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TRS Kavitha’s ticket for Nizamabad

      Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K Chandrasekhar Rao's daughter and Telangana Jagruti Samithi (TJS) president Kalwakuntla Kavitha’ s name has been finalized for the Lok Sabha Seat from Nizamabad. There were rumours that KCR would not suggest her name as there might be  an issue of fielding the entire family into the election fray. But with K Kavitha actively participating in the district welfare activities in the recent past  has put all these speculations to rest.

LokSatta Party Manifesto Highlights

      The Loksatta Party unveiled its 2014 election manifesto called the people’s manifesto which speaks about its ideas for the people of both Telangana and rest of Andhra Pradesh States.   The Loksatta has drafted its manifesto not with an eye on garnering seats and votes in elections but on providing a detailed road map for facilitating development, welfare and reforms. It would release its policy paper on electoral alliances today. Highlights of the manifesto: Eradication of corruption: A strong Lokayukta and Ombudsmen at the district level will be formed and the corrupt will be jailed and their properties confiscated. Citizens’ charters will be implemented to ensure hassle-free services. Basic amenities: With a per capita grant of Rs.1000 to wards in villages and towns from the State budget, people will be enabled to have access to basic services. Healthcare: Every family will be provided free healthcare in both Government and private hospitals. Education: Every student will be provided education including computers and English language. Liquor menace: Liquor trade will be nationalized and shops limited to towns and mandal headquarters. Belt shops will be eliminated and de-addiction centers opened. Pensions will be provided to families of liquor victims. Youth: The party will ensure good education, skills and livelihood opportunities to all youth. Senior Citizens: Their services will be utilized in the fields of education, health and agriculture sectors. They will be provided 25 percent concession in bus fares. Middle classes: Assistance will be provided for realizing their dream of a house of their own in the form loans at subsidized interest and sale of Government lands at cheaper rates. Unorganized workers: Welfare boards will be created for workers like masons, carpenters, electricians, mechanics, petty traders and sales staff. They will be provided monetary assistance for their children’s education and interest-free loans for pursuing their professions. The aged will get pensions. Agriculture: Farmers will have the right to sell their produce anywhere without any restrictions. They will be helped to get better prices through encouragement of foreign direct investment in retail trade. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme will be extended to the agriculture sector. Col storage facilities will be provided and agro industries encouraged. Electricity: Twenty-four-hour power supply will be ensured in the next thee years. Steps will be taken to ensure there are no hikes in power tariffs for the next five years. Industry: Industrial units will get fast clearances. Allocation of land and other resources will be transparent.  

Kiran Kumar’s asks KCR to get his facts right

      Speaking at a Media Conference held in Madhapur ,Hyderabad, former CM Kiran Kumar Reddy took off on a tirade against TRS leaders K.Chandra Sekhar Rao’s comments made recently. He said that KCR thinks he is a leader but has no clue about the laws of the land. His immature statements that Polavaram dam plans would be changed and water to the seemandhra region would be blocked if he came to power .This clearly shows his lack of Knowledge about irrigation and there is no way that the plans could be changed now after spending more than 5000 crores of rupees on the project and neither can he go against the Water Tribunals decision about the inflow of water. Regarding the Chiranjeevi’s statement he said that he has only 2 years of experience whereas they have close to 50 years of experience in running the State and this senseless talks serve no purpose. He further said that he would support the Seemandhra employees and the option of moving or staying is left to them ad nobody could harm them.

Ponnala says Congress for Golden T

      Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Ponnala Lakshmaiah said his party would win 100 (out of 119) Assembly and 15 (out of 17) Lok Sabha seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. He went on to elaborate that the Congress has kept its doors open for alliances for those who fought for the creation of Telangana state. Answering a query on whether there was a move to tie-up with Telangana Rashtra Samiti and Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen he said that there was no proposal from either of them for an alliance and hence could not further comment. Building a Golden Social Telangana was the emphasis as the region had many underveloped places.Taking an indirect dig at the TRS he said that the people can’t be hoodwinked by making tall claims that Telangana could be reconstructed and blocking of the Polavaram project shows that they have no technical knowledge .These were statements made to attract voters which can be seen though by the public.

Meira Kumar files nomination papers

      Lok Sabha Speaker and Congress leader Meira Kumar (68), senior BJP leader Giriraj Singh and around 25 candidates filed their nomination papers on Wednesday for six Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar .A sitting MP she has the distinction of being the first Woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha and has been an elected MP a record 4 times .The daughter of dalit leader Babu Jagjivan Ram she is filing her nomination from Sasaram ,Bihar which also happens to be her father’s constituency and this could be her 5th term if she wins the elections this time too.

Thirumala fire subsides partially

      It has taken four helicopters of which two were MI-17 helicopters, deployment of 100 Air Force personnel, the intervention of the Center by sending the Director General of Forests and DG of Fire services from Delhi, the TTD Chairman and MP Kanumuri Bapiraju pull up his socks after realizing that he needs to be present in times of emergency and all this along with the Governor’s intervention- to partially subside the fire that has been raging since the past 3 days in the Seshachalam forest range in holy hills of Thirumala.   The local forest department’s inadequacy in support staff and equipment to fight fires at this large scale has come into light again when they were unable to contain the fire and that too by using only two fire engines and 3 water tankers. This is not the first time that a forest fire of such magnitude broke out. In 2012, a major fire broke out, destroying close to 200 acres of forests and it took around 10 hours to bring it under control. Surprisingly the ecosystem there  is taken care of by the TTD as it into planting rare trees and preserving  the forest. With crores of donations that it receives the TTD authorities in conjunction with the Forest and Fire departments could consider setting up proper advanced fire detecting systems and also have adequate firefighting equipment at the appropriate places for putting out these fires which come at the onset of summer.  

Pawan Kalyan to meet Modi

      Film Actor Pawan Kalyan after starting his much hyped Jana Sena Party had sought the appointment of BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi to discuss the possible alliance between the two parties in the upcoming polls. This has been confirmed and he is slated to meet Modi in Ahmadabad on Friday.   It goes to see if there is going to be any concrete alliance between the BJP and Jana Sena and in what is being circulated, Pawan Kalyan refused to speak about seat sharing process and as mentioned in his inaugural speech he would concentrate on developing the party cadre. He had also mentioned that he would not be  fielding any person and neither would he be contesting  this time .It’s probably a show of solidarity and support to the leader and his ideology .We have to wait and see what will be reveled when a Telugu Super Star meets a National Leader and prime ministerial candidate…

Khushwanth Singh no more

      Renowned Indian author Khushwant Singh has passed away today at the age of 99. One of India's best-known writers and columnists he was born on February 2 in Hadali in present day Pakistan's Punjab.His noted works include ‘Train to Pakistan’, ‘I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale’ and ‘Delhi’. Singh was also was the founder-editor of ‘Yojana’ as well as the editor of the Illustrated Weekly of India. He was a Member of Parliament from 1980 to 1986, and was conferred with the Padma Bhushan in 1974. However, he returned the same in 1984 as a mark of protest against Operation Bluestar. In 2007, he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan. His autobiography, ‘Truth, Love and a Little Malice’, was published in 2002 by Penguin Books. Singh's last book 'Khushwantnama' was published last year.He will be cremated in Lodhi Auditorium, Delhi at 4pm on Thursday and is survived by a son Rahul and daughter Mala.

Rewrite Your Future: Webinar by Paramahamsa Nithyananda

      Living enlightened master Paramahamsa Nithyananda from India will be conducting a webinar to spread consciousness and truth to everyone who is looking to get to the next level in their lives. The topic will be on creating your reality, based on ancient, time-tested spiritual techniques.  

Petition in HC against AP Assembly elections

      Krishna district ,Pamarru MLA T.Y Das has filed a petition in the High Court calling the AP Assembly election as unconstitutional and to be postponed. The petition was admitted by the main bench consisting of Chief Justice Kalyanjyothi Sen Gupta and Justice Sanjay Kumar who have asked for the State Election Commissioner Mr Bhanwar Lal to appear before the court.   The petitioner had questioned as to how the elections could be conducted even before the tenure of the assembly was over and  as a unified state. Then   to elect representatives and then divide them between the states was against the constitutional tenets and that the election conducted in such a fashion was unconstitutional. The High Court admitted the plea with an explanation from the State Election Commission as to whether the bifurcation of the state and the elections can happen simultaneously.

FaceBook campaign to end in 48 hours

      The Election Commission has given strict instructions under the Model Code of Conduct for the FaceBook campaigns by the Political parties to end within 48 hours from the date of poll. As per Clause (4) of the General Conduct section “All parties and candidates shall avoid scrupulously all activities which are “corrupt practices” and offences under the election law, such as bribing of voters, intimidation of voters, impersonation of voters, canvassing within 100 meters of polling stations, holding public meetings during the period of 48 hours ending with the hour fixed for the close of the poll, and the transport and conveyance of voters to and from polling station.” Now the irony here is that you can stop the physical campaign from happening but Social Media tools are all online tools and there is a perpetual online broadcasting happening either through the party or through its supporters. We can stop the official party websites campaign but how do we stop the supporters of these prominent leaders and parties from refraining from using these tools? The Election Commission has looked into this perspective  and has given a notification and by the next 2019 polls they will have to give clear cut guidelines and incorporate the same in clause 4 of the General Conduct.

Forest fire creates chaos atop Thirumala

      The forest fire which broke out in the early hours of Tuesday atop the Thirumala hills has turned to be a major ecological disaster. The fire that was first noticed at Pullatla, spread towards Eethakayala mandapam and Kakulakonda area and later to the eastern parts of the forest. TTDs Chief Vigilance and Security Officer (CVSO) G. Srinivas & reserve forest DFO Srinivasulu along with other forest officials and fire tenders rushed to the spot to put out the flames but have been unsuccessful in putting out the fire. Close to 50 firefighters, other TTD employees and media personnel are currently stuck up the hill. Fire engines from other areas in and around Tirupathi are being called for help. The high winds are further stoking the fire and spreading it further. The TTD and forest officials are in consultation with the Vedic priests and the government for sending helicopters to Thirumala to put out the fire aerially. Papanasanam area is being set to be cleared as the fire has spread to that place also. With fire engulfing the forests there are chances of the wild animals coming in to the human habitats to save themselves from the heat and fire. The forest officials are quickly gearing up for this situation and clearing people from there also. Vehicles on the road to Thirumala are being cleared and sent back. The fire which started near a sandal wood farm has destroyed acres of reserve forest area and sandal wood forests. Whether the onset of summer heat has caused this fire or the handiwork of sandal wood smugglers is yet to be ascertained. But the expected loss is said to be more than 70 crore rupees.The power generating windmills on top of the hill are also set to be stopped as a precaution.

Will Congress be bereft of leaders?

      The bifurcation of the state has led to an interesting change in the political scenario with many political leaders relinquishing Congress and joining either the TDP or YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's YSR Congress Party. Narsipatnam Congress MLA B. Mutyalapapa formally bid farewell to her party, and joined hands with YSRCP.   She met Y S Jagan in Rajahmundry, and said that  she decided to join YSRCP as per her  supporters' wishes and is slated to join the party officially  on Wednesday. Another probable incumbent to the YSR party would be  former Minister of secondary education  K Parthsararthy, who is still weighing the equations before he takes the plunge. Now the other important Congress leader and former Health minister D  L Ravindra Reddy  who was dropped from the Kiran Cabinet last year , is slated to join the TDP in a day or two. Speaking to the media after addressing a meeting in Mydukur he said that it was the TDP alone who can curb Jagan's chances of coming into power. Former Minister for Stamps and registration Mr Thota Narasimham is also likely to join the TDP. Although he hails from a family who have been staunch Congress supporters it is said that party cadre in Jaggampet his home constituency are unhappy with the way the bifurcation took place forcing him to change parties.

Congress open invite to the Youth

      Speaking at a press meet today AP Congress Committee President Mr N Raghuveera Reddy, said that the Congress Seemandhra Campaign would start from the 21st of March at Vijayanagaram and end on the 27th at Anantapur and Kurnool. Speaking further about the exodus of the senior Congress leaders he said that the responsible leaders in the party have left and the Party certainly feels their loss. But the people are not permanent, the Party is and there is no dearth of workers in the party.   He said that the Congress believes in change and when a similar situation happened in the year 1978 there was new influx of leaders and it would repeat again. Congress was receiving requests from the youth and also the reserved categories who are expressing their faith in the leadership. The youth are the future leaders and Congress party welcomes the youth who have interest in serving the nation.He went on to say that the reserved categories were also asking for reservations in the General Category and this shows the interest in joining the party. He said that nature and attitude of the other parties would be revealed soon once the elections were declared.  

Pawan Kalyan for Modi?

      With the news that Pawan Kalyan asking for Narendra Modi’s appointment which has been confirmed by the BJP party leaders has led to an interesting turn of events. Will the BJP have a tie up with Jana Sena will be decided soon as Pawan Kalyan is scheduled to meet Mr Modi in a day or two. It is said that he is likely to hold talks with BJP president Rajnath Singh, senior leaders LK Advani and Sushma Swaraj before meeting Narendra Modi. In his fiery party inaugural solo speech on March 14th where he lambasted the Congress high command balming them for the bifurcation and  for the state of affairs in Andhra Pradesh ,surprisingly he had spared the TDP and BJP barring Mr Venkayya Naidu for criticizing him. This led to both the parties sending him feelers to join their campaign. But it is said that the Pawan Kalyan ignored TDP feelers and is slated to meet the BJP supremo soon.

Chiranjeevi’s Seemandhra Itinerary

      Touted to be the star crowd –puller, former MOS K. Chiranjeevi along with Senior Congress leaders PCC President N Raghuveera Reddy, former PCC president Botsa Satayanarayana, former ministers Anam Ramanarayana Reddy, C Ramachandraiah and Vatti Vasant Kumar will begin the official Seemanadhra Campaign from March 21st .   Chiranjeevi who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Seemandhra Congress Campaign Committee will kick-start the inaugural campaign in Srikakulam in a ‘Bus Yatra’ .Elaborating on the aims of the ‘Bus Yatra’, senior Congress leader Anam Ramnarayana Reddy said that they plan to meet every supporter and vote in these districts and give them an idea of what would be the ongoing developments and future course of action by the Congress Party would be. The ‘Bus Yatra’ would conclude in Anantapur district, and cover two districts per day.Further details would be revealed shortly.

Senior leaders throng TDP

      It’s raining Congress leaders in the TDP party! N Chandrababu Naidu may be irking his loyal Party cadre but he can’t stop the influx of the senior leaders who are deserting the Congress and other parties to be a part of the TDP, which looks like possible poll winner in the Seemandhra region.   TDP Party Chief N Chandrababu Naidu has  admitted senior Congress leaders G Kutuhalamma, MLA from Gangadhara Nellore in Chittoor district, MLC G Tippeswamy from Anantapur district, and former Congress MLA Varadarajula Reddy from Kadapa district into the party, at his residence. Former Tirupati MLA Venkata Ramana, PCC State committee secretary MRC Reddy, Congress party in-charge of Tamballapalle Assembly constituency in Chittoor district, G Shankar Yadav, and Harikumar from Madanapalle  have also joined the Telugu Desam.

Its Kiran's JSP VS Pawan Kalyan's JSP

        With two new parties floated during this 2014 elections in Andhra Pradesh, former CM Kiran Kumar Reddy's Jai Samaykhyandhra Party and actor Pavan Kalyan's Jana Sena Party , we will have to coin different acronyms for them or probably have refer them as Kiran Kumar's JSP and Pavan Kalyan's JSP. On the lighter side we could probably have JSP-KK and JSP-PK to distinguish them. With Kiran Kumar's party launching his party symbol as the Padarakshak ( footwear ) at Visakhapatnam today, we are yet to receive any kind of information of Pawan Kalyans party symbol and the only thing we know is that his party flag has the 6-point Star symbol.The much hyped party was launched on March 14th in Hyderabad where the actor  delivered a very emotional speech and directly targeted the Congreess High Command.But there was no specific Agenda spoken and more of the actor's idealogical meanderings from the past events, about the state bifurcation and others comments about his entry into politics were spoken.  Whether the star in the flag will be his party symbol also is to be confirmed by the actor. So we now have the Congress's Hand, TDP's Cycle, BJP's Lotus, TRS's Car, Jai Samaykhyandhra Party 's footwear and the CPI party's sickle and hammer symbols,dominating the AP politics scenario this 2014

Jai Samaykhyandhra Party wears "Padaraksakulu"

  The Jai Samaykhyandhra Party (JSP) launched its party Symbol the "Padarakshakulu" ( footwear ) today.The party held a session in Visakhapatnam as part of its party drive throughout Andhra Pradesh. Singer Ghazal Srinivas spoke about the party symbol as it signifies Lord Rama's paduka, which Bharatha took to Ayodhya as a a symbol of respect .Leaders Harsha Kumar, P Satyanarayana , U Arun Kumar and other party members were present at the event and together with a young girl they launched the party symbol. Kiran Kumar Reddy , speaking at the event against spoke about how the bifurcation was of no help to the people of Telangana and all the educational and health institutions are based in Hyderabad. And saying that Hyderabad is a part of Telanagana is not correct. Unless we are united we have no progress and the youth have no benefits from this divide and how are we going to face the future generations for this divide which is of no help or use to the youth was further reiterated. Speaking at the event, a highly charged Undavalli Arun Kumar , the convener of the party spoke about the way the bifurcation had happened and termed it as the biggest blunder committed by the Congress High Command.