Exodus Starts From Cong, TDP to YSRCP

By all means it can be said that an exodus of sitting MLAs has started from Congress and TDP towards YSR Congress Party. After Congress MLAs Alla Nani and RVSK Ranga Rao defied party bosses by switching loyalties to YSRCP, three more sitting legislators from Congress and TDP have decided to join hands with Jagan Mohan Reddy.

While Congress legislators Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy (Kakinada) and Savara Jayamani (Parvathipuram) called on Vijayamma at Kotauratla in Visakhapatnam on Thursday, TDP MLA Chinnam Ramakotaiah (Nuzvid) created ripples by declaring that he won't contest on TDP ticket in the next elections. Although Ramakotaiah did not reveal his next move, party sources say that his exit from TDP is certain. In effect, the Congress has almost lost four legislators - Nani, Ranga Rao, Dwarampudi and Jayamani - to Jagan's party in the last few days and speculation is rife that at least a dozen are ready to jump the boat by the time YSRCP founder president Vijayamma winds up her campaign for the June 12 byelections.

The speculation is that some more Congress legislators would jump into YSRCP bandwagon in the coming days. Among those who might ride the Jagan ratham include Buchepalli Sivaprasada Reddy (Darsi), A Suresh Babu (Y Palem), C Adinarayana Reddy (Jammalamadugu), B N Vijayakumar (Santhanuthalapadu), P Ramanjaneyulu (Bhimavaram), Rapaka Varaprasada Rao (Rajole), Katasani Ramireddy (Banaganapalle), Janardhana Thatraju (Kurupam), Peedika Rajanna Dora (Saluru), Muthyala Papa (Narsipatnam), T Vijaya Kumar (Visakhapatnam North) and Kannababu Raju (Yelamanchili).

TDP supremo Chandrababu Naidu is also jittery as party MLA Bala Nagireddy (Mantralayam) is openly aligned with the Jagan camp, while Ramakotaiah is making serious moves to meet Vijayamma. Naidu made frantic calls to woo Ramakotaiah, but party insiders said it is only a matter of time before he too jumps the fence. Ramakotaiah, a retired engineer in the erstwhile Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad (MCH), joined PRP before last general elections. When the PRP denied him the ticket, Naidu hugged him and fielded him from Nuzvid which he won.

 

 

 

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.