Ysr spins the delhi

While Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu and Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhara Rao were making halchal in Delhi, it was a cool Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, who did all the magic in New Delhi and turned the tide in favour of UPA.

Naidu and KCR were busy consolidating support for Mayawati. They thought with their manipulative skills, they could easily pull down the UPA government. But little did they realize that YSR was using all his political skills to engineer a split in the UNPA. He could not only entice Jagannatham with money and Adikesavulu Naidu with a threat to reopen the assault case against his son, but also made the Karnataka BJP MPs abstain from voting.

It was only after the voting did Naidu and KCR realize that they are nothing before YSR in so far as political manipulations are concerned!

Babu better stay back in Delhi: Botsa

Minister for Housing Botsa Satyanarayana has a piece of advice for the beleaguered Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu.

Botsa says it would be better Naidu stays back in New Delhi and continues to "spin the political wheel" (chakram tippukovacchu), because the latter could do nothing for the State. "As long as Naidu was touring the State saying Mee Kosam, there were no rains in the State. But eversince he left for Delhi, the State has been witnessing good rains. It was once again proved that Babu has an iron leg in the State," he said.

Moreover, whenever Naidu spinned the wheel for the Opposition in New Delhi, it had only benefited the Congress. This time, too, the UPA roped home comfortably in the trust vote, only because he took the lead in mobilizing the Opposition. "So, it will always be better for the Congress, if he stays back in Delhi," Botsa said.

Shown Naked To Entire World its nothing but DEMOCRACY

3 MPs have shown bundles of cash in Lok Sabha this evening stating that Samaj Wadi Party has bribed them. Entire world was watching the live show at that time in TV sets. And what happened with this? The pride of India has gone to dogs. The democracy is shown indecent. And to say with a metaphor, democracy was shown nude to entire world by those 3 MPs. What they want to project with this? They wish to show themselves as pious and selfless.

If the bribe is true, they can state that and enquiry will be made on that. But showing bundles of cash would certainly give bitter impact. Hence the cameras in Lok Sabha were switched off immediately.

There are many allegations that many parties have tried to bribe many MPs. But showing the cash publicly in Lok Sabha speaks very low about our own country in the eye of world.

If a girl says that she got raped-that proves to be complaint. If she shows the 'affected part' publicly and states that…..how it sounds? The act of those 4 MPs is quite similar

UPA wins trust vote : 275-256

The UPA Government on Tuesday scored an emphatic victory in the confidence vote in the Lok Sabha with a comfortable margin, ending the political uncertainty that will enable the ruling coalition to push ahead with the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal.

The motion, which was forced by the Left parties' decision to withdraw support to the Government on the deal, was adopted with sizeable cross-voting from Opposition members including at least one visibly from Telegu Desum.

There was erosion in opposition numbers with only 256 opposing the motion against 275 supporting it.

In a House with an effective strength of 541, the Government needed 271 and in the ultimate result it got four more than the half-way mark, belying predictions of a cliffhanger of a contest.

The day was marred by high drama when BJP members shocked the House displaying bundles of currency notes claiming Rs one crore was given to them as advance by a Samajwadi Party leader to abstain from voting.

Charges and counter-charges over the bribery allegations disrupted proceedings for over two hours with the Opposition members not allowing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to make his customary reply winding up the two-day debate that was often acrimonious.

In his six-page reply, which was laid on the table, the Prime Minister hit out at the Left parties saying "they wanted me to behave as their bonded slave."

"They wanted a veto over every single step of negotiations which is not acceptable," he said with regard to the negotiating processes he wanted to undertake with the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Nuclear Suppliers Group before operationalising the nuclear agreement.

Singh said the nuclear agreement will end India's nuclear isolation and apatheid and asserted that the agreements negotiated with the US, Russia, France and other countries would enable India to enter into international trade for civilian use without any interference with the nation's strategic nuclear programme.

The Prime Minister said "I have often said that I am a politician by accident....... whatever I have done in this high office I have done so with a clear conscience and the best interest of my country."

M Jagannath of the TDP, who apparently defied the party whip, came to the Prime Minister soon after the vote and congratulated him. Later, he was seen seated in the Congress benches before the result was officially announced by the Speaker.

It was not also clear after the corrections how many abstained and how many votes were cast in all.

Leader of the Lok Sabha Pranab Mukherjee was the first to congratulate the Prime Minister followed by Congress President Sonia Gandhi who is also the UPA Chairperson.

The Prime Minister hugged Rahul Gandhi who made a brief speech hailing the Prime Minister's initiative on the nuclear deal. Singh was also profusely congratulated by almost all the Union Ministers and members of the ruling combine who crowded around him while waiting for the official declaration of the result.

As Sonia Gandhi beamed in relief, Pranab Mukherjee was also the centre of attraction for the UPA MPs.

CPI-M member Varkala Radhakrishnan was the lone Opposition MP to move to the treasury benches to congratulate the Prime Minister.

08/08/08 at 08:08:08

The stage is set for the announcement of the political party by Megastar Chiranjeevi and though the holy Swamijis and the renowned astrologists have been issuing their predictions to caution Chiru about the wrong time of his arrival considering his horoscope and other planetary positions, it appears that there is no turning back from Megastar.

Now, it is being heard that the Chiru party announcement may take place officially on 8th of August 2008 at 8 hr 8 min and 8 sec at Nizam college grounds in Hyderabad. This buzz is making rounds prominently in the film circles and also the political circles and everyone is eager to see if this is really going to be true.

True or not, the fact remains that Chiru is arriving and it will be interesting to see if the '8' factor will help the Megastar walk his way through the treacherous lands of politics and come out unscathed or not.

Indeed 8 is the number of Saturn and Chiru has Sasa Yoga, the powerful astrological yoga obtained by that planet.

'Praja Star' that was nagababu should be called!!

Off late, the void that has been created by Megastar Chiranjeevi on the silver screen is being filled by 'Mega Brother' Nagababu. He has been doing almost every other film and with his resembling features one can feel good about the fact that somewhere Chiranjeevi or his link is seen at regular intervals.

However, there is a talk that Nagababu must actually be called 'Praja Star' since he is the one who has been making extensive tours regarding the political activities of Chiru. And it is heard that he is the man who is winning hearts of public anywhere he goes. It is also being said that he is getting good feedback from public with politics than his roles in the movies.

He seems to be the right mix for Chiru and is playing the correct role by making his presence strong in the industry and also taking the word of Chiru to public. One will not be surprised if Chiru will give his party ticket to Nagababu to represent the people in the forthcoming elections. Only time will tell.

Babu's Iron-Hand Spoils Nation'

"Naidu's is an iron-hand that nation would go to dogs when he involves in central politics", said a Congress leader today. Indeed, his motive to make Mayawati the PM of India is not being welcomed by many.

"Chandrababu said Mayawati was a corrupt a few days back. And now he has gone all the way to shake her hands and express his support for her. Ethics are hardly seen in politics and Chandrababu has reached the heights of unethical living. He better fits to be a drama artiste than a politician. The people who called him statesman when he was the CM of AP are now spitting on him", added the Congress leader.

A few days back Botsa said, "Naidu's is an iron-leg and hence the rains are locked in the sky itself as he is moving entire state in Meekosam yatra". Lakshmi Parvathi said that Naidu is facing the curse of Late NTR and hence he is being deserted by everyone in his party. Devender Goud, who is Babu's long time friend also clearly stated in his resignation letter that Babu is a dictator and never values the words of others in his party.

It is to be underlined that no TDP leader is coming forward to condemn those allegations on him. And indeed with all these sayings, people started believing that Naidu's hand is really iron.

1 NTR-1 Babu Vs 1 Chiru-Many Babus

The reign of NTR has gone and Chandrababu was the major power center those days. To be precise he was the only power center when NTR was CM.

If anybody would come to meet NTR, he would ask, "Babu garini (Chandrababu) kalisaara"? This was a known fact those days. The bribe or fund or negotiation should happen at Chandrababu before stepping into NTR's office. But now Chiranjeevi is only one but there are many Chandrababus around him. Allu Aravind, Dr Mitra, Vinay, Pawan Kalyan and Nagababu are the power centers around Chiru. If anyone comes for a party ticket to Aravind, he asks whether he met Nagababu, if he goes to Nagababu he asks if he met Dr Mitra and the buck will be passed to Vinay. And all these power centers are also by passing local leaders to lure MPTCs and ZPTCs. The power center game played by these biggies in Chiru camp has been sending wrong signals.

Impressions are being spread that power centers in Chiranjeevi camp are proving to be the most influential. Chiru knows all this? Will he encourage this phenomenon if he knows? That has to be seen.

Blood + Money=Chiru says Mareppa

Mareppa has thrown another bomb on Chiranjeevi camp today. He alleged that Chiranjeevi camp has started collecting funds apart from squeezing the blood of people. He says that party funds are in the process of collection and Chiranjeevi is depending on funds but not burning out his own money. "What is this praja seva? What is this rakta dana seva?" he implies.

As usual there is no reciprocation from Chiru's side. Mareppa has been delegated to thro mud on Chiranjeevi and that proves to be correct.

Let us see if there would be answer for all these allegations from Chiranjeevi all at once.

The hot gossip in Hyderabad is about KCR. And it is spread by KCR. So this is the gossip for KCR, by KCR and of KCR.

He says, "UPA government is going to collapse and Mayawati is going to become PM. That is for sure and that is the reason we are doing such hungama in Delhi. And I'm promised with Home Ministry at the center. As soon as I become Home Minister I would rotate the wheel (chakram tipputhaa) there and take steps to pass Telengana bill immediately".

People are wondering if KCR started boozing from the morning itself. And some are saying that he consumed little more last night and the hang over is still making him a creative dreamer.

YSR debates with naidu regarding Power

With the power crisis looming large on the State and the main opposition party, Telugu Desam stepping up its agitation against power cuts, Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy decided to launch a counter attack on TD, exposing the lack of foresight on the part of previous Chandrababu Naidu government in taking up power projects.

The YSR government is making maximum use of the media to launch an attack on Naidu. It is issuing regular press releases and also huge advertisements in the media, stating that the present crisis in power sector was the result of faulty policies of the previous TD government. While not a single project was taken up by State-run APGenco, the four gas-based private projects started by the TD government lacked gas supply. Naidu government did not make any attempts to bid for gas exploration in K-G basin, while Gujarat and Reliance grabbed the gas blocks. "Let Naidu come for an open debate in the Assembly. We will explain to the people how Naidu had grossly neglected the power sector during his regime," he challenged, in an open letter to the people on Sunday.

Looks like there would be yet another interesting verbal duel in Assembly during the monsoon session.

Megastar wants go alone

With the deadline for the launch of megastar Chiranjeevi's political party is fast approaching, speculations are rife as to which way he would go: Left or Right.

Sources, however, say Chiranjeevi would have an independent political line and does not want toe any other political party – Communists, BJP, TRS or TD. On every issue, Chiru wants to come out with an independent stand, though it might coincide with the policies of one party or the other. He does not want to have any pre-poll understanding with any other party, but would go all alone in the elections, which would help him test his own strength.

It is learnt Chiru might even come out with his own policy on the controversial Telangana issue. Though there are two Telangana parties – TRS and NTPP fighting independently for the cause, Chiru does not want to have any understanding with either of this party, but would have his own strategy. He expects that if he supports Telangana, he can outwit both the TRS and NTPP by drawing huge supporters from both the parties

Naidu outsmarts KCR!

Thanks to the developments at the Centre, Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu has once again got into limelight, bringing all the non-Congress and non-BJP forces together on a common platform.

The entire focus of national media on Sunday was on Chandrababu Naidu who had hectic parleys with the Communist parties and Mayawati, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and president of Bahujan Samaj Party. He also held a lunch for these leaders at the residence of Yerran Naidu and addressed a joint press conference with them.

At the same time, Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao also tried to hog the limelight by meeting Ajit Singh and Mayawati. Though he could attract only the Telugu media, no national channel came to him for his bites. In a way, he was completely overshadowed by Chandrababu Naidu. All that KCR could do was to stand behind Mayawati and nod his head in his typical style, while she was talking to media. After all, a party with five seats gets more attention that the one with just two seats!!

Jayaprada Meeting YSR

Actress turned Jayaprada who has been with Samajwadi Party is now thinking to join Congress apparently.

The present political situation is completely ad hoc and that is evident through odd combinations and unexpected unions. Jayaprada was with TDP for sometime and her differences with Chandrababu made her away from the party. She then joined with Samajwadi and moved very close with Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh. The reason for her quit from TDP was said to be the lack of attention paid by Chandrababu on her.

Now we have to see what attention YSR pays. And the reason for her idea to jump from Samajwadi to Congress is not known yet.

Chiru fans making hadavedi in Hyderabad

Balakrishna and Chiru Not Sure Yet

Just like there is a 'Big Four' for the Indian cricket team, even our Telugu film industry has its own 'Big Four' which comprises of Megastar Chiranjeevi, Yuva Samrat Akkineni Nagarjuna, Victory Venkatesh and last but not the least Yuva Rathna Balakrishna. These stars have the power in them to make up for any losses faced by the industry with a single hit of their movie.

However, things look a bit confusing as of now since two of them are nowhere in the picture. We are talking about Megastar Chiranjeevi and Balayya. Apparently, Chiru seems to have been caught up with his political train and its arrival but one is not really sure what is happening on Balayya's end.

For now, there is only single confirmed news.

Venky has given his confirmation to take off with his next film which has been titled as 'Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum' with director Krish who is known for his hit film 'Gamyam' , Nag from his end has already got off with his next venture which has been titled as 'King' and is being directed by Srinu Vaitla who is basking the success of his latest release 'Ready'.

KCR ki reverse trap

Everybody is under the impression that Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao is taking pro-active steps to muster the support of smaller parties against the UPA government. But the fact is that he is bargaining with the Congress using these parties.

According to reliable information from New Delhi, the TRS president, who had a closed door meeting with Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Ajit Singh, reportedly tried to trap him. KCR asked Ajit to bring pressure on the Congress on giving some assurance on Telangana, as a precondition for supporting the UPA in Lok Sabha on July 22.

However, it turned out to be a reverse trap. Ajit Singh reportedly asked KCR not to blackmail the Congress at this stage and fall a prey to the Communists' game plan. "You support the UPA in Lok Sabha first.

Then, I will talk to Sonia Gandhi to consider Telangana," he is learnt to have said. KCR is seriously considering this offer and might change the tune in the last moment, sources said.

Babu ki shock medha shock

In yet another shock to Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu, former minister and important leader in Nellore district Nallapureddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy called it quits from the party, obviously to find a place in the forthcoming party of megastar Chiranjeevi.

Prasanna has been staying away from TD politics for quite some time.

More recently, he triggered a controversy in the party by writing a letter to Naidu, asking him to step down to pave way for his brother-in-law Nandamuri Balakrishna as party president. He released the letter to the media, thereby angering Naidu. But no action was taken against Prasanna later, though other TD leaders from Nellore including Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy attacked him.

Prasanna Kumar Reddy is son of late Nallapureddy Srinivasulu Reddy, one of the founder-members of the Telugu Desam. After parting ways with NTR, Srinivasulu Reddy joined the Congress later, but his son continued to be in the TD. Now, Prasanna also left TD, crippling the party in the district.

EAGLE EYE : 2 acres of land for NTV?

NTV chairman Narendrer Choudhry is all set to get two acres of prime land from the State government at a nominal cost.

Guess how? Simple. His latest survey on the prospects of political parties in the next elections did all the trick. The survey clearly established that Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy enjoys all the advantage over all the political parties, including the forthcoming Chiranjeevi's party and stands 100 per cent chance to come back to power in 2009 elections.

Insiders say though the survey results did not totally in favour of YSR government, lot of manipulations were done at the NTV office itself. The figures were ready within two hours, as per the requirements of the ruling party. However, the NTV management took every care that some credibility is maintained. One might have noticed that the channel has also run a half an hour programme on Arogyasri.

Very soon, Chowdary's wish for a piece of land will be realized!

C. Ramachandraiah quits from TDP party

Hyderabad, July 18 (IANS) In yet another blow to the main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in Andhra Pradesh, senior party leader and Rajya Sabha member C. Ramachandraiah Friday resigned from the party. He made the announcement after a meeting with his followers in Kadpa district, bringing the curtains down on the speculation doing rounds for the last two weeks.

Ramachandraiah, who had recently admitted to ideological difference with party chief N. Chandrababu Naidu, said the “callous” attitude of the party towards the problems of backward classes and farmers forced him to take the step.

Alleging that the TDP had deviated from the policies of party founder N.T. Rama Rao, he said he had no option but to resign as Naidu was pursuing his personal agenda.

“Since, I could not change him (Naidu), I decided to change the party,” said Ramachandraiah.

He said he would join a party wedded to social equality and equality. There are indications that he might join the new political party proposed to be launched by Telugu actor Chiranjeevi next month.

Ramachandraiah was a member of the TDP politburo, the highest decision making body of the party and one of the powerful leaders from the backward classes.

His resignation will deal a big jolt to the party in the Rayalseema region, especially Kadpa district, from where Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy comes.

Ramachandraiah, a chartered accountant by profession who was associated with the TDP since its inception in early 1980s, had served as junior minister in N.T. Rama Rao’s cabinet. He was elected to the assembly from Kadpa in 1985 and has been a Rajya Sabha member since 1988.

His resignation comes at a time when the TDP is facing a crisis due to the exodus of senior leaders. Last month, senior leaders former MP Bhuma Nagi Reddy and his wife former state legislator Shoba Nagi Reddy had quit the TDP to join Chiranjeevi’s proposed party.

Earlier, party second-in-command and former home minister T. Devender Goud had resigned to float a new party to fight for a separate statehood for the Telangana region.

Several former legislators and district level leaders quit the TDP during the last few weeks to join Chiranjeevi’s party.

Earlier this year, senior leader and former minister K. Vidyadhar Rao was expelled from the party for making a statement in support of Chiranjeevi.

Dasavataram by Chandhra Babu

It looks like the multiple role mania has gripped not just the film industry but also the political field and one such man who is spearheading this initiative is none other than the architect of Tech-Andhra N Chandrababu Naidu, former Chief Minister and the head of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP).

It is known news that Babu is currently busy with the 150 day 'Mee Kosam' Yatra and has been continuing it with determination despite the hits he has been getting within his party with his chief lieutenant Devender Goud dumping him at the right time in the name of a separate state and the Bhuma couple walking out citing lack of recognition after being given the chance of contesting for the MP tickets and helping them win it.

Babu has been donning the role of a farmer one day, cobbler the next, a Milkman the later day, the driver of a truck and all the forms that are part of the daily lives of the poor and the down trodden. The agenda of his roles is to try and get into the skin of the lives of these people and then chalk out a relevant economic policy so that they benefit out of it. While Babu has made his presence felt not just in Andhra Pradesh but also in the entire world with his futuristic vision and hi-tech methodologies, he has now got into the ground level to create a reformation amongst the poor and the agricultural classes since that's the reason why he was pinned down tamely in the last elections.

He has now completed 80 days of his tour and his party members have been urging him to call the tour off and come back to Hyderabad since they feel that a lot of revamping and restructuring has to be done in the party layers in view of the recent jolts they have received. However, Babu has looked at the brighter side of it and has clarified that it is better to get rid of those who work with personal motives than those who work with commitment.

He has been giving some really unbelievable assurances to the rural sections during his tour and while he has been receiving flak for his promises, Babu who has a clear understanding of the business economics of the state is confident that his words can be fulfilled given the type of economy the state is currently in.

On the other side, the experts and analysts have been working on their graphs and statistics drawing a comparison to YSR's 'Pada Yatra' and Babu's 'Mee Kosam' and it has come to light that YSR has failed miserably in keeping up his promises and the same could happen with Babu too. However, it must be remembered that there have been several instances during his regime where Babu has silenced his critics and proved that his vision and strategy always worked to the best.

The aggressive and determined man that he is, Babu has understood the pulse of the people after coming out of his ivory towers during his nine year tenure as CM and if given one chance to regain power, folks are sure that he would bring about a lot of change to the agricultural and economic sectors and like Kamal Haasan has achieved huge success after donning different roles one hopes that Babu will taste success too with his 'Dasavatharam'.

Adding to this, Babu has been giving promises with respect to free rice, free cereals for poor. We have to see if he also shows Nandamuri films for free. Earlier the films 'Kantri' and 'Pandurangadu' were shown for free to people by TDP leaders. The tickets were sold out in bulk and the local leaders tried to impress the party head. Now Kalyan Ram's 'Hare Ram' is releasing on 18th of this month. Will this 'free-motive' continue among TDP leaders now again? That has to be seen.

In fact it is not the case of only Nandamuri clan and TDP-even 'Jalsa' was shown for free for many as Chiru followers have bought tickets in bulk and distributed among their men.

Free for all in Babu regime!

Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu seems to be going crazy, in his eagerness to get back to power in the State.

Having been left with nothing new to promise to the people (his arch rival Y S Rajasekhara Reddy has already been implementing whatever Naidu was planning to woo the people with), he is now saying everything would be free for the poor, if they voted the TD back to power.

For example, Naidu is promising 12 hours of power supply to farmers free of cost; rice to all the white card holders free of cost, houses for the poor free of cost; cooking gas free of cost; power supply free of cost to all households having two bulbs, fan and a television set; bicycles and school uniform to all the students free of cost and interest free loans to the poor artisans.

Where would he get money from to implement all these 'free' schemes? Well, first vote for Telugu Desam and then ask this question, is what Naidu is saying. Shall we believe him?

YSR been praised by sonia

Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy does not want to let go any opportunity to grab political mileage. Even as there is a lot of unrest among the people due to severe power crisis and lack of rains, YSR managed to get all that negative impact neutralized on Thursday by bringing Sonia Gandhi to State.

The inauguration of Krishnapatnam port, laying of foundation stone for thermal power station, launching of Rajiv Arogyasri programme and interaction with Dwcra groups, and above all addressing a public meeting at Nellore on a single day has enhanced the image of YSR.

Added to this, the government released huge advertisements in all the dailies and weeklies, besides TV channels, gave immense publicity to the Chief Minister.

And true to his expectations, Sonia was all praise for YSR for taking the State in the path of development. At every meeting, Sonia described Andhra Pradesh as No. 1 state in terms of development, thanks to the able leadership of YSR. And the Chief Minister was in such a jubilant mood that he spoke ex tempore, moving freely on the dais and patting the officials. At the end of the day, YSR's day was made.

Panabaka squeezed Nedurumall couple

Whether it was a coincidence or a deliberate move on the part of the organizers, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Panabaka Lakshmi had to sit between Former Chief Minister N Janardhan Reddy and his wife N Rajyalakshmi, the State minister for Women and Child Welfare.

It happened in all the places in Nellore. Everybody knows that Panabaka was running a rival camp against Nedurumalli couple. And she openly criticized NJR for hatching a conspiracy by making Nellore an open seat. Thereby, Nedurumalli wants to come back to Nellore, his native district, instead of choosing a distant constituency like Visakhapatnam. But Panabaka wants to contest from Nellore itself, though it is dereserved.

So, Panabaka was definitely feeling inconvenienced in sitting between the husband and wife, who did not even look at her, leave alone exchanging pleasantries. Sonia was too busy with her programme and more over, she was absent minded with Delhi developments, so, she did not notice the situation. Apparently, even Nedurumalli couple was unhappy for this uncomfortable situation.