In a surprising political development, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition, comprising TDP, BJP, and Janasena, has decided not to contest the MLC by-election scheduled for August 30th in Andhra Pradesh. This decision follows the disqualification of YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) MLC Vamshi Srinivas Yadav, who defected to Janasena, leaving the MLC seat under the local bodies quota in Visakhapatnam vacant. The Election Commission subsequently announced the by-election. YSRCP

Former Andhra Pradesh Housing Minister Jogi Ramesh is under intense scrutiny following allegations of corruption and irregularities during his tenure. The ACB has conducted a raid at Ramesh's residence in Ibrahim Patnam, focusing on his involvement in the Agrigold land scam and an attack on a TDP office. The allegations suggest that Ramesh, while in office, illegally acquired Agrigold's seized lands and sold them for substantial profits, implicating both him and his family members in

Divvela Madhuri, once an obscure name, has recently become the center of controversy in Andhra Pradesh due to her association with YCP MLC and former MLA Duvvada Srinivas. The public's interest surged after allegations surfaced about Madhuri living with Srinivas, who is still married and has a grown daughter. The situation has raised concerns and criticisms regarding the nature of their relationship, leading to intense scrutiny. In a recent interview, Divvela Madhuri attempted t

The central government has recently announced a major financial boost for Andhra Pradesh, with Rs 15,000 crore set to be provided through multilateral agencies to support the development of Amaravati, the state’s capital. This announcement has swiftly moved towards action, as evidenced by the meeting between a four-member World Bank delegation and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, along with members of the Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA). This meeting is a

The newly appointed Home Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Anitha Vangalapudi, addressed a critical issue concerning the AP Police while engaging with senior police officials. During her interaction, she issued a stern warning to those who had previously supported the YCP during their tenure. Anitha highlighted that some police officers had acted under YCP's directives and engaged in various anti-social activities in the previous administration. She emphasized the severity of these ac

AP Polls: What Does Record Turn Out Indicate? The long awaited polling process has been wrapped in Andhra Pradesh with the state having gone through what has been an intense polling season.  Now that the polls are done, here’s a look at the interesting numbers associated with the elections.  Final figures of Andhra Pradesh’s election campaign:  Poll percentage of 2024 as compared to 2019 and 2014 election. 

The Telangana Lok Sabha Election is done and dusted with the states having wrapped up the process last night.  Coming to the important numbers pertaining to the election, here’s a look at the key tallies.  A total of 2,20,24,806 voters out of 3,32,16,348 electors have participated in voting, which is 66.3%—-3 % more compared to voting in HoP, 2019.  The highest 76.78% of votes were polled in Bhongir parliamentary constituency and lowest

Andhra Pradesh elections are closer now than ever and this brings us to an important discussion about the electoral surveys that are trending big time in the AP political space.  According to the latest survey from Partha Das, a renowned psephologist who works with the ever reliable Chanakyya survey, this election is going to be a close one. According to the survey done by Partha, AP is still with YSR Congress and YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. YSRCP - 98 TDP

Noted Telugu journalist and senior political observer Ravi Prakash recently launched the RTV channel and is active in the Telugu states as they are heading for the election.  About the coming polling trends in Andhra Pradesh assembly election, RTV Ravi Prakash has clearly hinted that the Telugu Desam Party+ alliance will be sweeping Andhra Pradesh. RTV Study Report: 2024 prediction Nellore: TDP 5 YCP 5 Prakasam : TDP 10 YCP 2

The Bheemili assembly segment in Andhra Pradesh often has a high intensity battle. This time, the battle is getting intensified with the intense clash between YCP’s Muttamsetty Srinivas Rao and TDP’s Ganta Srinivasa Rao.  Both the TDP and YSRCP candidates are financially well-off and have established some level of recognition within the segment and at the party high command. YSRCP candidate Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao faces personal allegations that have tar

JanaSena chief Pawan Kalyan is currently occupied with his election campaign in Pithapuram. He has been touring the constituency at an extensive capacity as he looks determined to win this seat this term.  But despite the packed political commitments, Pawan appears to be on track to resume his film commitments once he is done with the

The Unguturu constituency in Andhra Pradesh has a unique and historic significance. Since its formation in 1967, the party whose candidate wins here forms the government. The primary contest in this election is between YSRCP and JSP. Puppala Vasubabu, the YSRCP candidate, benefits from his availability to cadre and a strong party loyal vote bank in t

The former chief minister of Telangana K Chandrasekhar Rao aka KCR has rolled out his projection of who would be the next chief minister of Andhra Pradesh and he was fairly straightforward with the same.  KCR said while the BRS outfit holds no stakes in Andhra Pradesh and do

In the 2019 Andhra Pradesh election, the ruling party YSR Congress outrightly dominated the political scene by winning a whopping 49/52 MLA seats in the Rayalaseema region.  With the Seema region heavily rallying behind the YSR Congress, the Jagan-led party cou

The other day, Andhra Pradesh Ranji cricketer Hanuma Vihari announced that he will no longer be playing for the Andhra side in the tournament as he felt humiliated for being reprimanded by the board for allegedly shouting at a player. It was later identified that the player that Vihari shouted at is a son of a YCP politician. This has led to a huge debate in AP now.  “It's a shame that even the Andhra Cricket Association has succumbed to YSRCP's vindictive politic

The government of Andhra Pradesh launched an ambitious recreational project at the RK beach in Vizag as they unveiled a 100-meter floating bridge on Sunday.  The purpose of this bridge is to take people 100 meters into the ocean by withstanding the waves through the specially designed mechanism. This was a tourist attraction at the beach.  However, after YV Subba Reddy and Gudivada Amarnath launched the bridge on Sunday, it broke into three pieces on Monday. It s

After a wait of two months, the Supreme Court of India delivered the verdict on the quash petition that was filed by TDP boss Chandra Babu Naidu to dispose off the cases that the Andhra Pradesh CID filed against him by breaking the Section 17A regulation.  The two judges who chaired the bench were Justice Anirudha Bose and Justice Bela Trivedi. Unexpectedly, the two judges had polar opinions on the case with Justice Bose feeling 17A is applicable in the case and Justice Trivedi

The stage is set for Andhra Pradesh to see a clash between Jagan Mohan Reddy and his own sister YS Sharmila. In a new development, Sharmila has been appointed as the AP Congress chief.  Sharmila has vowed to bring back the good old glory days for Andhra Pradesh and here is what she had to tweet in this context.  “I promise to work faithfully towards rebuilding the party to its past glory in the State of Andhra Pradesh with total commitment and integrity .