TDP

In order to honour former Andhra Pradesh CM and founder of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) N.T. Rama Rao, the Central Government decided to release a 100 Rs coin with his picture. The decision was taken by the ruling BJP Government to honour NTR for his rendered services to India and its people. In this regard, officials met NTR's daughter and presented a sample silver coin, seeking her opinion.

Actor-turned politician and former AP CM NTR's fourth daughter K Uma Maheswari passed away on August 1, at her Hyderabad residence. The police found her body hanging with a ceiling fan and suspected it to be a suicide, as Uma was suffering from prolonged illness and likely to have had depression. However, a case has been registered and the body has been shifted for a postmortem. More details are awaited.

In the Andhra Pradesh's Atmakur by-election, the ruling YSRCP is leading against the BJP and the TDP, on June 26.  After rounds of vote counting, the YSRCP candidate Mekapati Vikram Reddy is leading with 50,654 votes against his BJP rival Bharat Kumar Yadav, said the ECI. Notably, so far Vikram polled 61,829 votes while Bharat got 11,175. Furthermore, the results of the Atmakur by-election is expected by the afternoon.

In Andhra Pradesh, the ruling government YSRCP leader Gudivada Amarnath demanded a central inquiry against the Nara Chandrababu Naidu and TDP over pegasus spyware software. On March 19, the YSRCP leader said, Ex CM Chandrababu Naidu used pegasus spyware during his tenure (2014-2019). He asked the Center to investigate the case, whether the software was purchased for industrialists or politicians. Notably, the TDP leaders denied the… read-more

TDP National President Chandrababu Naidu questioned the outcome of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's recent Delhi visit. Taking a dig at the Andhra Pradesh CM, Naidu said, "Any courage to tell the people about his achievements". He also demanded an unconditional apology from the State CM for failure of the YSRCP Government and alleged the Government of "Bluffing", " Cheating" and looting people. Notably, YS Jagan recently visited Delhi.