1. YSRC vs CBI : No winners in this match

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    The developments concerning the CBI Joint Director V V Lakshminarayana and the leakage of his Call Data Records (CDR) are most unfortunate. As an officer, he has immense credibility in neutral circles and is seen as a person who is actively pursuing the case. This episode has cast shadows and...
  2. Will Brand Andhra Pradesh be a casualty?

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    As another minister in Kiran Kumar Reddy cabinet, Information Technology minister Ponnala Laxmaiah is interrogated by the CBI, uncomfortable questions are being raised about the impact of this on Brand Andhra Pradesh. After all, so many senior ministers being summoned for interrogation and one of them, Excise minister Mopidevi Venkataramana,...
  3. The political fallout of Jagan’s arrest

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    The last four hours or so have been like a suspense thriller ever since news filtered out that Jaganmohan Reddy will be arrested today. It is no surprise that he eventually has been arrested given the fact that he is accused number 1 in the disproportionate assets case, particularly when...
  4. Congress messes up, Jagan gains

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    The move by Y S Jaganmohan Reddy to accuse the Congress-Telugu Desam of conspiring to arrest him and then foment trouble in Andhra Pradesh and use that as a pretext to postpone the byelections scheduled for June 12, is clever political strategy. What he has done is to create a...
  5. Congress’ Hamletian dilemma in Andhra Pradesh

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    The Congress is like the Prince of Denmark in Andhra Pradesh. Its Hamletian dilemma relates to whether it should praise the late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy or disown him completely as a “corrupt” chief minister. On one hand, the CBI has mentioned YSR by name as `the perpetrator of the...
  6. TRS fishing in troubled waters

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    The proposal of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) to field Kesava Rao as a candidate in the Rajya Sabha elections is just an empty balloon being floated by K Chandrasekhar Rao to put pressure on the Congress that it renominate Kesava Rao for another term. Six seats are falling vacant...

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