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TRS Manifesto Committee formed

      The TRS party has finally got together to formulate the Party Manifesto. With bifurcation and establishment of Telangana as the sole agenda , the party Politburo leaders and the Party President K Chandrasekhar Rao met in the Telangana Bhavan today to discuss the major issues for preparing the Manifesto. A separate committee was formed under the stewardship of senior leader Kadiyam Srihari and the other members included Niranjan, Vinod Kumar, Madhusudanachari and former IAS officer Ramanachari. The detailed Manifesto will be made public within 10 days after a detailed discussion about each sector and what are the key areas of development Telangana is lacking.   The party leader had mentioned that it was time that Telangana went in for a total reconstruction and some of the issues discussed included,  water to one Lakh acres for agriculture in every assembly constituency, free education from primary levels to the post graduation levels, extend the IT sector to other areas of Telangana on par with Hyderabad,  raise the number of districts in Telangana and decentralise them, grant 125 Square yards land to the poor for construction of permanent  houses. All these areas would be dealt in detail and specific schemes would be formulated and canvassed by the TRS during the campaigns. With the elections in the Telangana happening on April 30th the TRS Manifesto committee will have to come up with something concrete quickly.

BJP announces its Party Presidents

      After the BJP inaugural rally in the Nizam College grounds in Hyderabad , Party President Rajnath Singh last night appointed the party presidents for the Telanagana Region and rest of Andhra Pradesh. A known fact that G Kishen Reddy will head the Party in the Telanagana Region the other candidate K Hari Babu will head the Seemandhra Unit. Somu Veeraju has been appointed as the Convener of the BJP AP Election Management Committee. Post bifurcation and with the other parties starting their separate divisions for handling the elections and deciding their leaders and party tickets , the BJP also has formed these units. But the party candidates for the different regions have to be figured out by the Leadership with the elections on the anvil.

Pawan Punch Statement

      Power Star Pawan Kalyan is creating a sensation across the state right now. Fans and followers are waiting for him to begin his speech at the event today. If reports are to be believed, Pawan Kalyan will be the only person to speak at the event. In the meanwhile, here is a statement that Pawan has reportedly given. He mentioned that he is ready to sacrifice his money, life or anything just for the word he has given to people. His motive is service for people. If this is true, then people are going to see a true Leader in him. Let us hope for a better development through Pawan Kalyan unlike others who only promise and then forget their vows !!!

It is a Political Movement !

  Power Star Pawan Kalyan is the talk of the state right now. People are wondering as to what this man is going to talk in the meeting. If rumors are to believed, Pawan Kalyan alone will speak in the meeting. It is reportedly heard that the speech will last for 45 minutes and there is also a rumor that a team of film biggies and directors had been working on this script for 70 days. We can be sure that Pawan has something huge in store. Pawan Kalyan has mentioned that Jana Sena is not a political party but a political movement. The members of this movement will question the leaders in power. However, a top source reveals that Jana Sena will also be registered in the election commission  later and will contest in the elections as that is how the democracy works. Invitations are been distributed to some of the senior fans, politicians, actors and so on to attend the meeting today. This event might turn out to be historic. Pawan might also answer all his critics who had been defaming him using his family life. Let us keep our fingers crossed until the spotlight is turned ON !!!

Delhi HC upholds death sentence for Nirbhaya’s rapists

      The Delhi High Court has confirmed and upheld the death sentence for the four men convicted of the fatal gang-rape of 23-year-old ‘Nirbahya’ in December, 2012 .Convicts Mukesh, Vinay Sharma, Pawan and Akshay Thakur will hang till death for raping and killing the young woman on a moving bus, the High Court ruled and upholding the trial court’s order given in September 2012. A case under the rarest of rare category where Capital Punishment is given has also led to the formulation of the Nirbhaya Act. Their defense lawyers said earlier they would appeal to the Supreme Court if the death sentences were upheld. As of now the four of them are in Tihar Jail and the fifth accused Ram Singh died in prison in an apparent case of suicide. The sixth accused who was a minor at the time of assault has been give 3 years in reformatory penalization as per Indian Juvenile laws even though it was said that he had caused the most grievous injuries to the girl and he will soon be out as his three year term is to end soon.

Two more for TDP

      The party defection spree continues and this time its 2 down for Congress and two up for the TDP. Senior Congress leader Gangula Prathapa Reddy and his brother G Prabhakara Reddy of the Allagadda constituency in Kurnool district have joined the Telugu Desam Party. A Congress strongman for many years who has been elected as an MP and served as an MLA will be the key opponent to YSRCP party Bhuma Nagi Reddy. Sidelined by the Congress party after he sacrificed and vacated his seat in favour of P V Narasimha Rao , he was clear in his stance that he would not join the Congress again. This move is seen to be heightening the Seema faction politics with him pitted against the Bhuma family.   The next entrant is  former Congress minister Sathrucharla Vijayaramaraju a former minister both in the YSR regime and the Rosaiah cabinet and assembly member from the Pathapatnam constituency in Srikakulam. He also had one foot in the TDP once as an MP and then moved on to the Congress and is again slated to join the party officially on Friday. The youngest MLA from Wyra constituency in Khammam district,  Dr.Banoth Chandravathi   is also  keen to move out of the Communist fold and join the TDP. Hailing from a staunch Communist family and an active CPI member  even before completing her MBBS was elected to the assembly as a CPI member. But now her seat has been given to another person and this led to her being disgruntled and she wants to change her party. Whether she will join or not will be known after she is slated to meet Mr Naidu in a day or two.

Pawan Kalyan As Independent Candidate?

      Pawan Kalyan had been into active politics from a very long time. Although he wasn't holding a post, he must have been aware that there are certain norms and rules to be followed while registering a new party. Now this last minute effort may take a lot of time. However, Pawan Kalyan and his fans still have hopes as the procedures say that he could still contest as an independent candidate without a party symbol although his party fails to register in the Election Commission. We wonder how this man missed such a simple point. Let us wait until tomorrow's meeting to say what Pawan Kalyan has to say about this !!!

Konda couple likely to join TDP

  Konda Surekha and her husband Konda Murali have enjoyed a great importance during late Rajashekar Reddy regime, but their future blinks after they jumps for his son Jagan Mohan Reddy after his sudden death. Jagan gave them a terrible shock by changing his stand on Telangana overnight. They pleaded his mother Vijayamma to consider about their political future before taking such drastic steps, but they were ignored. Hence, the couple and few others of the party find themselves in Telangana cross roads, but there are no takers for them because of Jagan impact.   However, the couple somehow managed to get admission back into Congress party. They hope that it would be end of their miseries, but, unfortunately it is a beginning of another tragic story. Senior Congress leaders Saraiah and Ponnala (present PCC president), who strongly opposed their entry into party gave them many sleepless nights by isolating them party meetings and cadres. They even planned to elbow them out of the elections race by stalling their own candidate.   So, unable to bear with the developments, now Konda couple are looking towards TDP for political asylum. According to latest information, they are in touch with TDP high command. Since, TDP also badly hit with migrations, they may be rolled a red carpet into party. Konda couple and TDP will get full advantage of each other’s strengths in Telangana, if they are inducted into party.

Power Star Jana Sena Rejected

      The Central Election Commission has given a big blow to Power Star Pawan Kalyan who is in high spirits on starting a new party. The party named as 'Jana Sena' has been rejected by the EC as the Election Notification is already out. Registering a party now will be like breaking the rules and norms. In the meanwhile, Pawan is gearing up to give his historic long speech on the 14th of March among a huge crowd that is expected to gather at Hitex, Hyderabad. A request has been sent to all fans and followers not to create any commotion at the meeting. What will be next ?? What is his next strategy ??? TDP Or Lok Satta ???

Janasena is Pawan’s party name?

  Power star Pawan Kalyan, who is determined to launch his political party on Friday March 14th is said to be applied for registration of his new party with ‘Janasena’ name. This news broke out a short while ago and media is abuzz with reports about it.   Pawan Kalyan will launch his political party at Hitex in Madhapur, Hyderabad on March 14th. Potluri Vara Prasad of PVP Cinemas is supervising the arrangements for launching of his party. Pawan Kalyan will officially announce his party name, its intentions, logo, flag etc. on the same day. In a quite co-incidence or part of Congress game plan to counter him and others, it appoints his brother Chiranjeevi as party Campaigning Committee Chairman. Therefore, obviously these Mega brothers may have to cross swords with each other in elections arena.

Rally Day in Andhra Pradesh

      Andhra Pradesh politics is witnessing a field day today. With TDP’s Praja Garjana to take off at 5:00PM today evening and former Chief Minister Kiran Kumar reddy dashing off to Rajamundry for his Jai Samaykhyandra Party rally and meeting at around the same time, both the towns are going to witness an explosion of people and it goes to see who is going to be more succesfull.   Yesterday was Hyderabad’s turn which saw the Bharatiya Janata Party celebrating the Telangana formation in a public event held at the Nizam college grounds where the Party National President Rajnath Singh spoke  to a ground filled to the brim with party supporters where he spoke about how it was the BJP who were instrumental in getting the T Bill approved. He also gave an informal invite to all the parties in Andhra Pradesh including TDP, TRS, JSP to join them as they were the only people who are going to  be at the center and form a stable government. Senior BJP leader also had an interactive session with CII members to address their concerns regarding the BJP’s role in development of the Industry sector both in Telangana and Seemandhra. This kind of a session has not been addressed by the other parties so far. It goes to see what environmental damage these rallies end up doing  to the places after the elections are over. And for that we have to see if the Municipal elections are completed and we have strong and sincere members elected for the post election clean-up.  

Visakhapatnam Praja Garjana Today

    Visakhapatnam: Telugu Desam Party Chief, Nara Chandrababu Naidu’s Prajagarjana will be held at meeting at Indira Priyadarshini mini stadium in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. Chandrababu Naidu will reach Visakhapatnam at 12.40 p.m. and reach the stadium the by 3.30 p.m. in a rally. The session is expected to start at 5:00 PM. Former minister Ganta Srinivasarao, Panchakarla Ramesh, Avanthi Srinivas, Venkatramaiah and Ramana Murthy Rajulu will join the TDP formally in the meeting in the presence of Chandrababu Naidu. Since Vizag has a large number of TDP followers, a large gathering of close to a lakh of people are expected. The rally venue was cancelled twice once due to the election code of conduct which did not allow the AU grounds to be used and when they thought of the beach area that was also cancelled as it would affect the beach environment.

Why Jana Sena ?

      Pawan Kalyan's entry into politics is gaining momentum day by day. Fans and followers are so anxious to know what is next. 14th of March might turn out to be historic day since Pawan has reportedly planned a huge speech. In the meanwhile it seems like Pawan will float a new party and according to sources, the name has been finalized as Jana Sena. It seems like even the election commission has approved the name. The arrangements are made on a huge scale for the meet at the venue. Some famous film biggies are supervising the process. Pawan will speak to some of his senior fans a day before the meeting. Invitations are being distributed too. Let us wait and see what is next. 14th March is just 2 days away !!!

Maoist attack toll goes to 15

      The toll of those killed including CRPF personnel, policemen and a civilian has gone to 15 after the ghastly ambush by the Maoists in Chattisgarh. It was reported that around 300 of them laid the ambush and swarmed out of the forest, triggering land mines and firing indiscriminately at the helpless soldiers at around 11 AM in the Sukma district which is around 400 kms from Raipur. It is described as a clear lapse on the intelligence where no specific inputs about the Maoist movement were given to the soldiers. Time and again the Maoists have been attacking security personnel and whether the movement of the troops in the forest is being leaked to them also needs to be checked. The 2010 Dantewada incident where 76 troops were killed has been a reminder that the forests and terrain in Chattisgarh is not safe and leaving the troops in a very vulnerable state.

Ponnala, Raghuveeraa new PCC Presidents

Congress high command has appointed separate PCC (Pradesh Congress Working Committee) for Andhra and Telangana states. Raghuveera Reddy is appointed as new PCC President for Andhra Pradesh state and Ponnala Lakshmaiah is president for Telangana state Congress party. Uttam Kumar Reddy has been appointed as Congress working President for Telangana state.             

TDP Praja Garjana meeting at Vizag

  TDP leaders are making elaborate arrangements at vizag indira priya darshini stadium for their proposed party meeting ‘Praja Garjana’ to be held tomorrow. Party president Chandrababu and galaxy of senior TDP leaders will speak in the meeting. Former Congress Minister Ganta Srinivasa rao, Congress MLAs P. Ramesh babu, U.V. Ramana Murthy Raju, M. Srinivasa Rao and Ch. Venkatramaiah are all set to join TDP in this meeting. Since, there was tremendous response to their earlier meeting held at Vizianagaram recently, TDP is expecting much more from this meeting.   Former Congress Minister and MLAs, who are planning to join the party tomorrow, may mobilize people in huge scale to showcase their strength. The sitting MLAs, MPs and other leaders of the party also may mobilize people in large scale keeping in view of upcoming elections. So, TDP is expecting not less than two to three lakh people attend this meeting and so are they making massive arrangements.   Garikapati Mohana Rao, former MP M. V. V. S. Murthy, TDP City president Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar, MLAs Velagapudi Ramakrishna, Durga Prasad, Gadde Babu Rao Telugu Yuvatha president L. Krishna, Harsh Vardhan and SC Cell in charge Vijay are supervising the arrangements for the meeting. Chandrababu will reach the meeting venue between 3 and 4pm followed by a rally conducted from Jagadambha Junction, which is in the heart of the city.

AP Municipal Elections Schedule- 2014

      State Election Commissioner P. Ramakanth Reddy said that Election Commission worked on Sunday to release the schedule on a war-footing to comply with the Supreme Court orders on March 7. He blatantly blamed the past State government for the present situation and despite several reminders the Government failed to respond to finalize the reservations for municipalities and PR bodies. Now the elections to the municipalities, panchayat raj institutions, Assembly and Lok Sabha seats were scheduled to be conducted at one go which will cause a lot of inconvenience to the State govt. machinery and the support staff who have to help in the electoral process. Answering a question regarding postponing the Municipal elections which is back to back with the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections , he clearly said that cannot be done and the commission would abide by the Court rulings. GHMC Hyderabad would go for elections in November. Municipal Election Schedule  for 146 municipalities and 10 municipal corporations w.e.f 10-03-2014     Last date for receipt of nominations- 14-03-2014     Scrutiny of nomination -15-03-2014     Last date for withdrawal of nominations and publication of list of candidates contesting- 18-03-2014     Date of Poll – 30-03-2014     Date of repoll( if any)- 01-4-2014     Date of Counting- 02-4-2014  

JP Speaks About Srivennela

      Lok Satta Party Supremo Jayaprakash Narayan made a clear note about Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry’s contribution to the party in a meeting today. There were rumors that Sastry is all set to contest in the upcoming elections on behalf of Lok Satta. However, that has all been rubbished by Jayaprakash. He said that Sastry is a dedicated supporter of Lok Satta and has no plans of contesting in the elections. Jayaprakash further extended his gratitude to Sastry for lending his support to Lok Satta.   According to Jayaprakash, there are many big people who come forward to support a political party and that doesn't mean they are ticket holders. People like Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry have earned fame through their work. Sastry is an ace poet in AP. His writings are valued and are considered as masterpieces. Jaya Prakash requested people not to create rumors and misguide people.

ZTPC and MPTC election schedule

      Andhra Pradesh Election Commission schedule for the Zilla Parishad and Mandal Parishad elections has been given and the highlights of the Election schedule is given below. The votes will not be through the Electronic voting machines but with the ballet boxes due to lack of adequate voting machines.   Elections will be held for 18,803 Parishad posts and 1096 ZTPC posts, 16,589 MPTCs, 9,735 are allotted for women in various categories. This is for the first time that more than 50% posts are allotted for women candidates. After these elections ZP chairmen and MPP post candidates will be selected through indirect elections. ZPTC candidate’s election expense should not cross Rs. 2 lakhs, MPTC candidates’ maximum election expense should be below Rs.1 lakh.  ZTPC nomination deposit is Rs. 5000 and For SC/ST/BC candidates, it is Rs. 2500.  MPTC nomination deposit is Rs. 2500 and For SC/ST and BC candidates, it is Rs. 1250. ZPTC, MPTC Election Schedule •    Election notification is going to be released on March 17 •    Nomination will be accepted from the same day •    Last date for filing nominations is March 30 •    Verification of nomination is on March 21 •    Objections will be received on 22 March •    Last date for withdrawing the nominations is March 24 •    Final list of candidates will be released on the same day •    Polling will be held on April 6 •    Re-polling in required places will be on April 7 •    Counting of votes and announcement of results is on April 8 •    The indirect election of mandal parishad presidents and vice-presidents and zilla parishad chairmen and vice-chairmen will be held on April 13 and 14 respectively