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Janasena is Pawan’s party name?

  Power star Pawan Kalyan, who is determined to launch his political party on Friday March 14th is said to be applied for registration of his new party with ‘Janasena’ name. This news broke out a short while ago and media is abuzz with reports about it.   Pawan Kalyan will launch his political party at Hitex in Madhapur, Hyderabad on March 14th. Potluri Vara Prasad of PVP Cinemas is supervising the arrangements for launching of his party. Pawan Kalyan will officially announce his party name, its intentions, logo, flag etc. on the same day. In a quite co-incidence or part of Congress game plan to counter him and others, it appoints his brother Chiranjeevi as party Campaigning Committee Chairman. Therefore, obviously these Mega brothers may have to cross swords with each other in elections arena.

Rally Day in Andhra Pradesh

      Andhra Pradesh politics is witnessing a field day today. With TDP’s Praja Garjana to take off at 5:00PM today evening and former Chief Minister Kiran Kumar reddy dashing off to Rajamundry for his Jai Samaykhyandra Party rally and meeting at around the same time, both the towns are going to witness an explosion of people and it goes to see who is going to be more succesfull.   Yesterday was Hyderabad’s turn which saw the Bharatiya Janata Party celebrating the Telangana formation in a public event held at the Nizam college grounds where the Party National President Rajnath Singh spoke  to a ground filled to the brim with party supporters where he spoke about how it was the BJP who were instrumental in getting the T Bill approved. He also gave an informal invite to all the parties in Andhra Pradesh including TDP, TRS, JSP to join them as they were the only people who are going to  be at the center and form a stable government. Senior BJP leader also had an interactive session with CII members to address their concerns regarding the BJP’s role in development of the Industry sector both in Telangana and Seemandhra. This kind of a session has not been addressed by the other parties so far. It goes to see what environmental damage these rallies end up doing  to the places after the elections are over. And for that we have to see if the Municipal elections are completed and we have strong and sincere members elected for the post election clean-up.  

Visakhapatnam Praja Garjana Today

    Visakhapatnam: Telugu Desam Party Chief, Nara Chandrababu Naidu’s Prajagarjana will be held at meeting at Indira Priyadarshini mini stadium in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. Chandrababu Naidu will reach Visakhapatnam at 12.40 p.m. and reach the stadium the by 3.30 p.m. in a rally. The session is expected to start at 5:00 PM. Former minister Ganta Srinivasarao, Panchakarla Ramesh, Avanthi Srinivas, Venkatramaiah and Ramana Murthy Rajulu will join the TDP formally in the meeting in the presence of Chandrababu Naidu. Since Vizag has a large number of TDP followers, a large gathering of close to a lakh of people are expected. The rally venue was cancelled twice once due to the election code of conduct which did not allow the AU grounds to be used and when they thought of the beach area that was also cancelled as it would affect the beach environment.

Why Jana Sena ?

      Pawan Kalyan's entry into politics is gaining momentum day by day. Fans and followers are so anxious to know what is next. 14th of March might turn out to be historic day since Pawan has reportedly planned a huge speech. In the meanwhile it seems like Pawan will float a new party and according to sources, the name has been finalized as Jana Sena. It seems like even the election commission has approved the name. The arrangements are made on a huge scale for the meet at the venue. Some famous film biggies are supervising the process. Pawan will speak to some of his senior fans a day before the meeting. Invitations are being distributed too. Let us wait and see what is next. 14th March is just 2 days away !!!

Maoist attack toll goes to 15

      The toll of those killed including CRPF personnel, policemen and a civilian has gone to 15 after the ghastly ambush by the Maoists in Chattisgarh. It was reported that around 300 of them laid the ambush and swarmed out of the forest, triggering land mines and firing indiscriminately at the helpless soldiers at around 11 AM in the Sukma district which is around 400 kms from Raipur. It is described as a clear lapse on the intelligence where no specific inputs about the Maoist movement were given to the soldiers. Time and again the Maoists have been attacking security personnel and whether the movement of the troops in the forest is being leaked to them also needs to be checked. The 2010 Dantewada incident where 76 troops were killed has been a reminder that the forests and terrain in Chattisgarh is not safe and leaving the troops in a very vulnerable state.

Ponnala, Raghuveeraa new PCC Presidents

Congress high command has appointed separate PCC (Pradesh Congress Working Committee) for Andhra and Telangana states. Raghuveera Reddy is appointed as new PCC President for Andhra Pradesh state and Ponnala Lakshmaiah is president for Telangana state Congress party. Uttam Kumar Reddy has been appointed as Congress working President for Telangana state.             

TDP Praja Garjana meeting at Vizag

  TDP leaders are making elaborate arrangements at vizag indira priya darshini stadium for their proposed party meeting ‘Praja Garjana’ to be held tomorrow. Party president Chandrababu and galaxy of senior TDP leaders will speak in the meeting. Former Congress Minister Ganta Srinivasa rao, Congress MLAs P. Ramesh babu, U.V. Ramana Murthy Raju, M. Srinivasa Rao and Ch. Venkatramaiah are all set to join TDP in this meeting. Since, there was tremendous response to their earlier meeting held at Vizianagaram recently, TDP is expecting much more from this meeting.   Former Congress Minister and MLAs, who are planning to join the party tomorrow, may mobilize people in huge scale to showcase their strength. The sitting MLAs, MPs and other leaders of the party also may mobilize people in large scale keeping in view of upcoming elections. So, TDP is expecting not less than two to three lakh people attend this meeting and so are they making massive arrangements.   Garikapati Mohana Rao, former MP M. V. V. S. Murthy, TDP City president Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar, MLAs Velagapudi Ramakrishna, Durga Prasad, Gadde Babu Rao Telugu Yuvatha president L. Krishna, Harsh Vardhan and SC Cell in charge Vijay are supervising the arrangements for the meeting. Chandrababu will reach the meeting venue between 3 and 4pm followed by a rally conducted from Jagadambha Junction, which is in the heart of the city.

AP Municipal Elections Schedule- 2014

      State Election Commissioner P. Ramakanth Reddy said that Election Commission worked on Sunday to release the schedule on a war-footing to comply with the Supreme Court orders on March 7. He blatantly blamed the past State government for the present situation and despite several reminders the Government failed to respond to finalize the reservations for municipalities and PR bodies. Now the elections to the municipalities, panchayat raj institutions, Assembly and Lok Sabha seats were scheduled to be conducted at one go which will cause a lot of inconvenience to the State govt. machinery and the support staff who have to help in the electoral process. Answering a question regarding postponing the Municipal elections which is back to back with the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections , he clearly said that cannot be done and the commission would abide by the Court rulings. GHMC Hyderabad would go for elections in November. Municipal Election Schedule  for 146 municipalities and 10 municipal corporations w.e.f 10-03-2014     Last date for receipt of nominations- 14-03-2014     Scrutiny of nomination -15-03-2014     Last date for withdrawal of nominations and publication of list of candidates contesting- 18-03-2014     Date of Poll – 30-03-2014     Date of repoll( if any)- 01-4-2014     Date of Counting- 02-4-2014  

JP Speaks About Srivennela

      Lok Satta Party Supremo Jayaprakash Narayan made a clear note about Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry’s contribution to the party in a meeting today. There were rumors that Sastry is all set to contest in the upcoming elections on behalf of Lok Satta. However, that has all been rubbished by Jayaprakash. He said that Sastry is a dedicated supporter of Lok Satta and has no plans of contesting in the elections. Jayaprakash further extended his gratitude to Sastry for lending his support to Lok Satta.   According to Jayaprakash, there are many big people who come forward to support a political party and that doesn't mean they are ticket holders. People like Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry have earned fame through their work. Sastry is an ace poet in AP. His writings are valued and are considered as masterpieces. Jaya Prakash requested people not to create rumors and misguide people.

ZTPC and MPTC election schedule

      Andhra Pradesh Election Commission schedule for the Zilla Parishad and Mandal Parishad elections has been given and the highlights of the Election schedule is given below. The votes will not be through the Electronic voting machines but with the ballet boxes due to lack of adequate voting machines.   Elections will be held for 18,803 Parishad posts and 1096 ZTPC posts, 16,589 MPTCs, 9,735 are allotted for women in various categories. This is for the first time that more than 50% posts are allotted for women candidates. After these elections ZP chairmen and MPP post candidates will be selected through indirect elections. ZPTC candidate’s election expense should not cross Rs. 2 lakhs, MPTC candidates’ maximum election expense should be below Rs.1 lakh.  ZTPC nomination deposit is Rs. 5000 and For SC/ST/BC candidates, it is Rs. 2500.  MPTC nomination deposit is Rs. 2500 and For SC/ST and BC candidates, it is Rs. 1250. ZPTC, MPTC Election Schedule •    Election notification is going to be released on March 17 •    Nomination will be accepted from the same day •    Last date for filing nominations is March 30 •    Verification of nomination is on March 21 •    Objections will be received on 22 March •    Last date for withdrawing the nominations is March 24 •    Final list of candidates will be released on the same day •    Polling will be held on April 6 •    Re-polling in required places will be on April 7 •    Counting of votes and announcement of results is on April 8 •    The indirect election of mandal parishad presidents and vice-presidents and zilla parishad chairmen and vice-chairmen will be held on April 13 and 14 respectively  

Maoists attack and kill 6 soldiers

      The Maoists have attacked and killed 20 CRPF personnel  in Sompal , Sukuma district in Chattisgarh. The Maoists triggered a landmine blast and opened fire on the soldiers killing three of them and injuring others This is the third attack after the one in February 28th where Maoists ambushed a team of security personnel in tribal Bastar region killing seven security personnel including a sub-inspector near Kuakonda in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh. The other one was in February 9th where two CRPF officials, including a deputy commandant, were killed and 12 security personnel were injured in a landmine blast triggered by Naxals in the in a forest near Bodhrajpadar village under Bhejji police station limits, in the same Sukma district of Chattisgarh . Two helicopters have been sent from Raipur and  Jagadalpur to the site and the injured are expected to be  shifted to the local Sompal hospital.More casualties are expected.   

YSRCP has 2 new entrants

      The YSR Congress party also has a thing or two to be happy about. With the Congress MP Ananta Venkatarami Reddy and Emaar scam prime accused Koneru Rajendra Prasad joining the Party this week the party looks to boost its image in the Seemandhra politics. A Lok Sabha member from Anantapur, Venkatarami Reddy’s entry is expected to raise the party expectations in the Seema region of Anantapur. Whereas the other entrant Koneru Rajendra Prasad will be a probable contender for the Vijayawada Lok sabha Seat as he hails from the Kamma community. He has been chosen by Jagan as a last minute resort after several names including his sister Y S Sharmila P.V.P Prasad of the Potluri group and Nimmagadda Prasad were considered. He kick started his political campaign from Jaggayyapeta to the party office at Vijayawada. A native of Krishna district and a Jagan henchman, Prasad was involved in real estate and infrastructure business in Dubai and other foreign countries. It is a well known fact that he was arrested and jailed for 9 months before he got bail in August 2012 in the Emaar properties scam and in the other case involving Jagan’s illegal assets. It goes to see what credibility he provides for the Party image during the campaigning time. He has already stated that he would make Vijayawada a top destination by improving the infrastructure of the town.

Why Rayapati name missing in Kiran’s list?

  Finally, Kiran Kumar Reddy has announced his party name and his team, but, there is one important name is missing from his list. It is MP Rayapati Sambhasiva rao’s name. He has been briefing the media about Kiran’s new party all these days. But, neither has he attended the party launching meeting nor his name is listed in Kiran’s team. Though, Kiran gives some silly explanation for his absence, missing of his name in his list clearly indicates that Rayapati has second thoughts over joining Kiran’s team.   Rayapati is keen to join TDP and he did not hide his intentions about it. However, he tilts towards Kiran’s party but gives him slip in the last minute probably he has changed his mind again. According to the latest information, if he couldn’t secure a ticket for himself in TDP, then he may return to Congress fold again. Actually, he has asked for Guntur Lok Sabha ticket, but because of his dilemma, it was gone to Galla Jayadev, who recently joins TDP. So, Rayapati is now said to be asking for Narasaraopeta Lok Sabha ticket. If TDP allots him, he may join it otherwise he may return to Congress party again. He may not join Kiran’s JSP. That’s probably why is his name missing from Kiran’s list.

And “Jai Samaykhyandhra Party” it is!

      Former CM Kiran Kumar Reddy has confirmed the new party’s name as Jai Samaykhyandhra Party (JSP) in line with Telugu pride and self respect, today evening. He had lashed out on all party leaders including Chandrababu Naidu, saying that he was the biggest traitor in this whole bifurcation process. Playing on the Telugu sentiments, he said that he couldn’t follow what was Naidu strategy. He also mentioned that it was true that Digvijay Singh had requested him not to start the party but his conscience didn't allow him and he went ahead and started the party.   He went on to elaborate about the power sector and the water consumption for the Agriculture sector and has already warned about the ill effects of bifurcation in this regard. He criticized KCR for wrongly misleading the public in Mahabub Nagar about these issues and also mentioned that the Tribunal which talks about the allocation of the Krishna Waters to the three states would not benefit Telangana as it was on the lower side and this meant a loss only for Telangana. He also took a dig at Jairam Ramesh about saying one thing and offering another thing and he could not fool the public. Getting into  a jovial mode he showed a piece of the 1961 Berlin wall built between East and West Germany which was broken down in  1991 and reflected that the people of Germany were in favour of Unification and this was what he meant that AP will be unified soon and also said that the Telugu people would fight against the bifurcation and this was the main philosophy behind his party. He mentioned that the JSP party would hold a meeting on March 12th in Rajamundry and all the leaders of the JSP party would come together and bring forth the party proposals.

Jairam Ramesh high hopes for Congress in T

      Union Minister Jairam Ramesh and Adilabad constituency Congress MP who is on a Telangana tour after the bifurcation and also to assess the prospects of the party held a rally in Karimnagar on Sunday. As part of popularizing the Congress in Telangana he has expressed confidence that the Congress has the guts to fight it out alone in Telangana and also assured the people present that the Congress would secure an absolute majority in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. He also said that Sonia Gandhi was not the Telanagana Talli but the only the draft person for the T bill and the credit to the state formation goes only to the Congress and not any other party who are staking their claim in this effort. Ramesh also mentioned that a dalit CM would be made the CM of Telangana if it was voted to power and also said national status would be given to Pranahita and Chevella projects. He further elaborated that if the TJAC wanted to contest with the support of the Congress they are most welcome to join the Party and the Congress would support them in the elections. Another important fact mentioned was that the selection of the SC ST and minority groups would be done by Koppula Raju a SC who was a former IAS officer turned Congress politician. He  also said that if elected to power there would also be tax exemptions for industries in Telangana.

Congress‘s loss is TDP’s gain

      The post bifurcation politics is heating up with defections from one party to another picking up momentum. With the separation of the regions, the political map of AP is going through a series of change as all the politicians are looking towards sustaining their political careers this time. As of now in the Seemandhra politics TDP is in a gaining spree since it has a credible name and fame in regional politics .With Galla Aruna, T G Venkatesh , Erasu Pratap Reddy joining the TDP party , and with some more MLAs including Ganta Sreenivasa Rao and Silpa Mohan Reddy and four other Congress MLAs including U.V. Ramana Murthy Raju (Kannababu-(Kakinada-Rural)), M. Avanthi Srinivas ( Bheemili), P. Ramesh Babu ( Pendurthi) and Ch. Venkatramiah (Gajuwaka), to join the TDP in the Praja Garjana to be held in Andhra University College of Engineering grounds, Visakhapatnam on March 12th ,we will get an official confirmation of all those who will be in the TDP on that day.

T G Venkatesh and E Pratap in TDP

      Since the poll bugle had been sounded we are seeing a barrage of political changes in the State of Andhra Pradesh. As part of jumping the political bandwagon spree we now have two former ministers of Kiran Kumar Reddy regime who have joined the Telugu Desam Party formally. T G Venkatesh and Erasu Pratap Reddy have taken the call to join the TDP. This has been a major setback for Mr Kiran Kumar who would have expected some kind of loyalty from either of them.   T G Venkatesh and E Pratap Reddy, both belonging to Kurnool district in Rayalaseema region have officially joined the TDP in the presence of its chief N Chandrababu Naidu. This was stated to be a mark of protest against the bifurcation of the state and they stated that the only party that could lead the state of Seemaandhra was TDP and its leader Chandra Babu Naidu alone. T G Venkatesh said, it felt like a home coming and it is a well known fact that he was elected from the Kurnool A.P.State legislative assembly from 1999 to 2004 and quit the TDP in 2004 to join the Congress party. Erasu Pratap Reddy who was elected to the assembly 3 times and won from newly formed Srisailam Assembly Constituency in 2009 elections and was a strong loyalist of the Congress Party now  has shifted his change to the TDP and is a strong contender in the Seema politics.

CPI (M) states its stance

      The Communist Party of India ( Marxist) state secretary and former MP ,Mr Thammineni Veerabhadram has declared that the party would contest in all the Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in the region of Telangana in the forth coming elections. Speaking in Nayakangudem in Kusumanchi mandal yesterday after being unanimously elected as the first secretary of the party’s Telangana State committee he reiterated that the Party’s stance was open to forge alliances with anyone who was anti Congress and anti BJP and that if there is an alliance the number of seats the Party intends to contest will go down and if there is no alliance the number may increase. This was also ratified previously by the CPI(M) Polit Bureau member B V Raghavulu.   The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has formed two separate committees for the two states after the AP State Reorganisation Bill was passed. The Telangana state committee of the Party has been formed with 42 members and the Andhra Pradesh state committee of the Party with 44 members and Thammineni Veerabhadram has been elected as the CPI(M) Telangana state secretary with S Veeraiah, S Malla Reddy, G Nagaiah, Ch Seetharamulu and Chukka Ramulu as state secretariat members. It may be noted that  Penumalli Madhu has been elected as the CPI(M) Andhra Pradesh state secretary with P Ramulu, M A Gafoor, S Punyavati, V Krishnaiah, Y Venkateshwara Rao, Ch Narsingha Rao and Midiyam Babu Rao as state secretariat members. The Party intends to contest from 6 Lok Sabha and 33 assembly constituencies in the integrated state of Andhra Pradesh.

Digvijay Singh hopeful on alliance with TRS

  If seen, Congress party state political in-charge Digvijay Singh’s latest statement one could understand how desperate is Congress party for having poll alliance with TRS. He said “We are waiting for TRS leader K Keshav rao to come to Delhi soon for finalizing poll alliance and seat sharing between two parties. I am hopeful about having alliance with TRS.”   However, T-Congress leaders have categorically stated today that they do not want any poll alliance with any party including TRS. Former Minister Jana Reddy said that they are very much sure to win the elections and form government on their own without any party support. TRS, which is predicted to make a clean swipe in the Assembly seats in the upcoming elections is doesn’t want to share power with Congress party.   So, TRS is also trying to widen the gap between two parties by encouraging some Congress leaders join it. KCR has not only inducted Congress leader Krishna Mohan Reddy but also declared giving him Gadwal Assembly ticket to him. While, Congress high command may prefer to keep MPs seats, TRS may prefer to get majority of Assembly seats. So, Congress and TRS may have a limited poll alliance to ensure either parties bag all MP seats.