Six opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MLAs were suspended for the day on Friday by the Speaker as the Andhra Pradesh Assembly witnessed pandemonium on the fifth day of its Winter Session.
Fourteen members of the main opposition Telugu Desam Party, including its leader N Chandrababu Naidu, were suspended from the Andhra Pradesh Assembly for a day as they staged a sit-in in front of the Speaker's podium in the House on the first day of the winter session here on Monday.
Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu along with other TDP leaders were detained on Monday night and released later as they were trying to launch a protest march against the state government over three capital issue.
Seventeen MLAs of the opposition Telugu Desam Party were suspended from the Assembly on Monday night for disrupting Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy's address on the Andhra Pradesh Decentralisation and Inclusive Development of All Regions Bill, 2020.
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.
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.
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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 YSR Congress MP said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised in 2014 that Andhra Pradesh would be given special category status but it was yet to be fulfilled, and requested the government to sanction it "without any delay".
Five Telugu Desam Party MPs (2 Rajya Sabha members and 3 Lok Sabha members) met Vice President to challenge the defection of their four erstwhile colleagues to Bharatiya Janata Party
Thursday brought a jolt to Chandrababu Naidu as four of his Rajya Sabha MPs quit the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In what came as a rude shock to Naidu were the names of his close confidantes YS Chowdary and CM Ramesh's names among those came as a rude shock to Naidu.
TDP MPs of Rajya Sabha join BJP in presence of BJP Working President JP Nadda
N. Chandrababu Naidu was also denied VIP access to the aircraft and had to travel in the bus along with common passengers.
YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) leader and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister-designate Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday invited TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu for his swearing-in ceremony.
It was a strong YSRCP show in Andhra Pradesh, bagging 22 out of 25 seats in the Lok Sabha elections. Here is the full list of winning candidates from the state of Andhra Pradesh.
The general election was held in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha. The counting of votes will be conducted on 23 May and on the same day the results will be declared.
The CBDT, in a statement, also clarified that no premise of Guntur TDP MP Jayadev Galla was searched during the operation conducted on Tuesday.
Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, his son Nara Lokesh and Balakrishna are contesting the Assembly elections, while Bharat has now been given the Lok Sabha ticket.
Naidu began the consultations by taking up Rajampet Lok Sabha constituency. Out of seven Assembly constituencies that fall under this parliamentary seat, Naidu declared candidates for five seats.
A three-time Lok Sabha member from Kurnool, Suryaprakash Reddy is considered a Congress strongman in Kurnool district. Political observers say his joining the TDP would help it to consolidate in the region.
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