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BJP sets 6-months deadline for Jagan Circar

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BJP sets 6-months deadline for Jagan Circar

The Bharatiya Janata Party national and state leaders are dropping all hints on how they are going to corner YCP boss and CM Jaganmohan Reddy sooner than later. Union Minister Amit Shah openly praised MP CM Ramesh indicating that their party would give equal priority to leaders who join their party. Now, BJP AP President Kanna Lakshminarayana has set a 6-month deadline for Jagan to prove its impartiality in governance.

Kanna warned the Jagan government of serious repercussions if it did not implement pro-people programmes. He demanded that the ruling YCP should take immediate measures to implement 10 per cent reservations for poor candidates from open categories. Kanna said that the Modi government at the Centre has introduced this to provide support to the youth. The AP government has not yet begun its implementation which may increase the problems of the unemployed youth in the state.

Political circles say that the BJP’s changing strategies may cause greater harm to Jagan and his party rather than the TDP in the coming months. Of the 6-months deadline, already two months are nearly over. The BJP national leaders are also expected to step up their attacks on Jagan by this year-end. YCP will face bigger trouble from the BJP than the TDP considering the national party’s desperation to capture power by hurting the ruling party in AP.

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AP people have fallen from the frying pan into the fire: BJP

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AP people have fallen from the frying pan into the fire: BJP

The Bharatiya Janata Party is leaving no opportunity to attack the ruling YCP in Andhra Pradesh. YCP leaders are not at all countering their statements. The BJP is now of the opinion that the Jagan Reddy government is becoming more and more unpopular every day because of its own anti-development and anti-people policies. It thinks AP people are feeling that they have made a mistake in the last general election.

BJP National General Secretary Ram Madhav has stepped up his strong attack on the Jaganmohan Reddy government. He says that the AP people have already lost their hopes of getting any improvement in their loves from the ruling party. They thought of betterment by changing the government but even greater harm is being done to them now.

Ram Madhav says that the AP people have now fallen from the frying pan into the fire by giving a thunderous majority to the YCP. Their hopes on the second regional party have gone. Ram Madhav asserts that there’s a clear chance that the people will go with the BJP as it is a national party which will stay in power at the Centre for the next 25 years.

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BJP in frustration over Jagan game plans

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BJP in frustration over Jagan game plans

The Modi-Shah duo thought that their party can easily gain a strong hold in Andhra Pradesh once Chandrababu Naidu is out of power. So, they extended all support for the resounding victory of Jaganmohan Reddy who has now become an even greater threat to BJP. in the past 50 days of Jagan regime, the BJP AP leaders couldn’t make big gains except joining 4 TDP MPs and some second rung leaders. The BJP now thinks that the landslide victory won by Jagan has come as a big hurdle for their plans. As he has got 151 MLAs as against just 23 of Opposition TDP, Jaganmohan Reddy has told Assembly Speaker Tammineni Sitaram to accept the resignations of any MLA without weighing pros and cons.

Analysts say that Jagan’s strategy has paid rich dividends as it has spoilt BJP plans to win over some dissident MLAs from the ruling YCP. Breaking YCP morale is indeed necessary for the BJP if it really wants to make political gains in the state. The BJP is also worried about the religious polarisation of Dalit Christians who are voting cent per cent for Jagan. The Sangh Parivaar is alarmed at this increasing hold of pro-Christian and casteist Jagan Reddy government. Rumour is that the Parivaar has begun building pressure to counter Jagan. The day is not far off when the BJP may take the bull by the horns.

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Hero Suriya’s emotional letter after BJP & AIADMK’s verbal attack on him

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Hero Suriya’s emotional letter after BJP & AIADMK’s verbal attack on him

Ghazini hero Suriya’s emotional letter in social media defending himself after being attacked verbally by BJP & AIADMK leaders became talk of the town in Kollywood and Tamil political circles. Details as below.

The issue started last week when Suriya criticized ‘National Education Policy (NEP)’ proposed by central government. He commented that as per Draft NEP, the focus is on exams, qualifying exams and entrance exams, but not on accessible quality education to all students.” He also criticized the proposed 3 language formula that already caused a lot of controversy in Tamil Nadu.

His comments drew flak from Tamil Nadu BJP leaders and the state Education minister (AIADMK). Both criticized that Suriya is disturbing peace in the state with malicious intentions. However, actor turned politician Kamal Hassan supported Surya and commented on social media that, “Brother Suriya has my support. He has every right to talk about education as Suriya’s family has done a lot for educational development of the poor,” he added.

Suriya wrote an emotional letter in reply to these comments and questioned that, as India, he has right to speak his mind and his intention is governments should strive for providing quality education to all. He questioned political parties that are targeting him, whether he doesn’t have the right to question anything in this country. Already his fans are supporting him and arguing that there is nothing wrong in his statements and BJP and AIADMK need to understand we are in a democracy but not an autocracy.

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BJP a blessing for YCP and TRS in Telugu states

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BJP a blessing for YCP and TRS in Telugu states

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s serious efforts to gain strength in Telugu States is not yielding great results. The party national leadership thinks their party has got sympathisers’ base but the ground level situation looks very different. BJP’s membership drive has not got expected response. It is clear that regional and caste vote bank politics are dominating the two states. TRS is playing to the regionalism sentiment while YCP is getting huge support from weaker sections especially Christian voters cutting across caste, creed and community.

Being a national level party in power at the Centre, BJP may look attractive for different communities but eventually they may not like to be reduced to second-rung leadership roles. There is a thinking that BJP would be a good platform to bring down KCR. However, not many leaders are showing interest to join that party. Revanth Reddy is one such leader who is taking BJP lightly. Analysts say that BJP is failing to raise hopes among anti-KCR communities and leaders from other parties. Also, the BJP is becoming a big hurdle for Congress to pick up its strength and oppose TRS.

In Andhra too, BJP is not able to create a mass appeal. TDP founder NTR raised consciousness of Telugu pride and crushed the national party like Congress. In the eyes of Andhra voters, BJP is also just like another national party. Communities like Brahmins, Vysyas and Kshatriyas are sympathisers of BJP but their numbers are not enough. Its magic is not working 100 per cent among other communities. BJP’s increased aspirations for AP are only proving to be a blessing for YCP.

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Politics new arena for Dhoni

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Politics new arena for Dhoni

Mahendra Singh Dhoni may enter politics after retiring from cricket and is likely to start his new innings in team Narendra Modi. With speculation rife about whether MSD or Mahi will hang up his boots after the recent World Cup semifinal, politics appears to be the new frontier for Captain Cool.

Former central minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sanjay Paswan told IANS that Dhoni can join the party and there has been a discussion on the issue for long. “On this issue, there has been a discussion for long, although this decision will be taken only after his retirement,” he said.

“Dhoni is my friend, he is a player of world fame and there have been discussions on bringing him into the party fold,” he said.

Dhoni was one of the celebrities whom BJP chief Amit Shah visited in his “Sampark for Samarthan” programme ahead of Lok Sabha elections.

The elections in Dhoni’s home state Jharkhand are scheduled to take place later this year. It is believed that Dhoni may even be the chief ministerial face of the BJP in the coming Jharkhand polls.

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Surprise twist to Karnataka drama

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Surprise twist to Karnataka drama

The BJP leaders have changed their game plan considering the continuing suspense in the formation of the next government once CM Kumaraswamy resigns. The BJP is now planning to break the existing ruling alliance and form the new government along with the JDS. The BJP will keep the CM post while offering the Deputy CM post to Kumaraswamy brother Revanna.

BJP senior leader Muralidhar Rao has already opened discussions with the JDS leaders who are also in a mood to change their plans accordingly. Analysts say that there’s no other choice for the JDS as the Assembly Speaker will have to accept resignations of rebel MLAs sooner or later. That will eventually cause the downfall of the Kumaraswamy government. The BJP leaders are now thinking that if they go ahead winning over rival MLAs, it will bring bad image for the party. If an alliance government is formed, it will dilute the seriousness to some extent. The BJP did this in Bihar in the past by breaking the RJD-JDU alliance.

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Blow to KCR as TRS MP meets Amit Shah

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Blow to KCR as TRS MP meets Amit Shah

The Bharatiya Janata Party is slowly stepping up its efforts to corner Telangana Chief Minister Chandrasekhara Rao. TRS Rajya Sabha MP Dharmapuri Srinivas has created political sensation by meeting with Amit Shah in Delhi. His meeting triggered speculation that DS has almost taken the plunge into the BJP. His RS term is there till 2022. DS took the decision amid allegations that he did not work for TRS winning chances in last parliamentary elections.

Already, DS’s son Aravind has won Nizamabad MP seat on BJP ticket. He defeated KCR’s daughter Kavita. This victory brought a lot of confidence and raised its expectations for its future plans. The TRS leaders have levelled allegations against Dharmapuri Srinivas that he has not worked for the victory of Kavita in this election.

KCR has now started efforts to gather evidence of DS anti-party activities. TRS chief is planning to complain to Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu for taking action against DS. On the other hand, the BJP has made all arrangements for accommodating and protecting DS. Political analysts say that the action of a senior leader like Dharmapuri Srinivas is not surprising but his exit will definitely cause a loss to TRS in the coming days.

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Goa Congress splits, 10 MLAs join BJP

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Goa Congress splits, 10 MLAs join BJP

In a major coup, the BJP in Goa late on Wednesday engineered a split in the 15-member Congress legislature party and inducted the 10-member splinter group headed by the leader of opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar into the BJP.

Kavlekar has blamed disunity among senior Congress leaders in Goa and lack of development in the Opposition MLAs’ constituencies as some of the reasons for splitting from the main opposition party. The Aam Aadmi Party in Goa has called the merger a betrayal of Goan voters.

The stunning development takes the tally of BJP MLAs from 17 to 27 in the state legislative assembly.

The 10 Congress MLAs who are part of the rebel group are Chandrakant Kavlekar, Isidore Fernandes, Francis Silveira, Filipe Neri Rodrigues, Jennifer and Atanasio Monserrate, Antonio Fernandes, Nilakanth Halarnkar, Clafacio Dias and Wilfred D’Sa.

The development brings down the legislative strength of the Congress party to a paltry five MLAs. It includes Digambar Kamat, Luzinho Faleiro, Ravi Naik, Pratapsingh Rane a” all of whom have served as Chief Ministers a” and MLA Aliexo Reginaldo.

Speaker Rajesh Patnekar formally confirmed the development late on Wednesday.

“My office received two requests today. A breakaway Congress group of 10 MLAs wrote to me informing of their split from the party. The CM has also informed me that the group had merged with the BJP and the strength of his party has increased to 27 MLAs. I have accepted both the requests,” Patnekar said.

When asked if the merger was legal, Patnekar said: “I am not a legal expert. Whether it is legal or not, somebody has to see”.

Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that the merger of the breakaway group would help strengthen his government and help it to perform better.

“A group of 10 Congress MLAs, which forms two-thirds of the Congress legislature party, under the leadership of leader of opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar split from their party and merged their group into the BJP today. The BJP’s legislative strength which was 17 earlier now rises to 27”, Sawant said.

Sawant also said that the merger had been okayed by the party leadership. All newly inducted MLAs are expected to leave for Delhi to meet BJP President Amit Shah.

Kavlekar, who also spoke to reporters at the state legislative assembly complex, also said that one of the reasons for joining the BJP was lack of unity among senior Congress MLAs, because of whom the party could not stake its claim to form a government in Goa.

“We have joined with a positive thought. We had the opportunity in the past to form a government, but because of lack of unity among our senior MLAs, we were not in a position stake our claim,” Kavlekar said.

When asked if he felt it odd that a leader of Opposition should join a ruling party, Kavlekar said: “Apart from leader of opposition, I am also an MLA of a constituency and it is my duty to ensure that my constituency is looked after”.

For now, the BJP-led coalition government has a majority of 33 MLAs, including three MLAs from the Goa Forward party and three independent legislators.

Amid off-the-record claims by BJP’s state leadership that some of the coalition ministers in Sawant’s ministry may be dropped in view of Wednesday’s merger.

Deputy Chief Minister and Goa Forward party president Vijai Sardesai has said that the BJP leadership should ensure that the spirit of the coalition government which was created in 2017 under the leadership of late Manohar Parrikar, with the help of his party, should not be killed.

He also said the only thing which had changed since the formation of the coalition government in 2017 was that former Chief Minister Parrikar was no longer alive.

“Nothing has changed. Only thing that has changed is that Manohar Parrikar is not there. Those (Central) BJP leaders who had talked to us during government formation are still in power and have become more powerful. It is their obligation to see that what is created in 2017 is not killed for any reason,” Sardesai said.

Commenting on Wednesday’s swift political developments, Aam Aadmi Party convenor in Goa Elvis Gome said that the merger was shameful. “There is no opposition or ruling party in Goa. They are all one. Both Congress and BJP have betrayed their voters,” Gomes said.

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BJP gains upper hand in Karnataka high drama

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BJP gains upper hand in Karnataka high drama

About 12 rebel MLAs in Karnataka are still staying in the camp being run by the BJP. They are being shifted from Mumbai to Goa amid protection provided by the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha leaders. Analysts are saying that the BJP has successfully paralysed the JDS-Congress government. It almost gained upper hand by retaining its hold on the ruling combine’s rebel MLAs. The appeals made by Congress senior leaders like Siddharamaiah could not win them back.

With this, the Kumaraswamy government has lost majority in the Assembly. Speaker Ramesh Kumar is not taking a final decision on the resignations of rebel MLAs saying that they have not given their resignations to him personally. Meanwhile, BJP is demanding resignation of CM Kumaraswamy as he lost majority. But the JDS-Congress leaders are taking enough time to see how the Speaker reacts on the issue of rebel MLAs resignations.

Siddharamaiah has demanded that the Speaker accept the resignations of rebels so that it would stop the political manouvres of the BJP in the state. While the Congress-JDS combine is fast losing its direction, the BJP leaders are playing the game very cautiously. The camp politics are expected to run till the BJP gets a clear chance to form the next government.

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TDP MP objects to Modi bias in Lok Sabha

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TDP MP objects to Modi bias in Lok Sabha

TDP MP K Rammohan Naidu argued in the Lok Sabha that the Centre is giving preferential treatment in favour of the BJP-ruled states while states like Andhra are being totally ignored. He said that while the unjustly divided Andhra has got literally nothing in this Budget, the Modi government has given Gift City this time to Gujarat which has already seen a lot of development. He asked whether the development of New India means the development of Gujarat alone.

Now, the Centre has proposed special tax concessions and incentives under Gujarat International Finance Service Centre. It’s Andhra which deserves and requires such schemes of tax incentives to attract industrialists. Rammohan took strong objection to the manner in which Andhra is being ignored.

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Video: BJP Targets YSRCP In AP

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Video: BJP Targets YSRCP In AP

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21 ministers resign in Karnataka to prevent BJP

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21 ministers resign in Karnataka to prevent BJP

All the 21 Congress Ministers put in resignations from the Kumaraswamy Cabinet today. This is as part of the latest strategy by the Congress leaders to give these ministries to the 13 dissident MLAs who resigned from their membership. The Congress has already announced that it would go to any lengths to save the JDS-Congress coalition. However, the BJP has demanded that Kumaraswamy resign immediately because of lack of majority in the House.

Karnataka power politics is taking many twists and turns every hour. Congress is coming out with equally powerful strategies to hit back at the BJP. Some dissident MLAs are right now relaxing in corporate hotels in Mumbai. Congress is reaching out to them offering ministries. They are being offered the same ministries being offered by the BJP.

Independent MLA Nagesh earlier resigned from the Cabinet. He met the Governor and told him that he was ready to support the BJP if the party comes forward to form the government. The BJP is still short of the numbers. Every time the BJP leaders come closer to their goal, Congress is creating hurdles by preventing the existing MLAs from taking any extreme step. Analysts say that the two camps are equally smart. The game will have a nail-biting finish.

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Kishan Reddy predicts ‘political tremors’ in Telugu states

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Kishan Reddy predicts ‘political tremors’ in Telugu states

Union Minister of State for Home, G. Kishan Reddy on Sunday predicted ‘political tremors’ in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Speaking at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) membership programme in Vijayawada, he said both the Telugu states would see many changes over the next two years.

The Central minister claimed that BJP is the only alternative in both the states.

His remarks came a day after BJP national President Amit Shah said that Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala will become party’s strongholds in near future.

Kishan Reddy, who is a member of the Lok Sabha from Telangana, said he would extensively visit both the states.

The Central minister said BJP would work for the development of both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

Pointing that the Budget 2019-20 which was announced in the Parliament on Friday has allotted more funds for infrastructure, he said the Centre would provide all the required funds for the Polavaram project.

Stating that a stable government was formed at the Centre for a second consecutive term, he said it was working to further enhance the image of the country in the international community.

He exuded confidence that the Centre would fulfil all the requirements of Andhra Pradesh and that the government is committed to its development.

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BJP renewed efforts to win over Jana Senani?

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BJP renewed efforts to win over Jana Senani?

BJP National General Secretary Ram Madhav had a chance to meet with Jana Senani privately during the ongoing TANA conference in America. They reportedly discussed on the latest and emerging political situation in Telugu states. But BJP leaders are triggering rumours that their party has once again started efforts to win over Pawan Kalyan. Their thinking is that Senani may change his mind over working with the BJP because of the disaster in recent election.

Jana Sena got only 70 per cent vote share with just one MLA in AP Assembly. The BJP’s show is far more miserable as it got less than one per cent share with no MLA won. Since then, the BJP decided to change their party strategies. They brought in Kanna Laxminarayana as the party AP President to attract a good chunk of the Kapu votes but that did not give any positive results.

Now, the BJP has started the game afresh. First, they tried to bring in Chiranjeevi who appeared to have said a polite no to his political re-entry. Whereas, it is a different thing with Pawan Kalyan. He has asserted that he will continue in politics for over 25 years regardless of political outcomes. The BJP strongly feels that if Pawan joins their party, it will become a very strong force in Andhra enough to counter rival parties. Even if Jana Sena works as a friendly party, the BJP will get a big boost.

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Telangana, Andhra, Kerala will become BJP strongholds: Shah

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Telangana, Andhra, Kerala will become BJP strongholds: Shah

Union Home Minister and BJP President Amit Shah on Saturday exuded confidence that Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala will become the BJP’s strongholds in near future.

He said it was for people of Telangana to decide whether they want their state to emerge as the first stronghold of the party.

Addressing BJP workers after launching the party’s membership campaign, Shah said the party, which secured 19 per cent votes in recent Lok Sabha elections in Telangana, would definitely come to power in the state.

He asked the party workers to strengthen the organization in every booth and ensure that the vote share goes up to 50 per cent, the goal set by the party for the entire country.

Shah, who was on first visit to Telangana after the BJP secured massive mandate to retain power at the Centre, congratulated the party workers for the strong performance in the state.

Making huge inroads in Telangana, the BJP won four seats, up from one it had in the previous Lok Sabha.

“You have laid a strong foundation on which the party will build a grand building,” Shah told the party workers.

He also revised the membership target of the BJP in Telangana from 12 lakh to 18 lakh. “If you can’t achieve this target, inform me and I will participate in the campaign in the districts,” he said.

He said this would double party’s membership in the state.

Shah urged the party cadres to enroll people from all sections of the society, saying he was keen to see an inclusive organization.

Earlier, Shah launched the party’s membership campaign in by issuing a membership card to a tribal woman here in Mamidipalli village of Ranga Reddy district on the outskirts of Hyderabad.

He along with other BJP leaders had lunch at Soni Nayak’s house and interacted with her.

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Nadendla Bhaskar officially joins BJP

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Nadendla Bhaskar officially joins BJP

Nadendla Bhaskar Rao, former Chief Minister of AP and father of Janasena leader Nadendla Manohar, today officially joined BJP in the presence of Amit Shah. Details as below.

Nadendla Bhaskar Rao started his political career as MLA in 1978. He became a cabinet minister in the cabinet of CM Chenna Reddy. Later he resigned to Congress and joined hands with NTR to form TDP. In fact, he did most of the administrative work while forming TDP. While NTR was the front face that convinced crores of Telugu people, Nadendla Bhaskar Rao was the backbone of the party. However, he later ditched NTR and became CM as MLAs supported him. But later NTR again became CM and he was ousted from the party. After coming out of TDP, he again joined Congress and served as MP. However, he has not been active in politics for more than a decade.

Now his joining into BJP surprised many. Amit Shah is in Telangana today and during his visit, Nadendla joined BJP in presence of him. It is known news that his son Nadendla Manohar is in Janasena and clarified recently that he doesn’t have any plans to change the party.

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Amit Shah sips tea at Telangana tribal woman’s home

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Amit Shah sips tea at Telangana tribal woman’s home

The much-anticipated visit of Union Home Minister Amit Shah began in Telangana today amid a lot of fanfare. Immediately on arrival in Hyderabad today afternoon, he visited the home of a poor tribal woman named Soni Nayak at Ranganaraka Tanda in Balapur mandal. He along with other BJP leaders sipped tea offered by her. Amit Shah also took family group photos with her. The highlight of the occasion was that Shah gave the privilege of giving first membership to Soni Nayak on the inaugural day of the present drive.

Political analysts described this as a timely message given by the BJP leadership to CM K Chandrasekhara Rao. The TRS boss has been facing a typical problem in tribal areas these days. His TRS party leaders along with local tribals are clashing with forest department officials. KCR is taking political advantage out of this by winning the favour of tribals in respect of their rights over Podu lands.

Amit Shah made it a point to highlight how much interested his party is to resolve the problems of tribals and give them their rightful place in the party. His visit came amid strong indications that the Modi-Shah duo have chosen KCR and his son KTR as the immediate targets in the Telugu states.

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Amartya Sen sensational comments on ‘Jai Sriram’ Slogan

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Amartya Sen sensational comments on ‘Jai Sriram’ Slogan

Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen made sensational comments on ‘Jai Sriram’ Slogan that has been used by BJP cadres to embarrass West Bengal CM Mamta Banerjee in recent times. It is known news that a few weeks back, wherever Mamta goes BJP cadres and leaders shout ‘Jai Sriram’ slogans and if she doesn’t say anything, they label her anti-Hindu or even pro-Pakistani for not saying ‘Jai Sriram’ along with them. This incident has raised several debates in the state of West Bengal. In this backdrop, Amartya Sen’s comments created a stir among political circles.

Amartya Sen told, ‘Jai Sri Ram’ slogan is not associated with the Bengali culture and it is used as “a pretext to beat up people”. He said, “I asked my four-year-old grandchild who is your favourite deity? She replied that it is Maa Durga. Maa Durga is so much omnipresent in our lives. What I feel is slogans like Jai Sri Ram are used as pretexts to beat up people. I had never heard of Ram Navami before (in West Bengal) but even Ram Navami is “gaining popularity” nowadays. The significance of Maa Durga cannot be compared with Ram Navami. If people of a certain religion are scared to move freely or are fear-bound, it is a serious matter”.

Obviously, his comments became a topic of debate. We will have to wait and see how BJP will react to his comments.

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What makes BJP so confident to win Telugu states?

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What makes BJP so confident to win Telugu states?

The Modi-Shah duo are making non-stop efforts to somehow win over the twin Telugu states. They laid strong foundation for this in 2019 election. They made sure that the Congress and its ally TDP bite the dust in Telangana and Andhra respectively. Now, their only challenge is to polarise the Hindu voters effectively and consolidate their position to emerge as immediate alternative in both states.

The singular reason for the BJP confidence is the growing unpopularity of both TRS and YCP governments among the majority Hindu populations in the two states. This is why Union Home Minister Amit Shah is personally arriving in Hyderabad on June 6 to attend the inaugural of the BJP membership drive. Shah is determined to make considerable gains. In his new capacity, he got additional scope to reach out and win over more leaders and cadres from other parties.

KCR’s unpopular projects and decisions are another reason for BJP hopes. In Andhra, its only challenge is to weaken the TDP and capture its base. YCP’s Christian tag is soft target for BJP which is good at polarising voters along religious lines.

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