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Chandrababu Naidu sacks 9 rebel candidates

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Chandrababu Naidu sacks 9 rebel candidates

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu has axed nine rebel candidates. Expressing anger over indiscipline of nine candidates who went beyond party’s decision to contest on their own in forthcoming elections.

Phanishwari in Rampachodavaram, K Srinivasa Rao in Gajapathinagaram, Khantamaneni Ravisankar in Avanigadda, M Madhava Reddy and N Vishwanatha Reddy in Tambalapalli, Bommanacheruvu Sriramulu in Madanapalli, N Vijayajyothi in Budhwel, A Rajagopal in Kadapa, and Sarva Srinivasa Rao in Tatikonda have been suspended from TDP.

“Discipline is core strength of TDP and I also abide by it. Despite several problems, we’re committed and working for the development of Andhra Pradesh. As long as TDP has the support of Andhras, I continue to work for the state. TDP has completed 37 years and the legend NTR remains in the hearts of Telugu people forever. NTR had set up TDP for the cause of self-respect of Telugu people. TDP is constructing houses for poor and these houses are on par with gated communities,” said Naidu.

Naidu has further assured voters that Amaravati will surpass Hyderabad in next five years. Amaravati capital city will become one of the top global cities in the world.

“In my political career, I have ensured co-ordination and harmony among political rivals. For instance, Kotla and KE families, Paritala and JC family and Adinarayana Reddy and Ramasubba Reddy have been working together because of my effort. Backward classes have always been core strength of TDP. We’re planning set up an exclusive bank for backward classes with a corpus fund of Rs 10,000 crore,” maintained Naidu.

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Kejriwal backs TDP, calls for defeating Modi

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Kejriwal backs TDP, calls for defeating Modi

Delhi chief minister Aravind Kejriwal has called voters in Andhra Pradesh to re-elect TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu in Assembly elections and scrap Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha polls. “I request AP voters to vote for TDP in both the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections so that the state development should be continued further,” said Kejriwal, while cautioning the voters that if they vote for YSRCP, then it’s nothing, but voting for BJP.

The Delhi CM along with Naidu took part in the election campaign in Krishna district. “I am here to request you all to vote for TDP in Assembly and Lok Sabha elections. So that AP will have stable and good governance in the state and good representation at the Centre. When you vote for TDP in Assembly and Lok Sabha elections, it’ll be like one shot two birds. You will have TDP representation at the Centre and responsible government in the state. If TDP gets 25 MP seats, Naidu will have more influence at the Centre. This will enable AP to get all the support it deserves. Instead of developing the nation, Narendra Modi is taking the country backwards. Moreover, the Modi-led government is resorting to caste, region and religious politics in the country. Hence, AP voters should vote for TDP and defeat BJP,” said Kejriwal.

Kejriwal further appreciated Naidu for keeping the AP economy on track despite non-cooperation from the Centre. “AP couldn’t receive benefits assured in the AP Reorganisation Act-2014. Naidu has handled very efficiently all these problems and put the economy back on the development track. Going by TDP welfare schemes, anyone can easily understand how Naidu and his TDP government are working for all sections of the society. Farmers, women, old-aged people, physically challenged people more prominently among the list of beneficiaries,” remarked Kejriwal.

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Will Chandrababu Naidu meet his nemesis in Jagan? (Dangal 2019)

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Will Chandrababu Naidu meet his nemesis in Jagan? (Dangal 2019)

It was in 2004 that Nara Chandrababu Naidu met his nemesis in Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in the then undivided Andhra Pradesh. Fifteen years later he faces a similar threat from his son Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy in the now truncated state.

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief is perhaps facing the biggest challenge of his four-decade-long political career in the fierce battle for power against Jagan, as the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) chief is popularly known.

If surveys by different media organisations are any indication, Jagan seems to be edging ahead of Naidu in what was earlier expected to be a neck-and-neck race for the 175-member Assembly and 25 Lok Sabha seats going to polls on April 11.

Buoyed by series of defections from the ruling party and the tremendous public response to his election rallies, Jagan is confident of achieving his long-cherished goal of becoming the Chief Minister.

Political analysts say Naidu’s flip-flop on the issue of Special Category Status (SCS) to the state, on ties with the BJP and his sudden friendship with the Congress, his bitter enemy of over 35 years, may prove him dear.

In the 2014 elections held in the aftermath of the state’s bifurcation, the people reposed faith in Chandrababu Naidu. As the state was making a beginning without even a capital, people preferred Naidu for his vast political and administrative experience and as someone seen by many as the architect of the modern Hyderabad.

As the campaigning gathered momentum, Naidu, who will turn 69 next month, is harping on the ‘conspiracy’ jointly hatched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Jagan and Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao.

On the other hand, 46-year-old Jagan is urging people to give him a chance to usher in ‘Rajanna rajyam’ , a reference to the rule of his late father YSR, who was credited with introducing many path-breaking welfare schemes for poor and weaker sections of the society.

Naidu fought the previous elections in alliance with the BJP and was a partner in BJP-led NDA government at the Centre. He had accepted a special package offered by the Centre in lieu of SCS and had even defended himself with the argument that SCS was not a panacea.

It was last year that Naidu took a U-turn, apparently after he came under flak from opposition especially the YSRCP, which tried to capitalise on the TDP’s failure to achieve SCS and other commitments made by the Centre at the time of the state’s bifurcation.

In an attempt to compete with YSRCP as the vanguard of the state’s interests, Naidu pulled out of NDA and even moved a no-confidence motion against the Modi government. With the Congress coming out in support of the motion and promising to confer SCS if it came to power at the Centre, Naidu joined hands with the party in a total reversal of TDP’s policy since its inception in the early 1980s. He even initiated efforts to cobble up a Congress-led front at the national level to take on BJP.

With Jagan undertaking a state-wide ‘padyatra’ and making several promises, Naidu announced series of sops for various sections of the people.

With every passing day, Naidu sharpened his attack on Modi and accused Jagan of being hand-in-glove with the Prime Minister to protect himself in corruption cases.

His relations with Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao strained further as he joined the Congress-led front to contest Assembly elections in that state and even campaigned aggressively in and around Hyderabad. However, this experiment of a grand alliance ended in a disaster as the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) retained power with a landslide majority.

The Congress, which was Naidu’s ally in Telangana, is contesting the elections in Andhra Pradesh on its own. The BJP is also fighting the solo battle. While both the national parties are not expected to have any major impact, the entry of actor Pawan Kalyan’s Jana Sena spiced up the election scene. Fighting the elections in alliance with the Left parties and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Jana Sena could upset YSRCP’s applecart.

A slight swing may alter the fortunes and this can’t be ruled out considering the statistics of 2014. The difference of votes polled by TDP-BJP alliance and YSRCP was a mere 1.6 per cent in Assembly elections and 2.34 per cent in the Lok Sabha polls. The TDP-BJP had won 106 Assembly seats while YSRCP bagged 67. The opposition party later lost 24 MLAs to TDP.

The TDP had bagged 15 Lok Sabha seats while BJP got two seats. YSRCP got eight seats but three of the MPs later defected to the TDP.

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AP CM letter to Chief Election Commissioner

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AP CM letter to Chief Election Commissioner

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Chandrababu condemns CEC action – Cops’ arbitrary transfers

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Chandrababu condemns CEC action – Cops’ arbitrary transfers

TDP boss and CM Chandrababu Naidu took strong objection to the transfer of his own intelligence chief by the Central Election Commission (CEC). The IB Chief looks after the security issues of the Chief Minister and he is not connected with the election process in any way. How can CEC take such unilateral decisions based on a politically motivated complaint?

Chandrababu has asked his party leaders and cadres to get ready to join another agitation against the CEC at the national level. Instead of acting as an independent organisation, the CEC is just fulfilling the wishes of the ruling party at the Centre and its regional allies. This would be a big threat to the country’s democracy and the TDP would not hesitate to go to any length to fight against this injustice.

Chandrababu expressed surprise how even the CEC can become part of the political conspiracy to transfer cops arbitrarily at the time of elections. He said that the transfer of Kadapa SP is nothing but an attempt by the YCP leaders to sabotage the investigation into the murder of YS Vivekananda Reddy. Naidu expressed doubts that the CEC became a party to the conspiracy to help the real guilty persons escape from the punishment for Viveka’s murder.

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Chandrababu Naidu and KCR: Similar strategy, but, will the result be the same

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Chandrababu Naidu and KCR: Similar strategy, but, will the result be the same

Chandrababu Naidu pursues an electoral strategy that is similar to one employed by his Telangana counterpart KCR. This includes a reliance on welfare schemes like direct cash transfers to farmers, increasing the amount of pension etc. Besides, Chandrababu Naidu is triggering Andhra sentiment citing KCR’s unwarranted intervention in Andhra Pradesh politics. In fact, KCR during the Telangana Assembly elections projected Naidu as an ‘invader’. The electoral strategy of Naidu and KCR look alike. But, will the result be the same given the different political terrain and electoral dynamics in the two neighbouring Telugu states?

Every party and politician is now relying on welfare schemes. The BJP government launched poll eve Prime minister Kisan scheme and the Congress responded by promising a minimum income guarantee scheme for India’s 20 per cent poor describing it as the final assault on poverty. Thus, KCR or Naidu is no different. Welfare schemes constitute a lion’s share of budgets in both states. In the election year, KCR launched the ambitious Rythu Bandhu scheme that credited Rs.8000 per acre per year directly into the accounts of all farmers. The central government’s PM Kisan scheme is, in fact, a watered down version of the KCR’s Rythu Bandhu scheme. Notwithstanding the political criticism by the opposition parties, this scheme certainly helped KCR in winning the elections the second time.

Learning from the Telangana experience, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP supremo launched the Annadata Sukhibhava scheme. Similarly, pensions for the old aged and widows have been enhanced in both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Besides, the Chandrababu Naidu government credited Rs. 10,000 for every DWACRA woman. Even when the state of Andhra Pradesh was passing through fiscal crisis owing to what they call arbitrary bifurcation of the state, Naidu government continued with a slew of welfare schemes keeping the elections in mind. Populist schemes despite the criticism of it by economists, still hold sway over the electorate who seek instant relief from the government.

Telangana chief minister benefitted from targeting Chandrababu Naidu during Telangana elections. In a tit for tat, Naidu is now repeating exactly the same strategy. Chandrababu Naidu’s main poll plank is the alleged nexus between YS Jagan and KCR. Naidu’s attempt to rouse Andhra pride is quite similar to the KCR strategy of triggering Telangana sentiment.

But despite the similarity in electoral strategies, can the result be the same? Despite the United opposition taking on TRS, KCR’s popularity was quite formidable compared to the Congress-led opposition combine. In fact, the Congress-TDP alliance was more of a liability than an asset. On the contrary, Chandrababu Naidu is locked in a fierce electoral battle in a highly polarised political terrain. Unlike in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh witnesses acute social division in the electorate. The caste consolidation is clear between the warring players. Political observers are also sceptical about the possible impact on sentimental politics in Andhra Pradesh which is an entrepreneurial society. The character of the societies in both the states is dissimilar giving scope for such scepticism. KCR is adept at Telangana native idiom that can forcefully fire the regional sentiment. Chandrababu Naidu also won the elections in 2014 by exploiting the bifurcation sentiment. Will it now work as Naidu embraces congress, the author of such arbitrary bifurcation. Naidu hopes that the special status narrative will legitimise his political U-turn. The opposition YSR Congress is focussing on exposing the changed political stance of Chandrababu Naidu. KCR has not faced any such situation except the fact that he inducted many who had little or no role to play in Telangana movement. But, KCR could defend this by calling it political realignment for the development of a new state.

( Prof.K. Nageshwar is India’s noted political analyst. He is a former member of the Telangana Legislative Council and professor in the Department of Communication & Journalism, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India )

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CBN to ask Janasena MP candidate SPY Reddy to withdraw nomination

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CBN to ask Janasena MP candidate SPY Reddy to withdraw nomination

Today Chandra Babu Naidu is visiting Nandyal and as per reports, he is going to meet SPY Reddy, sitting MP of Nandyal. CBN will be requesting SPY Reddy to withdraw the nomination.

It is known news that SPY Reddy won as Nandyal MP from YSRCP in 2014 but he defected into TDP after winning the seat. However, TDP did not give him Nandyal MP ticket in 2019. Sivananda Reddy (newcomer), who has been Nandikotkur TDP in-charge, will be contesting for this seat now. Shocked with the decision of CBN, SPY Reddy decided to quit the party and was about to contest as independent. However, later he met Pawan Kalyan and joined Janasena. He will also be competing with P. Brahmananda Reddy, another industrialist turned politician who is contesting from YSRCP. But now CBN wants SPY Reddy to withdraw the nomination and support TDP candidate as triangular fight may completely change the dynamics of the constituency.

Janasena chief Pawan Kalyan, who gave tickets mostly to the youngsters and rejected many senior leaders who wanted to defect into the party, joined SPY Reddy into the party given his credentials of charity. But if he now falls prey to the strategies of CBN and leaves Janasena, it will be a big jolt to Pawan Kalyan. We will have to wait and see whether SPY Reddy obliges CBN’s request or not.

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Prof Nageshwar : Naidu evokes Andhra sentiment, another political masterstroke ?

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Prof Nageshwar : Naidu evokes Andhra sentiment, another political masterstroke ?

As widely expected Chandrababu Naidu is evoking Andhra pride as an effective tactic for successful electoral mobilisation. In 2014, the strongest anti congress sentiment around arbitrary bifurcation has catapulted Chandrababu Naidu to power in the residuary state of Andhra Pradesh. Now in 2019, Chandrababu Naidu is rousing Andhra pride on two planes simultaneously. Firstly, around the question of special status, Chandrababu Naidu raises the banner of revolt on Narendra Modi led central government. Congress was the villain in 2014, BJP is villain in 2019. Chandrababu Naidu wishes to retain his position as hero. Besides, in a tit for tat , the TDP supremo is targeting KCR to fuel Andhra Sentiment. This was the ploy KCR employed during Telangana assembly elections. KCR projected Chandrababu as villain. Now, Chandrababu returns. In fact this is also a sort of return gift by Chandrababu Naidu to Telangana chief minister.

Chandrababu Naidu’s tirade over BJP is a strategic masterstroke to convert a threat into an opportunity. This is precisely what he did in 2014. Even after supporting the bifurcation of the state, Naidu ran a propaganda blitz calling bifurcation a blunder and reaped a huge political dividend. As YSR Congress hits a self-goal by failing to properly distance itself from BJP, Naidu is trying to grab even the opposition space yet again converting a threat into an opportunity on the question of perceived injustice to state.

Naidu in a dexterous political move is repeating the success formula adopted in 2014.

The Telugu Desam Party was the biggest victim of separate state movement in the United Andhra Pradesh. Though the party had a strong political base in Telangana right from the days of NT Rama Rao, the party’s leadership is from the Seemandhra. The sub-regional political force in the form of Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) has exploited this inherent limitation of TDP significantly eroded the party’s support base in Telangana. To overcome this, the TDP was the first to give an official letter urging the Centre to create a separate state of Telangana despite the party owing its existence to the pride of all Telugu people and assertion of common Telugu identity quite contrary to the Telangana identity. But, still, the party could not escape complex political terrain in Telangana. Thus, the TDP was in total disarray due to its ambivalence on the tricky issue of state bifurcation. Meanwhile, the surging YSR Congress could make a significant dent in TDP’s vote base in 2012 by-elections. Thus, due to the separate state movement, and the rise of YS Jaganmohan Reddy, the TDP suffered in both the regions of the United State.

The party’s comeback, led by Naidu, was considered near impossible as the party had struggled to even retain deposits in the by-elections held in 2012. Such an expectation was belied when Naidu and his party made a remarkable turnaround in the elections held in 2014. How did this happen?

As this author observed in his article, Chandrababu Naidu’s Comeback, Economic & Political Weekly, “the bifurcation of the state seems to have benefited TDP more than any other party. The role played by Chandrababu Naidu during the last episode of bifurcation drama earned him goodwill with the electorate in the Seemandhra region, especially among the urban and middle-class voters. The strategic moves of Naidu in the name of equal justice for both regions created a perception among the Seemandhra voters that he was trying hard to prevent the division of the state… Chandrababu Naidu demonstrated consummate political skills by arriving at an early understanding with the Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and converted the threat into an opportunity.”

But, Chandrababu Naidu’s continued support to NDA despite denial of special status has created a strong perception that Naidu was compromising the interests of the state for his political purpose. Though the opposition leader, YS Jaganmohan Reddy tried hard to expose this, his tirade over Naidu failed to give him that much sympathy as he failed to be critical of Modi dispensation. Instead, he chose to unconditionally extend support to BJP in presidential and vice-presidential elections.

YSR Congress’ inability to blast BJP, not only failed to create anti-Naidu sentiment but in fact, helped the latter to convince the people that he is working hard to negotiate a better deal from Centre.

Sensing possible antipathy due to his party sailing with BJP which reneged on its promises to Andhra Pradesh, Naidu raised his banner of protest. Enacting a strange spectacle, the TDP MPs while even remaining in the ruling alliance protested against the NDA government in Parliament. Thus, it appeared as Naidu’s bid to grab even the opposition space as YS Jaganmohan Reddy hits a self-goal by displaying intransigence over Modi government’s response to demands of Andhra Pradesh.

However, YS Jaganmohan Reddy consistently campaigned to expose Chandrababu Naidu’s political U turns. Naidu pooh-poohed special status demand when he was in NDA. He praised the special package given by the Modi government in lieu of special status. His government sponsored a resolution in the state legislative assembly praised Narendra Modi for his generous support to the state. Notwithstanding all this in a sudden political U turn, the TDP pulled out of NDA and declared an all out war on BJP. Chandrababu Naidu personally led a belligerent war on Modi. This is precisely where YS Jagan lagged behind despite moving no confidence motion on Modi government.

Chandrababu Naidu continues to rouse Andhra sentiment in the form of an anti central struggle in a bid to benefit in the ensuing elections. Meanwhile, the bonhomie between TRS and YSR Congress comes handy for TDP to further fuel Andhra sentiment citing KCR’s intervention in the politics of neighbouring state.

( Prof.K. Nageshwar is India’s noted political analyst. He is a former member of the Telangana Legislative Council and professor in the Department of Communication & Journalism, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India )

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TDP pro-poor manifesto soon – to hike pensions again to Rs 3000

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TDP pro-poor manifesto soon – to hike pensions again to Rs 3000

TDP manifesto for 2019 election will be released soon. It will have many new promises to help enhance the living standards of poor people by ensuring a minimum Rs 20,000 to Rs 30,000 monthly income per family in the next five years.

They are going to increase pension amount from Rs. 2000 to Rs 3000 while reducing the upper age limit from 65 years to 60 years. This will increase the beneficiary families number from 66 lakh to 76 lakh. The government expenditure will go up from Rs 12,000 cr to Rs 22,000 cr per month.

The TDP manifesto will also promise to provide Rs 11 lakh worth houses at free of cost to beneficiaries who have to pay just Rs 500 application under the NTR Swagruha Housing Scheme. The total cost of each house in this G+3 model will be Rs 6 lakh of which the Centre will bear Rs 1.5 lakh while the State will provide Rs 4.5 lakh.

TDP leaders said their promises can be implemented without any difficulties and recalled how the Chandrababu government successfully waived farmers’ loans despite words of discouragement from the YCP.

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Jealousy at Naidu’s image – Jagan stopping Polavaram project?

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Jealousy at Naidu’s image – Jagan stopping Polavaram project?

TDP leaders are highlighting Polavaram issue to win over the voters. They accused YCP President YS Jaganmohan Reddy of launching a vicious misinformation campaign to stop AP’s lifeline irrigation project of Polavaram and spoil the future livelihoods of lakhs of farmers.

Jagan joined hands with TRS and BJP. He stopped release of Rs 4,000 cr Polavaram arrears from the Centre to AP only to delight and happiness in the eyes of TRS Chief K Chandrasekhar Rao.

TDP says that the YCP leaders are spreading rumours that Polavaram is threatening to spoil chances of farmers in Telangana by submerging their lands with the backwaters. The YCP leaders are not at all bothered about the interests of the farmers in AP but they want power in the state.

Why Jaganmohan Reddy is spreading false information on Polavaram? This is only to please KCR and win his favour for protecting his properties and interests in Hyderabad surroundings. Jagan is unfit and disqualified for the Chief Minister job as he got 31 cases in his 48-page election affidavit.

TDP mocked at the YCP slogan of ‘Babu should go out of power for youth to get jobs’. If Jagan wants CM job, what he needs is people’s blessings and certainly not the CBI cases and conspiracies against the AP state as a whole.

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Modi like ‘demon’ for minorities: Chandrababu Naidu

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Modi like ‘demon’ for minorities: Chandrababu Naidu

Launching a bitter attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, TDP President and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday said he was like a “demon” for minorities in the country.

Addressing election rallies in Kadapa district, Naidu said minorities were feeling insecure under the Modi government as they were subjected to atrocities in Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and various other states during last five years.

Addressing rallies in Rayachoti and Budvel, he said Modi had become like a demon for minorities having “engulfed” 2,000 lives in Gujarat.

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief claimed that when minorities were massacred in Gujarat after Godhra incident in 2002, he was the first to demand Modi’s resignation as the Chief Minister of that state.

“I am the first leader to take on Modi,” said Naidu and pointed out that he also tabled a no-confidence motion against him in Parliament.

He alleged that Modi government targeted minorities by bringing a law to jail them over triple talaq. “TDP is the first party to raise its voice over this issue,” he said.

Naidu, whose TDP pulled out of BJP-led NDA last year, reiterated that Modi betrayed Andhra Pradesh by not keeping his word over special category status to the state.

He alleged that Modi was targeting him and the TDP leaders for demanding justice to the state.

Alleging that YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy colluded with Modi to save himself in corruption cases, Naidu said a vote to the YSRCP would be a vote to Modi.

The TDP leader termed YSRCP ‘B’ team of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao and said Modi, Jagan and KCR were partners in a big conspiracy.

Elections to 175-member Andhra Pradesh Assembly and all 25 Lok Sabha seats in the state are scheduled on April 11.

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Jagan a ganja plant in Tulsi garden: Chandrababu

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Jagan a ganja plant in Tulsi garden: Chandrababu

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday termed YSR Congress Party chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy a “ganja plant”, as the war of words during campaigning by major contenders for next month’s Assembly elections intensified.

Campaigning in Jaganmohan Reddy’s home district of Kadapa, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President said the Kadapa district which gave birth to great personalities like Annamayya, Veera Brahmendra Swamy and Yogi Vemana was like a Tulsi garden.

“In this Tulsi garden, a ganja plant (cannabis) has also grown. He is Jaganmohan Reddy,” said Naidu, while addressing an election rally at Budvel.

Naidu, who had earlier described Jagan, as the leader is popularly known, as the “brand ambassador of crimes”, alleged that the YSRCP President was the only leader in the country who had 31 criminal cases against him.

Terming Jagan as the only problem of the state, the TDP chief urged people to ensure that YSRCP was wiped out in the polls.

Naidu alleged that Jagan was threatening violence. “People should be alert because those who killed their own uncle can do anything,” said the TDP leader, referring to the recent murder of Jagan’s uncle Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy.

The Chief Minister said the murder case had more twists than a detective novel and alleged that Jagan was trying to use Vivekananda Reddy’s murder for political mileage.

Elections to the 175-member Andhra Assembly and all 25 Lok Sabha constituencies are scheduled on April 11.

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Jagan using KCR money to pay Rs 5000 per vote, says Naidu

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Jagan using KCR money to pay Rs 5000 per vote, says Naidu

AP CM and TDP President N Chandrababu Naidu took his criticism of Opposition leader Jaganmohan Reddy to a new high. Naidu said Jagan has received Rs. 1,000 from TRS boss K Chandrasekhara Rao. This is the ‘return gift’ that KCR has been vowing to give me, said Naidu. With that money, Jagan is planning to buy each vote at Rs. 5,000 and win the election. This is how Jagan-KCR duo are bent upon destroying AP’s future.

Naidu addressed an election meeting at Salur assembly segment in Araku Valley Lok Sabha constituency. He said PM Modi and KCR are conspiring to commit all election malpractices to put Jagan in CM chair with only one objective to get an iron grip over Andhra Pradesh. This is not good for the future of 5 crore people of the state.

Chandrababu said that Jagan has a criminal background and his life is full of crimes. At the mention of his name, industrialists and investors will run away from the state. Modi and KCR are interested in the AP development but they want the state to get crushed under the rule of a criminal who will do anything they order him to do. Naidu said that there will be permanent darkness if Jagan gets power in the state.

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TDP supremo Naidu surprises everyone with list of candidates

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TDP supremo Naidu surprises everyone with list of candidates

Hyderabad: In what could be termed as a political masterstroke, TDP supremo and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has taken unusual decision to field new candidates in 34 constituencies, while denying tickets to 34 sittings in the forthcoming elections. This Naidu’s strategy is totally different from that of KCR, who fielded almost all the sittings in the Telangana Assembly elections held in December 2018. We never seen such a drastic change in the list of candidates recently, observed a political analyst. JC Diwakar Reddy and Muralimohan preferred to stay away from elections as Naidu has given tickets to JC’s son and daughter-in-law of star-turned-politician.

TDP’s list of candidates accommodates 15 new faces in the 25 Lok Sabha constituencies in AP while retaining 10 sitting MPs.

In 2014 elections, TDP won in 102 Assembly constituencies and this tally rose further to 127 after 23 YSRCP MLAs defected to Naidu-led party. TDP has announced 34 new candidates considering the local equations. Out of this, 24 new faces will be contesting in constituencies, where TDP is not representing.

As part of the new strategy of Naidu, TDP minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao is contesting from Visakha north instead of Bhimili. Forest minister Shidha Raghava Rao is a strong candidate in his home constituency Darshi. But, Naidu shifted Shidha to Ongole Lok Sabha constituency. Similarly, Naidu also shifted Adinarayana Reddy, marketing minister from Jammalamadugu, to contest in Kadapa MP constituency. Chittoor MLA Satyaprabha to contest in Rajampet Lok Sabha and Undi MLA (West Godavari) Vetukuri Shivarama Raju to be fielded in Narasapuram Lok Sabha constituency.

Naidu has given the ticket to Kidari Sarveshvara Rao’s son Sravan as Rao was killed by Naxals.

Interestingly five Cabinet ministers are not contesting this time. MLC and finance minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu is not contesting in Assembly elections. Deputy CM KE Krishnamurthy opted out of elections but sought a ticket to his son. Similarly, Women Welfare minister Paritala Sunita is too not contesting, but her son will be in the fray.

Naidu has also kept aside V Subba Rao, Zalil Khan, David Raju, Mani Gandhi, Chand Basha and SV Mohan Reddy, who defected from YSRCP.

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Former MP Harsha Kumar gets rude shock from CBN

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Former MP Harsha Kumar gets rude shock from CBN

Former MP Harsha Kumar gets rude shock from TDP supremo Chandrababu Naidu. He recently joined TDP expecting Amalapuram MP ticket from the party. Latest list of TDP is released and Harsha Kumar did not find his name in the list. TDP allotted the ticket to Ganti Harish.

Amalapuram MP ticket is won by Tdp in 2014 elections but the sitting MP Pandula Ravindra Babu defected into YSRCP recently. Harsha Kumar was a very prominent leader in the district during YSR tenure but now no party is willing to give him ticket. Earlier it was rumoured that he will be joining janasena party but janasena party fielded former ONGC director as MP candidate from here as he has very clean record compared to Harsha Kumar. In the last minute Harsha kumar joined TDP expecting ticket. it was rumoured that he joined into the party only after getting assurance from Chandrababu Naidu on the ticket. But Chandrababu did not a allot any ticket to him- neither the MP ticket nor the MLA ticket.

Will have to wait and see how will be the political future of Harsha Kumar.

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Welfare beneficiaries bring victory to TDP, says Chandrababu

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Welfare beneficiaries bring victory to TDP, says Chandrababu

The level of confidence is increasing in the TDP camp in the run up to the April 11 election. The field level positive response from the beneficiaries of massive welfare programmes has given the much needed last minute edge to the party. The surveys by national level organisation are also talking about Chandrababu Naidu’s game-changing programmes like Pasupu Kumkuma and Anna Sukhibhava farmers’ scheme.

Naidu addressed a public meeting in Vizianagaram when he spoke on how voluntarily the women, youth and farmer beneficiaries are coming forward to support the TDP. He told them how he was working hard for their welfare and asked them to give him salary for his hard work by voting and electing TDP candidates.

There are over 95,000 women beneficiaries of DWCRA groups under the Pasupu Kumkuma. They already got Rs. 6,000 in two installments and the third installment of Rs. 4,000 each would be deposited in their bank accounts next month. This would not come under the election code as the programme already came into effect much ahead of the announcement of election schedule.

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Jagan trying to protect real accused in Viveka murder: Chandrababu

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Jagan trying to protect real accused in Viveka murder: Chandrababu

TDP boss and CM Chandrababu Naidu sounded the election campaign bugle at the party Samara Sankharavam public meeting held at the auspicious temple town of Tirupati. He launched a direct attack on Jaganmohan Reddy, KCR and PM Modi. Naidu accused Jagan of spreading false information on the murder of his own paternal uncle YS Vivekananda Reddy. The death was first spread as due to heart attack and Jaganmohan Reddy should explain why he is spreading misinformation.

Chandrababu said that YCP President is obviously trying to shield the actual persons responsible for the murder of Vivekananda Reddy. But the government will foil his plans and the real culprits behind this will be arrested. Naidu mockingly said that the BJP and the TRS are making all-out efforts to protect an unprincipled and criminal person like Jagan. He said that the symbol fan of Jagan party has it’s switch in the hands of KCR while current is supplied to it by PM Modi.

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Chandra Babu Tirupati visit

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Chandra Babu Tirupati visit

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No anti-incumbency factor against Chandrababu?

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No anti-incumbency factor against Chandrababu?

It’s a common problem for any ruling party to face the anti-incumbency factor against their governments before an election. Very unusually, this factor is absent or near-absent with respect to the Chandrababu Naidu government which is asking for another term in the coming April 11 poll. Analysts are surprised at this sudden turn of voters mood. Some say the recent Pasupu Kumkuma, hike in pensions and Annadata Sukheebhava for farmers have nullified any anti-government factor that would have been there. Others say the hard work of CM Chandrababu Naidu coupled with the requirement of his vast administrative experience for crisis-ridden AP have led to the absence of a negative mood against Chandrababu government.

The overriding sentiment in AP right now is who is the right leader to help the state get the required development while countering challenges from both Telangana and the Central Government.

It’s clear by now no Central Government will extend special financial support to AP. It all depends on how strong and rightly motivated is the leader whom the AP people elect as their CM.

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TDP leaders opt out of race to make way for successors

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TDP leaders opt out of race to make way for successors

The younger generation is all set to take up the mantle in Andhra Pradesh politics as ministers and senior leaders of ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) have opted out of electoral race to make way for their political successors.

Chief Minister and TDP President N. Chandrababu Naidu is perhaps the only exception as he and his son Nara Lokesh both figure in the list of 126 candidates announced by the party late on Thursday for Assembly elections in April.

Deputy Chief Minister K.E. Krishnamurthy, a strong TDP leader in Kurnool district, decided against contesting to pave way for his son K.E. Shyam Babu from Pathikonda constituency, a family stronghold.

Paritala Sunitha, another key minister in Naidu’s cabinet, opted out of the race to get a ticket for her son Paritala Sriram from Rapthadu, considered a bastion of Paritala family in Anantapur district.

In Chittoor district, senior TDP leader and former minister Bojjala Gopala Krishna Reddy’s son Bojjala Sudheer Reddy will be the party candidate from Srikalahasti. Krishna Reddy was elected from here for five terms.

Gouthu Syam Sunder Sivaji gave up his Palasa constituency in Srikakulam district in favour of his daughter Gouthu Sireesha.

Naidu accepted the request of senior leader Jaleel Khan to field his daughter Shabana Khatoon from Vijayawada West.

Kidari Sravan Kumar, whose father and TDP MLA Kidari Sarveshwara Rao was gunned down by Maoists a few months ago, got TDP ticket from Araku. Sravan was inducted into the cabinet after the killing of his father.

Kimidi Nagarjuna will contest from Cheepurapalle constituency as the political successor of his mother Kimidi Mrunalini, a sitting legislator.

Naidu has also fielded late Central minister K. Yerran Naidu’s daughter Adi Reddy Bhavani from Rajahmundry City. Yerran Naidu’s son K. Rammohan Naidu is a Lok Sabha MP from Srikakulam and is likely to be fielded again. Yerran Naidu’s brother K. Atchem Naidu is a cabinet minister.

The TDP chief has also given tickets to sons of senior leader Gali Muddukrishnama Naidu and former minister Devineni Nehru. Muddukrishnama Naidu died in 2018 while Nehru died in 2017.

The ruling party has kept the names for 49 Assembly constituencies pending. The TDP chief was busy holding consultations with party leaders and aspirants to finalise the names.

The party is also yet to announce candidates for Lok Sabha elections. Polling for the 175-member Assembly and all 25 Lok Sabha seats is scheduled on April 11.

Among the 126 candidates announced, the party has retained 83 MLAs. While 14 MLAs who had crossed over from opposition YSR Congress have been fielded, three have been denied tickets.

The list includes 15 women.

Among 72 candidates from Other Castes (OCs), as many as 32 are kammas, a politically dominant community to which Chandrababu Naidu belongs. There are 30 candidates from backward classes, 18 from scheduled castes, four from scheduled tribes and two Muslims.

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