Some MLAs in YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s party have a long history of struggle. They waged incessant battles and focused on just one constituency, where they worked hard despite defeats. One such YSRCP leader is Chintala Ramachandra Reddy. He has been holding the fort in Piler assembly constituency in Chittoor. . He fought and lost from Piler several times. This time around in 2019, he has managed to register a stunning victory by defeating Nallari family’s Kishore, who was the TDP candidate.

Yet, despite all these efforts, Chintala feels that he has not been suitably rewarded. He was confident that he would be made a minister because of his impeccable credentials. But, when the council of ministers were sworn in, his name was simply not there. Deeply disappointed, Chintala then tried to get a nominated post. But the party, as a matter of policy, does not give corporation posts to the MLAs and MLCs. This was the policy evolved by YS Jagan. It is another matter that Nagari MLA Roja was given such nominated posts.

So, he eyed the TTD trust board membership. He lobbied hard by meeting YS Jagan, Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy, Vijaysai Reddy, Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy and parliamentary party leader Mithun Reddy. They appealed to them to make him a TTD board member. However, when the list was out, his name was simply not there. He said to have been very disappointed. He feels that Peddireddy, the most powerful man in Chittoor played a part in denying him the post.

Ironically, Peddyreddy’s supporter and a former ZPTC, identified as Ashok Kumar got the TTD member’s post, while the MLA could not secure. Chintala is a dejected man these days and is said to be lamenting before his supporters that his services were not being suitably rewarded.

The cash-strapped YSRCP government in Andhra Pradesh got relief with the Centre allowing it to borrow an additional Rs 2,655 crore from the bond market through the auction of bonds.

The union ministry of finance issued orders to this effect on Tuesday (today).

The recent lobbying by AP government at Delhi-level for additional loans seems to have succeeded.

AP finance minister Buggana Rajendranath is making frequent rounds to Delhi to meet union finance minister and ministry officials seeking permission to raise additional loans.

The Centre permitted AP to raise more loans after it met its capital expenditure targets for April-June 2021-22 quarter set by the Centre. AP can raise additional loans for first quarter of this fiscal (April-June) in the ongoing second quarter (July-September).

“The additional open market borrowing permission granted is equivalent to 0.25 percent of their gross state domestic product (GSDP). Additional financial resources thus made available will help the States in pushing their capital expenditure further,” said the Finance Ministry in a statement on Tuesday.

To become eligible for incremental borrowing, the states were required to achieve at least 15 percent of their capital expenditure budgets set for 2021-22 by the end of the first quarter, 45 percent by the end of second quarter, 70 percent by the end of third quarter and 100 percent by March 31, 2022.

YSRCP rebel MP Rahhuram Krishna Raju has moved Telangana High Court on Tuesday (today) on cancellation of bail granted to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy in illegal assets cases filed by CBI.

Raju moved a lunch motion petition in the High Court seeking transfer of Jagan case to another bench in CBI Court, Nampally, Hyderabad.

The CBI Court is expected to deliver its verdict on the petition filed by Raju seeking cancellation of bail to Jagan on September 15 (tomorrow).

Raju filed a petition in CBI in May this year seeking cancellation of bail to Jagan. The arguments in this case ended in August and the court reserved the verdict till September 15.

At this stage, Raju moved a petition in High Court stating that he has no confidence in CBI court that it will deliver verdict impartially in this case tomorrow pointing out that Sakshi media owned by Jagan already published news report on its website and social media platforms stating that CBI Court has dismissed his petition even before the court delivered its judgment.

Raju said Sakshi’s media’s false propaganda may influence CBI Court’s verdict tomorrow and taking this into consideration, Raju soughtHigh Court to transfer Jagan case to another bench.

The High Court admitted Raju’s petition and the outcome on his petition will be known by evening today.

Interesting political rivalry is taking shape in Palamner assembly constituency of Chittoor district. Sitting YSRCP MLA Venkat Gouda has soured relations with Chittoor strongman and minister Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy. He is now at loggerheads with the minister.

In fact, Venkata Gouda was not even remotely connected with politics. A semi-literate, he began as a mason and slowly grew into a realtor. It was during this time that he came into contact with Peddireddy. For quite some time, he was known as the protégé of Peddireddy. In 2019 elections, he was made the YSRCP candidate as the sitting YSRCP MLA N Amarnath Reddy defected to the TDP to become a minister. Since YSRCP did not have a proper candidate, Peddireddy projected Venkata Gouda. Venkata Gouda won the elections by over 42000 votes

However, after winning the elections, he became confined to only Bengaluru, where his business interests lay. For the last two-and-a-half years, he had focused only on his businesses. In the meantime, Adinarayana Reddy began actively touring the constituency. Even Peddireddy too has begun opposing Gouda.

Realising that things were going out of his hands, Gouda has become active for the last one week. He is touring every nook and corner in his constituency. He is meeting various civil society organisations in a big way and is noting down their complaints and suggestions. He is now trying to neutralise the negative feelings against him. With this Palamner has been experiencing a three-way struggle between Amarnath Reddy, Venkata Gouda and Peddireddy. Let’s wait and see how things unfold in the constituency in the coming days.

Why is YSRCP general secretary and Rajya Sabha member Vijayasai Reddy being so obsequious towards the BJP at the Centre? Why is he pandering to the BJP so much? This question is baffling the political class in the Telugu states. For a local party with such a huge majority, he is being too meek while dealing with the BJP. This is the general opinion in political circles.

Vijaysai Reddy has not just backed the JK policy of the BJP, but even praised it. The parliamentary standing committee on commerce , which is headed by Vijaysai Reddy, has lauded the hike in allocations for the Ladakh and the JK. Interestingly, Ladakh does not have a capital. Yet, Vijaysai lauded the allocations.

Ironically, the BJP is showing more affection towards Ladakh and is ignored the claims of Andhra Pradesh. Though the committee led by Vijaysai Reddy did say that the Centre should show the same kind of affection towards other states like Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and AP, whoch had lost their capitals due to bifurcation. They also recommented a 10-year special package to these states. But, did not press for it.

It clearly shows that the YSRCP and Vijayasai Reddy are in no mood to fight with the Centre on any issue. The tone is not aggressive but meek . This is being trolled by the netizens to no end. They are questioning as to why he had failed to get even a single rupee as special fund for the state. They pointed out that the special status is already a dead subject due to the inaction of both the ruling party and the Opposition. Now looking at the obsequious body language of Vijaysai , it is clear that the AP is not going to get anything for the state.