Is Jagan dumping Amaravati due to Kamma factor?
India | December 29, 2019 13:33 ISTIn Andhra Pradesh, where caste plays dominant role in politics, it was not surprising that the row over the state capital Amaravati too has a caste angle to it.
In Andhra Pradesh, where caste plays dominant role in politics, it was not surprising that the row over the state capital Amaravati too has a caste angle to it.
The Telugu Desam Party's (TDP) national President, who had used some harsh words in attacking Modi-Shah during the election campaign, addressed a letter to Amit Shah, who is also the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Stating that BJP didn't need any alliance with the TDP, he, however, said that if Naidu came forward for merging TDP with BJP, he was ready to discuss it with his party leadership.
According to the order, during the inspection of the premises by the APCRDA staff, unauthorised constructions and developments were found in violation of various rules and regulations.
In a suspected case of suicide, Rao, slapped with a criminal case for 'illegal' possession of legislature property, died shortly after he was allegedly found hanging, police said.
Upset over authorities operating drones over his house on the banks of Krishna river at Undavalli here, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president spoke to Director General of Police (DGP) Gautam Sawang.
The former Andhra Pradesh chief minister on Aug 8 tagged two pictures of Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers along with his tweet. One picture shows ASHA workers giving milk bath to Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy while in the second picture, they were seen holding a 'mock funeral' of the government to lodge their protest.
With the outsourcing agency stopping supplying of food following the state government's orders, all 204 canteens downed their shutters. YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) government, however, has assured that this shutdown is temporary and that it would re-launch the scheme with certain modifications.
The World Bank has decided not to fund Amaravati Sustainable Capital City Development Project, the ambitious project of former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu.
As the debate on the issue was taken up for the second day due to persistent demands by opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Naidu reeled out statistics from different documents to deny the allegations by Jagan Reddy that the previous government did not implement zero per cent interest scheme.
This report has come days after Jagan targetted TDP chief and former chief minister Chandrababu Naidu's convention hall, Praja Vedika, in Amravati and demolished it saying it was an illegal construction.
After a major defection in the Rajya Sabha, where four out of six TDP MPs defected to the BJP, the developments in Andhra Pradesh seems set to deliver a big jolt to TDP supremo N. Chandrababu Naidu who is making last-ditch efforts to prevent party legislators from pulling off another defection on the lines of the one in the Rajya Sabha.
A day after completing the demolition of Praja Vedika, a government building adjacent to Naidu's residence, the Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) pasted a notice on the main gate of Naidu's house on the banks of Krishna river.
Praja Vedike, the conference hall built by Chandrababu Naidu, was demolished by Jagan Mohan Reddy-led Andhra Pradesh government on June 26. Jagan has already said that Chandrababu Naidu's former residence next door is "illegal". Will the hammer continue to fall on Naidu?
The demolition of an annexe of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu's residence in Amaravati has triggered an uproar with main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) questioning the rationale behind YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) government's action.
Jagan Reddy said there were huge irregularities in the power purchase agreements and ordered legal action against then Chief Minister, then Energy Minister and senior officials who entered into the agreements.
The Andhra Pradesh government has substantially reduced the security of N Chandrababu Naidu's son, who had been enjoying Z category security, days after the former chief minister's security was slashed.
Hours after Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy's first-ever meeting with district collectors and superintendents of police concluded at 'Praja Vedika' and called it an illegal building built by his predecessor Naidu, workers began demolition of the same structure.
After engineering the defection of four Rajya Sabha members of Telugu Desam Party, the BJP is now in touch with more than two-thirds of TDP MLAs in Andhra Pradesh who may join the BJP soon.
Addressing a meeting of District Collectors and Superintendents of Police in 'Praja Vedika', the annexe of Naidu's residence, he declared that demolition of illegal structures on the banks of the river will begin on Wednesday by razing 'Praja Vedika'.
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