn’t violate it. However, the Telangana government is ignoring the Tribunal guidelines, Krishna River Board Management orders and also violating the schedule 11 of AP Reorganization Bill-2014.   So, AP government appeals the Centre to intervene in this matter and deploy the paramilitary forces to prevent the Telangana government drawing any additional waters from Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar dams. Responding to the letter, the union water resources ministry is planning to seek the Telangana government explanation in this regard.

Will BJP contest GHMC elections alone?

  BJP President Amit Shah will visit AP and Telangana states on January 8 and 9th. He will reach Hyderabad on 7th evening and meet his party leaders of Telangana on 7th and 8th. Probably, he may finalize the party stand whether to go along with TDP or not for facing GHMC elections. While a section of BJP leaders are favoring alliance with TDP, another group are averse to it.   Those who favor alliance with TDP argue that unless BJP join hands with TDP, it would be very difficult to convince the Andhra people settled in the twin cities to vote for it. They argue the TRS that has the support of MIM, if gets YSR Congress party support also then it may have edge over BJP in GHMC elections. So, they argue that it is wise to go along with TDP in the GHMC elections otherwise BJP’s electoral chances will be blink.   However, the others who are opposing alliance with TDP argue that it is worth taking risk in GHMC elections. BJP should consider this as an opportunity to test its strength in the twin cities. They argue that the TRS, MIM alliance should be treated as an opportunity to corner the ruling TRS government over metro rail project and many other local issues.   So, Amit Shah has to take a final decision on this matter. Probably, he may prefer to go along with TDP in the GHMC elections, as it is too early to snap ties with the TDP. Even if he lets the party contest alone in the elections, it would be just a friendly contest and not any serious fight between the two parties. Amit Shah is expected to visit Vijayawada on January 9th. Probably, some Congress and YSR Congress party leaders may join BJP during his visit to the state.

Is PDP playing mind games in J&K?

  People’s Democratic Party that emerges as a single largest party by winning 28 seats out of 87 in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly is short of 16 seats to form the government. The second largest party BJP that bags 23 seats has tried to strike a deal with it, but drops the idea as the conditions laid by PDP is unacceptable to it.   Then, PDP welcomes National Conference led by outgoing CM Omar Abdullah and the Congress party to support her party. PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti met the Governor NN Vohra on Wednesday claiming that her party has total 55 MLAs support.   But, after coming out of the Rajbhavan, she is all praise to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, instead of briefing the media about her plans for government formation.   She said “Vajpayee had started dialogue with Hurriyat. He had started dialogue with Pakistan. We got generous economic package. UPA continued it for some time but later stopped it. Modi government also got the responsibility to carry forward the development activities as he promised to the people during elections campaigning. But, development will be there as long as peace prevails.”   If she really has 55 MLAs support to her party, she need not to praise Vajpayee ruling and Modi’s support for developing the state. So, she might be playing a mind game to woo the BJP to get its support to her party.   The issues that she mentioned in her statement like dialogue with Kashmiri separatists Hurriyat leaders, Economic package, Development, maintaining peace in the valley sounds conditions for having a deal with BJP.   She may be expecting the BJP to resume a dialogue with Hurriyat leaders, withdraw Armed forces from Kashmir Valley and grant special economic package to the state to share power with her party. But, BJP is averse all her conditions.   She knew that sailing with political rivals-the Congress and National Conference for a long time is highly impossible. Though she runs the show, they both may control her sitting in the back seat. Knowing this, she wants to share power with the BJP to form a stable government, but wants BJP to agree to her terms and conditions. Perhaps, that is what she is speaking about now.   But, BJP also can take the support of its old ally National Conference and form government in the state. He asks Deputy CM Post, a central minister post and a Rajya Sabha seat to his party. So, Omar’s conditions are comparatively much better than her conditions and BJP may think about taking his party support than supporting PDP.

Cultivation not allowed in the Capital city area?

  AP Agriculture Minister Prattipati Pulla rao has stated that cultivation is prohibited in the ear marked areas of the capital city from next session. He said farmers are allowed to sell their products produced from their agricultural lands but not allowed for cultivation. This measure is to prevent any complications in land acquisition process, said the minister.   State government has identified 122 acres of land for the capital city and brings it under CRDA limits. But, CRDA limits spread to 7068 km in Krishna and Guntur districts. The state government will collect total 30,000 acres of land from these two districts under land pooling system. All these lands are highly fertile lands and yields three crops a year. But, farmers are asked not to plan any crops in these 30, 000 acres of lands from next session.   Probably, its decision may rage the farmers, who are already very much disturbed with the land acquisition process. So, the 20 teams constituted to carry on with the land acquisition may face the ire of the farmers.   Since, it may take a year or so to start any construction activities in the ear marked areas, government should allow the farmers to carry on with their cultivation works in their lands until then, In the meantime it can work on master plan, obtain necessary clearances and funds from the central government. It will ease the pressures on the state government and also make the farmers cool

New Year Resolutions

  People all over the world are anxiously waiting to step into year 2015. Many of them take many new resolutions on this occasion, while forgetting about their resolutions taken at the beginning of year 2014. Perhaps, we may forget about our fresh resolutions within a month or two and carry on with our routine lives without expecting any much change.   According to a recent survey conducted by research scholars of University of Scranton, only 18 per cent of the people will treat their resolutions very seriously and achieve their goals. According to their survey around 40 per cent of the Americans take new resolutions every year but hardly very few of them remember about their resolutions later.   We may find a lot of stuff on Google about this subject. But, very few people take pains to go through all that stuff to realize what went wrong with their old resolutions and what encourages them to take fresh resolutions again.   If we do some soul searching, try self-motivation, garner our will power in us, one can definitely implement the resolutions, whether they are small or big. But, often people make resolutions just to seek an excuse for their failures in the past or just to impress the friends and relatives. So are their resolutions found untouched at the end of the year. So, we should have some clarity about the purpose of taking resolutions.   If, we have some realistic goals, then it would be easy to uphold our resolutions also. There may be too many constraints in implementing our resolutions, but we shouldn’t let them force us to ignore our resolutions. Instead, we should treat them as challenges that come in our way to distract from our goals. Instead of focusing our attention on the negative things that may pop up, we always should remember that we are in those 18 per cent group of people, who never forget about their resolution and achieve their goals. As long as we let our resolutions tickle in our brains, we can’t be distracted from our goals during the course of time.   After all we all make resolutions just to fill some happiness in our lives. So, we need not to feel sorry for failing to implement our old resolutions, instead we should pat ourselves for thinking in right direction and make another sincere effort to achieve our goals. So, let us take a fresh resolution for year 2015, but with full clarity about its purpose.