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Jayaram Ramesh Supports Hyderabad as UT

      There has been a strong demand from Seemandhra BJP leaders to turn Hyderabad into a Union Territory. GoM member and Union Minister, Jayaram Ramesh is also holding meetings with the main opposition leaders of BJP in order to find a solution. Apart from making Hyderabad a Union Territory, Seemandhra leaders have other suggestions as well and they are as follows.     Tax Holidays for Seemandhra industries.      Excess amount of gas allocation for projects.     An integrated steel plant set up in Kadapa.  Improvised and special financial package for Seemandhra and north coastal areas of Andhra.      Regular recruitment and admissions in all colleges across Hyderabad.     Setting up institutions of excellence in Seemandhra.     Giving options to employees from Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy after separation.      Equal share of assets and liabilities of Hyderabad between both the states. Telangana leaders are all against these demands and do not want to make Hyderabad as a Union Territory. Citing all this commotion, today’s cabinet meeting on Telangana will definitely be critical.  

Ex Delhi CM in Corruption Trouble

      Ex Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit is currently under the spotlight for the wrong reason. An FIR has been filed over the purchase of imported street lights before the 2010 Common Wealth Games by the Anti Corruption Bureau of Delhi. It is reportedly said that there was a loss of Rs.31 Crore caused due to the inefficiency of Ms. Dikshit.   The Shunglu Committee has also confronted the Ex CM for procedural violations. There are also complaints that Ms.Dikshit did not handle the CWG projects in a proper manner. All this has come in to light after the current Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal dug into the matter and ordered for a probe. A couple of non-eligible companies were also given preference in this street light scam. In addition to this, close sources from Delhi say that the advertisement scam might also come into picture now. In this case, Ms. Dikshit is said to have used public money for her own benefit.

Daggubati rejects Cong. RS candidates

  Seven T-Congress MLAs K.Jana Reddy, Nandeeshwar Goud, Saraiah, Damodara Reddy, Ponnala Lakshmaiah, Bhikhsamaiah Goud and Narasa Reddy have decided to vote for TRS Rajya Sabha candidate K. Keshav rao. This decision was taken after holding a meeting at Hotel Golkonda a short while ago. So, now Keshav rao is also surely win the elections.   Danam Nagendar and Jayasudha’s votes were allotted to KVP Ramachandra rao. Srisailam Goud will cast his vote in favor of T.Subbirami Reddy.   Daggubati Venkateswara rao has rejected the party candidates by using Reject Button provided in EVM. He said he is rejecting the party candidates because he is not happy with party decision. He said party is dividing the state against the wishes of majority people. So he is rejecting the candidates proposed by party. He said that he has informed CM Kiran Kumar Reddy about his decision prior to voting.

Anurag Srivastava speaking about Social Media

Shri Anurag Srivastava, Joint Secretary, I&B Ministry speaking at South Asia Summit on Social Media  

Will Keshav rao win RS elections?

  Elections for Rajya Sabha become inevitable as seven candidates are in fray for six seats in the state. Polling has begun a short while ago. Congress, TDP and TRS party MLAs are arriving to polling booth to cast their votes in favor of to their party candidates. T.Subbirami Reddy, KVP Rama Chandra rao and MA Khan are contesting on Congress ticket. Their party allots 47 MLAs each to their support. So, they are sure to win the elections. The lone rebel Congress candidate, Adhala Prabhakar Reddy has withdrawn from the race yesterday as YSR Congress party has refused to support him. Since, Congress has allotted 47 MLAs votes to each of its three members, it seems do not want to allot its surplus votes to TRS candidate K Keshav rao.   TDP candidates Garikapati Mohan rao and Thota Sita Maha Lakshmi will comfortably win as their party has allotted 37 MLAs support to each as first and second priority votes. Jayaprakash Narayan, President of Loksatta party also will vote for TDP candidate Garikapati Mohan rao.   However, TRS candidate K Keshav rao, who is 12 seats short to win the elections is expecting BJP and MIM vote for him, otherwise his chances to win the elections are blink. He has TRS-17, Rebel TDP-4, CPI-1 MLAs support only. Even if, T-Congress MLAs are allowed to vote for him, then also he can easily win the elections.

Bimal Julka Inaugurates Indian Pavilion at European Film Market

India made a visible presence at the European Film Market 2014 at the ongoing 64th Berlin International Film Festival. Shri Bimal Julka  Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting inaugurated the India Pavilion at Martin Gropius Bau, European Film Market (EFM) along with Bollywood actor Huma Qureshi and Ajit Gupte, acting ambassador in Berlin. EFM is one of the most important platforms for international trade in film distribution rights and audiovisual content.     For more information Click Here Shri Bimal Julka, Secretary, I&B Ministry Inaugurates Indian Pavilion at European Film Market An Indian Film Guide, brought out by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting was released on this occasion which has catalogued information on film policies, movies for sales and distribution at EFM. The guide is a primer on Indian cinema, for use for global film fraternity. Ten Indian films will be screened in the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. Indian films screened officially at Berlinale include Imtiaz Ali`sHighway (Panorama), Jayan Cherian`s Papilio Buddha (Panorama)Pushpenra Singh`s Lajwanti (Forum), Jessica Sadana and Samarth Dixit`s Prabhat Pheri (Forum),  Avinash Arun`s Killa (Generation), Gaurav Saxena`s Rangrez (Native) and two films Mount Song, Blood Earth (Forum Expanded) among others. Iconic film of Satyajit Ray`s Nayak (Berlinale Classics) and Mani Kaul`s Gashiram Kotwal(Forum) will be screened at Berlin in restored prints. In addition, Overdose is in the Co-Production Market and three people in the Berlinale Talent section.

Rajnath Singh Avoids KCR

      TRS Party Honcho K Chandrashekhar Rao is totally annoyed with Rajnath Singh since he hasn't given him an appointment. KCR is so disappointed due to this rejection and seems like he even spoke about this issue to his close allies. Over the past 5 days, Rajnath Singh had been avoiding him, is what KCR feels. Another major let down came in when Rajnath Singh met Chandra Babu Naidu, which showed a clear rejection to KCR. BJP members, who were once supporting the T Bill have now withdrawn from that motion. The party is more keen about a united state right now. Knowing this, KCR eventually dropped the plan of meeting Rajnath Singh.

Congress MP Against Manmohan Singh Govt

      In a recent development that took place today, two MPs from Congress and TDP respectively, moved a no confidence motion against UPA in order to show opposition on the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. Sabbam Hari (Congress) and M. Venugopala Reddy (TDP) passed this motion shortly before the Lok Sabha met today. Back in December 2013, 6 MPs of Congress from Seemandhra region  passed a no confidence motion against the Manmohan Singh Government. In order to pass a no confidence motion, there has to be support of at least 50 members of the House, which is ideally 10% of the House strength. But the 15th Lok Sabha session hasn't witnessed any motion yet. We need to wait and see if a few more will join hands to this or not !!!

BJP Softening It's Stance

      We all know that the Bharatiya Janata Party was once supporting the T Bill unconditionally. However it seems like they have now softened their stance on this issue. Narendra Modi is very particular about stopping the T Bill from being passed now, since his huge dream of being a PM will only come true if the state is united. Sushma Swaraj, who was very strong on this matter has also taken back her support on passing the T bill. With all these sudden changes and confusion, the parliament sessions are going to be very interesting and critical for the next two days !!

Is Kiran Being Fired From CM Post ??

      After all the chaos created by the Dharna held at 'Jantar Mantar', it seems like the Congress high command is pretty upset with Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy. It is such that, the party never experienced a situation where their own member goes against them. However, as per information received from Digvijay Singh, it is seen that the party is very serious about this issue and has also decided to remove Kiran from his post after the Rajya Sabha elections. But if such a thing happens, Congress would be completely washed out from the state is what we have sensed. So let's see what is going to happen by the end of Rajya Sabha elections !!!

Adhala Prabhakar drops from RS race

  Adhala Prabhakar Reddy, the lone rebel candidate in Rajya Sabha elections has announced that he is dropping from the race as he couldn’t get any assurance from YSR Congress party of its support. He alleges that YSR party has asked him not to withdraw from the elections. It also assures its support, but when the time comes it is not responding now. He claims that still he 20 MLAs are supporting him, but dropping from the race as he couldn’t gather support of around 15-19 MLAs at least. It is to be observed that he is making this statement after meeting CM Kiran Kumar Reddy on yesterday at New Delhi. Although, CM Kiran hits the roads fighting against his party high command, he insists the MLAs to support the candidates handpicked by party high command.

Will Jagan let his MLAs vote for K. Keshavrao

  The political scenario is once again going shift from Delhi to Hyderabad, as polling for Six Rajya Sabha seats will be held tomorrow. Hence, all the politicians will start returning to Hyderabad by today evening or tomorrow morning. Elections become inevitable because there are seven candidates remained in the race for six seats.   Three candidates of Congress Subbirami Reddy, KVP and MA KHan and two of TDP-Garikapati Mohanrao and Thota Sitamahalakshmi are quite sure of winning the elections. K. Keshav rao from TRS and Congress rebel candidate Adhala Prabhakar Reddy are contesting for the sixth seat.   TRS has 17 MLAs and five rebel TDP MLAs to its candidate support. However, still it need around 14-17 MLAs support. Hence it seeks MIM and BJP support. Even then also it needs some support from Congress and YSR Congress parties. YSR Congress party has recently issued a whip ordering its MLAs not to participate in Rajya Sabha elections.   However, Lagadapati claims that his party high command has asked YSR Congress party president Jagan Mohan Reddy to ensure his MLAs support to K. Keshav rao. Whether, he will let his MLAs vote for separatist Keshav rao or Samaikyandhra representative Adhala Prabhakar Reddy or keep them away from polling will be known tomorrow only.

'Gaining Goodwill' Spree - N Chandra Babu Naidu :

      Being one of the most deserving Prime Ministerial candidate, Telugu Desam Party Chief N Chandra Babu Naidu is now on a spree to gain the confidence and goodwill of people from both Telangana and Seemandhra. Naidu, in a recent development said that he is not against the bifurcation of the state as long as people from both the regions are benefited. He is keen about creating a positive impact across the state. Earlier, Naidu faced heaps of criticisms because of his two eyed principle. However, people are now understanding his ideas which actually seems to be doing good to them.

Errabelli upset with Babu’s efforts

  TDP Telangana forum convener Errabelli Dayakar rao is not in a position to support or criticize his party president Chandrababu Naidu, who is lobbying against T-Bill. Speaking to media he said “I feel ashamed with the way our party Seemandhra MPs and leaders are behaving in New Delhi. Our party has formally agreed for Telangana state creation. Centre goes ahead with bifurcation only after taking consent from all political parties of the state. So, our party Seemandhra leaders should co-operate for Telangana state creation instead of trying to obstruct the process."   "I am happy to see some Seemandhra Congress ministers are putting their demands before GoM. I suggest our party leaders also should put their demands before GoM. Actually, our party president Chandrababu Naidu is not against Telangana creation. He is demanding the Centre equal justice for people of both regions. But our Seemandhra leaders are pressurizing him to obstruct the T-Bill. I am quite upset to see these developments,” said Errabelli Dayakar rao.

Naidu as PM - Plan B of BJP!

      According to the recent development, we learn that Telugu Desam Party's president N Chandra Babu Naidu would be the Prime Ministerial candidate if Narendra Modi fails to win more than 200 parliamentary seats. The party's high command is confident about Modi winning 200 seats in an easy way but this Plan B would be executed if he fails to fulfill the requirement. A pre-poll alliance between TDP and BJP is being worked out and a formal announcement on the new plan will be done after the parliament sessions. Naidu is actually topping the list of Prime Ministerial candidates. However, he will find luck only if Modi fails !!!

Indian Christian Secular Party - A Jolt For Jagan

      In order to protect the interests of Christians across the state, a new party has evolved. The key members of the crew will be Bal Reddy who is the owner of Carnival Club, Suresh from the Kalavari Temple and Hero Raja. Along with this set, Aradhana Channel will be rendering complete support to the party. This new party's formation would create a massive impact on Y S Jagan who had been depending upon votes generated by Christian missionaries. These Christian organisations would now join hands with the new party to be directly involved in the state politics. Another reason for the support would be to avoid the monopolization of churches. We need to keep our fingers crossed to see what is going to happen !!!

Manish Tewari at National Consultation on Women & Media

Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Shri Manish Tewari addressing at the closing ceremony of the National Consultation on Women and Media, organised by the High Level Committee on Status of Women, in New Delhi.  

High command secret pact with TRS and YCP

  Congress MP Lagadapati Rajagopal has once made severe allegations against his party high command. He said that his high command had a secret pact with TRS and YSR Congress party presidents. “One of our top leaders has met TRS leaders in a star hotel in New Delhi on Monday night. Later our high command has talked to YS Jagan Mohan Reddy by phone and asked him to ensure his party MLAs vote for K.Keshav rao, who is contesting in Rajya Sabha elections as TRS candidate. However, it is to be noted that the other day YSR Congress party has issued a whip to all its MLAs not to participate in Rajya Sabha elections.

Why, Centre wants to present T-Bill in Rajya Sabha first

  TRS leader Vinod is suspects that Congress high command is not honest in passing the T-Bill, as it is presenting the bill in Rajya Sabha first as against the tradition of submitting in Lok Sabha first. Submitting the bill in Rajya Sabha first is underlining its inability to pass the bill in Lok Sabha. Congress high command might have thought that while Rajya Sabha is debating on the bill, it can pass rest of the bills in Lok Sabha. In case if it presents the bill to Lok Sabha first and the house comes to standstill with the protests by members of different parties from AP, then it couldn’t pass crucial bills on vote-on-account.   Moreover, if presents the bill in Rajya Sabha first, it can corner BJP with it. BJP has to adopt the same stand in Lok Sabha also that it has taken in Rajya Sabha on the T-Bill. If, it supports the T-Bill, it is well and good for Congress, otherwise it can escape unhurt from this whole issue blaming BJP for not supporting the bill. It provides Congress party another escape route also. By presenting the bill in Rajya Sabha first, it can keep the bill alive. Although, Lok Sabha present term completes with the current sessions, Rajya Sabha term will never end because only a part of its members retires after every four years. So, it can tell the people that still it kept the T-Bill alive in Rajya Sabha and so, if they elect to power, it can complete the process and grant Telangana state immediately after taking charge of the government.