Battery of 15 Ministers For Kadapa Bypolls

To ensure Congress win the Kadapa bypolls, CM Kiran Kumar Reddy decided to rope in 15 cabinet ministers for election campaign in Kadapa Lok Sabha and Pulivendula assembly constituencies. The CM had a three-hour discussion with PCC chief D Srinivas to finalize party's strategy in tackling YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and his mother Vijayalaxmi in the Kadapa byelections. The ministers have been entrusted with the task of co-ordinating with the rank and file of the party in seven assembly constituencies of the Kadapa parliamentary constituency. Almost all the ministers have been chosen based on their ability to woo voters from their respective communities, mostly BCs.

Ministers who have been made in-charge of assembly constituencies are: Badvel (SC): M Maheedhar Reddy; Kadapa: Kanna Lakshminarayana; Pulivendula: Anam Ramnarayan Reddy and Sailajanath; Kamalapuram: N Raghuveera Reddy; Jammalamadugu: Botsa Satyanarayana and Erasu Pratap Reddy; Proddatur: T G Venkatesh; Mydukur: Dharmana Prasada Rao and Mopidevi Venkataramana. Apart from these, ministers D K Aruna, D Sridhar Babu, Basavaraj Sarayya, P Balaraju, Mohd Jani and Mohd Ali Shabbir have been asked to co-ordinate with the constituency in-charges. Congress is very confident of wooing minority votes in Kadapa through Mohammad Jani and Shabbir Ali. As per sources, the strategy Congress is going to adopt in Kadapa bypolls is to harp on YSR's legacy, his struggle to keep the Congress flag high and the party's commitment to the welfare of the people.

Modi Is Not Our PM: Owaisi

MIM is a recognized state political party based in the Indian state of Telangana, with its head office in the old city of Hyderabad, which has its roots in the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen founded in 1927. Unlike most of the regional and national level parties, MIM party leaders ‘fight’ only for the well-being of Muslims, whereas no other party has such communal feelings. In their each and every speech, MIM leaders speak only about Muslims. If these leaders are here to fight for Muslims, then why there are no development works are happening in old city area for decades. Akbaruddin Owaisi faced criticism for making hate remarks on Narendra Modi and Hindus. Recently, his elder brother Asaduddin Owaisi made some notorious annotations. In a one-on-one debate between BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra and Asaduddin Owaisi on the topic of demonetization in a popular Hindi channel, the former left no stone unturned in exposing the latter’s communal designs. Owaisi claimed how most of the Muslim community still remains unbanked and that demonetization has caused severe inconvenience to Muslims. He even went on to say that ATM’s in Muslim-dominated areas weren’t fed enough money. He indirectly alleged that the Modi government hadn’t done anything for Muslims. Even after being pressurized Owaisi didn’t call Narendra Modi as his Prime Minister. He went on said, “Your Prime Minister…” On the other hand, Sambit spoke wisely and called Owaisi a leader of small stature because he talked only of Muslims. He said that no area was Muslim or Hindu and that all areas belonged to India. Owaisi was constantly quoting an RBI report, to which Sambit challenged him to show where the RBI had used the word ‘Muslim’. Sambit even said that if a Muslim leader speaks of Muslims it’s not an issue, but the moment a VHP leader speaks of Hindus people go crazy accusing them of imposing the Hindutva ideology. The most amazing of his counters was to Owaisi’s claims of Muslims not having been brought into the banking system. Sambit said that when banks or ATMs are to be opened in Muslim areas leaders like Owaisi shout that banking is un-Islamic and that Muslims should refrain from it! This video of debate between Sambit Patra and Asaduddin Owaisi is going viral in social media.