AP Politics and runup to 2014 General elections

RamaY · Post by **RamaY** » 07 Apr 2014 06:44

Watching Andhrajyothy TV channel.

They are interviewing people from a Perumallapalle (village of Perumal=Venkateswara). This village is famous for its people are employees at Tirumala and key service people in various Tirumala temple activities.

The village center has a EJ banner under which the interview is happening. All the participants are supporting YSRCP, and call all corruption allegations as media creation.

Looks like Tirumala is heavily infiltrated and is being sabotaged from within. There are rumors about recent forest fire accidents there in addition to under the carpet EJ proselytization activities.

The challenges are much greater.

chandrasekhar.m · Post by **chandrasekhar.m** » 07 Apr 2014 06:47

Muppalla wrote:
chandrasekhar.m wrote: Saar, where is B Dattatreya contesting from then? He has been the face of BJP from Secunderabad since a long time, hasn't he?
He is threatening to do a Jaswant Singh on Sec'Bad seat. But nothing is final. He may prevail and Kishen may not contest at all. For the central leaders Kishen is their choice #1.

Thanks for the info. That's sad news but funny the way you put it. He is a fine man and not that old either compared to some other candidates. Hope he is elected from Secunderabad itself or somewhere else.
Is it alright for you to tell us what is the reasoning for this change? I can only guess that they want to have someone new for the State Unit leadership and move Kishen Reddy to Delhi.

Kakkaji · Post by **Kakkaji** » 07 Apr 2014 06:48

Why doesn't KR lead the BJP in the TG Vidhan Sabha, and let BD go to the Lok Sabha from Secundarabad? Is TG Vidhan Sabha not important for TG BJP leadership?

Muppalla · Post by **Muppalla** » 07 Apr 2014 07:02

Honestly I don't know the reasoning. Kishen Reddy is the choice#1 for Sec Bad seat is all I know. But as you know until it is final nothing is really final in seat allocation in any party.

suryag · Post by **suryag** » 07 Apr 2014 07:10

(Golconda simham)Baddam Bal reddy, (tiger) narendra, Bandaru dattatreya used to lead the protectors during the riots of the 90s, they are a little past sell by date but they still have the spunk abd Baddam Bal reddy almost always used to lead until the Karwan/yakutpura boxes were opened and then he would lose to owaisi.

ashashi · Post by **ashashi** » 07 Apr 2014 07:22

suryag wrote:(Golconda simham)Baddam Bal reddy, (tiger) narendra, Bandaru dattatreya used to lead the protectors during the riots of the 90s, they are a little past sell by date but they still have the spunk abd Baddam Bal reddy almost always used to lead until the Karwan/yakutpura boxes were opened and then he would lose to owaisi.

Didnt Narendra come b.ack to BJP? He would be a formidable candidate from Secunderabad or Hyderabad?

Rony · Post by **Rony** » 07 Apr 2014 07:45

Will there be a common manifesto of TDP-BJP assembly elections ? Chandra babu naidu promises reservations to dalit christians. wtf ?

Muppalla · Post by **Muppalla** » 07 Apr 2014 07:46

Rony wrote:Will there be a common manifesto of TDP-BJP assembly elections ? Chandra babu naidu promises reservations to dalit christians. wtf ?

KAPaul met Sushma, Rajnath, haribabu and finally CBN. CBN started talking nonsense. It could be just talk-talk-talk.

Muppalla · Post by **Muppalla** » 07 Apr 2014 07:48

Here are the seats per Eenadu(as posted by Ratnakar Sadasyula on Twitter):

BJP Lok Sabha seats for Telangana- Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Bhongir, Medak, Mahboobnagar, Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Warangal.

BJP assembly seats
Adilabad-Chennur, Mudhole, Mancherial, Adilabad
Nizamabad- Yellareddy, Kamareddy, Nizamabad Urban
Karimnagar-Korutla, Dharmapuri, Ramagundam, Karimnagar, Vemulawada,Sircilla, Husnabad
Medak- Sangareddy, Dubbaka
RR- Malkajgiri, Uppal, Tandur, Parigi
Hyderabad- Mushirabad, Malakpet, Amberpet,Khairatabad, Karvan, Goshamahal
Khammam-Pinapaka
Mahboobnagar- Naraynpet,Mahbubnagar, Nagarkurnool, Kalwakaurthy, Kollapur
Nalgonda- Nalgonda,Aler, Munugode, Nakrekal
Warangal-Warangal East and West, Wardhanapet, Bhoopalpalli

Muppalla · Post by **Muppalla** » 07 Apr 2014 07:54

Per this link

https://twitter.com/RakiTweets/status/4 ... 65/photo/1

42 seats have Seemandhra voters (so called settlers) out of 119 Assembly seats of Telangana. Of which 26 seats have major role and 16 have slightly lesser role.

If they really think that this time they should defeat TRS and/or INC that will have an effect on the outcome. This is where TDP is hoping to get this along with OBC wooing via OBC CM. They want NaMo aura to get over the humps.

ashashi · Post by **ashashi** » 07 Apr 2014 16:07

G Kishan Reddy and party veteran Bandaru Dattatreya are at loggerheads for the Secunderabad Lok Sabha seat

For instance, in BJP, party Telangana unit president G Kishan Reddy and party veteran Bandaru Dattatreya are at loggerheads for the Secunderabad Lok Sabha seat as they reportedly believe that they can win the seat hands down with the backing of the TDP.

Though Kishan Redy, for the record, is saying he is not in the race for the Secunderabad LS seat, some leaders in the T-BJP say their party boss is putting in all-out efforts to contest the seat.

On the other hand, party veteran Bandaru Dattatreya, who had earlier represented the constituency, has even begun poll canvassing in Secunderabad, hoping that he would be the party candidate for the seat.

So, now Kishen Reddy wants to run from Secunderabad because believes that he can with TDP support. When would he start behaving like a leader?

ashashi · Post by **ashashi** » 07 Apr 2014 16:13

Couple more tidbits about Kishen Reddy

BJP Telangana unit president G Kishan Reddy, who has been opposing any electoral understanding with Telugu Desam Party, has said he would abide the party’s decision to forge an alliance with the yellow party.

“If my party high command orders me, I will campaign for the victory of party candidates in the state,” he said.

Sushma # 2?

sooraj · Post by **sooraj** » 07 Apr 2014 17:01

ashashi wrote:Couple more tidbits about Kishen Reddy

BJP Telangana unit president G Kishan Reddy, who has been opposing any electoral understanding with Telugu Desam Party, has said he would abide the party’s decision to forge an alliance with the yellow party.

“If my party high command orders me, I will campaign for the victory of party candidates in the state,” he said.
Sushma # 2?

yellow party

, that's like making fun of TDP

RamaY · Post by **RamaY** » 07 Apr 2014 20:52

^ yellow becomes an insult if used in english. This is DDM translation.
Pasupu/turmeric (yellow) in indic languages is auspecious and antibiotic.

yvijay · Post by **yvijay** » 07 Apr 2014 22:14

x-post from another thread

gandharva wrote:Alliance with BJP a political compulsion, says Chandrababu Naidu

http://www.ndtv.com/elections/article/e ... eststories

The alliance was a political compulsion, but the nation needs parties with secular credentials. TDP always had a secular record and we will fight for it

Asked about his earlier stand blaming Narendra Modi for the rout of the BJP-led coalition in 2004, Mr Naidu said, "Recently the court have a clear verdict, so we need not discuss it." The TDP leader had ended his ties with the BJP after calling it the "biggest mistake of his life."

He's a rank opportunist. That's why BJP cadre is against him.

RamaY · Post by **RamaY** » 07 Apr 2014 22:40

^ Depends on how one sees it.

The reports I read indicate his intended audience was TDP members that are upset with him giving key seats to BJP.
And he was correct on 2002 issue as well. He reacted to initial brouhaha as a sikularist but corrected his course after court verdict came. I would put this same as Madhu Kishwar's u-turn (If I can call it that).

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 07 Apr 2014 22:44

I think the poor PP guy has got a lobotomy done. We can safely ignore his rants.

CBN's guidance was to his recalictrant members who still dont get it.
MIM is already with Congress so he wont get many votes from them. then what sik-ul-Islam do his folks want to support? It could be deeper angst against BJP.

Mort Walker · Post by **Mort Walker** » 07 Apr 2014 22:57

^^^PP analysis has been wayyyy off for LS elections in 2004 and 2009. The site lacks any credibility and is more like a political gossip site.

ShyamSP · Post by **ShyamSP** » 07 Apr 2014 23:10

yvijay wrote:x-post from another thread
gandharva wrote:Alliance with BJP a political compulsion, says Chandrababu Naidu

http://www.ndtv.com/elections/article/e ... eststories

The alliance was a political compulsion, but the nation needs parties with secular credentials. TDP always had a secular record and we will fight for it

Asked about his earlier stand blaming Narendra Modi for the rout of the BJP-led coalition in 2004, Mr Naidu said, "Recently the court have a clear verdict, so we need not discuss it." The TDP leader had ended his ties with the BJP after calling it the "biggest mistake of his life."
He's a rank opportunist. That's why BJP cadre is against him.

Why is he a rank opportunist? Don't you think BJP is also same if you look at from the other side?

CBN clearly says court gave verdict and NaMo is Mr. clean. This itself is a clean endorsement for other "hesitant" leaders from a person NOT associated with BJP or rightist politics. Also it is endorsement for TDP voters who might have had similar opinion on Namo, Muslim and Christian TDP voters that alliance with BJP is not an issue for minorities.

Media propaganda is powerful. It takes some more powerful event like "court verdict" to erase the propaganda. Even after court verdict propaganda is continuing. If BJP is capable of stopping propaganda, other leaders don't need to tell their constituents/voters that propaganda is a lie. If people didn't take propaganda, leaders would have ignored and CBN like leaders would have continued to associate with BJP.

BJP is useless in curtailing INC and media propaganda. It is something BJP needs to fix not CBN or any such non-BJP leaders.

Added later: Personally I've always defended NaMo from day one not in forums but also in real world where it is much more difficult, esp with US journalists. If you dealt with the issue in real world you would know how things work outside than in your mind.

Muppalla · Post by **Muppalla** » 07 Apr 2014 23:15

That NDTV is trying to create a wedge between CBN and BJP in the minds. This alliance is constipation for many. Not that we have to agree anything with CBN but one factor that standout is TDP is an out-right anti-congress party among the very few we have at national/state level. This alliance is a big no-no for powerful of India. Media will spin to any levels.

gandharva · Post by **gandharva** » 08 Apr 2014 00:03

gandharva · Post by **gandharva** » 08 Apr 2014 01:15

Kiran Reddy to wind up Jai Samaikyandhra Party, rejoin Cong?

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home ... 408495.cms

vivek.rao · Post by **vivek.rao** » 08 Apr 2014 01:56

Naidu had a great vision on development but unfortunately is very limited in his speeches and charisma. He had no vision to foresee what happens to Christian conversion projects.

I hope he thinks nationalistically and applies some foresight in his thought process. He was boxed into Telangana & YSRC triage by ITALIANMAFIA and he is just getting out of the entanglement due to some luck. He is still not out of the woods.

He should look it from perspective of nation,state and patriotism and stop idiotic narrow minded thinking of Laloo,Nitish and CONgis: Reservation to Muslims,Dalit Christians etc are recipe for a disaster.

Development, Growth, 24x7 water/electricity, infrastructure, solar, manufacturing are keys to next decade. He better work with Modi and help the state.

People seem to be trusting him on these. Some gimmicks are OK but all gimmicks will fail you at the end.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 08 Apr 2014 02:01

TOI highlighting differences in TDP

CBN announces first list in Telangana amidst protests

HYDERABAD: Amidst protests by ticket-seekers and severe discontentment among party leaders, TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday announced the party's first list of 27 candidates for the Assembly elections, as well as the nominees for three Lok Sabha constituencies, in Telangana.

In anticipation of the list, several ticket-seekers along with their supporters gathered outside Naidu's residence in Jubilee Hills since morning. The protests intensified after the TDP chief released the list at 2 pm.

As the list did not name candidates for city seats such as Khairatabad, Uppal, LB Nagar and Serilingampally, aspirants for these seats staged dharnas and expressed apprehension that these TDP 'strongholds' are being given to the BJP.

Senior TDP leader T Devender Goud's son Virender Goud is an aspirant for the Uppal Assembly seat and one of his supporters attempted self-immolation in protest over the Uppal seat being given to the BJP.

Sensing the deep resentment over the alliance with the BJP and giving away of key seats in the Greater Hyderabad region to that party, Naidu addressed his workers.

"I know that many TDP leaders and activists have been carrying the flag of the party for many years. I assure them that they will definitely be accommodated as MLCs or other nominated posts," the TDP chief said while announcing the list.

The TDP candidates for the remaining seats in Telangana are to be announced on Tuesday while the list of nominees for Seemandhra will be announced on Wednesday. The BJP is to announce its list of candidates on Tuesday. However, despite Naidu's assurance, the protests continued. Sensing that the Khairatabad Assembly seat has been given to the BJP, supporters of ticket aspirant K Vijayarama Rao staged a dharna. "We are in a fix. My activists are fuming. They are coming to my residence in large numbers, but we have no choice but to abide by the party decision," Rao, a former CBI director, told TOI.

Uma Madhava Reddy, who was given the Bhongir Assembly seat, was upset because none of her supporters was given a ticket. A Revanth Reddy, an aspirant for the Malkajgiri Lok Sabha seat, said he would file his nomination papers from there on Tuesday, irrespective of whether the party gives him a ticket or not. According to the alliance with BJP, Malkajgiri has been allotted to the TDP and C Malla Reddy is likely to be the official candidate.

In the Seemandhra region too, TDP aspirants from Sattenpalli, Nellore Rural, Vijayawada Central, Kadapa and Rajampet Assembly segments did not hide their disappointment at the seats being given to the BJP. They included former Congress minister DL Ravindra Reddy and MLA Adala Prabhakar Reddy, both of whom had joined the TDP a few days ago.

Kodela Sivaprasada Rao and Payyavula Keshav of the TDP also expressed their resentment. There was a similar heartburn among Lok Sabha ticket aspirants from Visakhapatnam, Narasapur, Rajampet, Araku, Kakinada and Rajahmundry, amid indications that these seats have been allotted to the BJP. The MP seats announced by Naidu are Ramesh Rathod (Adilabad), Banoth Mohan Lal (Mahabubabad), and K Madan Mohan Rao (Zaheerabad).

Prominent among the TDP Telangana assembly candidates are Talasani Srinivas Yadav (Sanathnagar), Teegala Krishna Reddy (Mahewaram), Prakash Mudiraj (Chandrayanagutta), Madhavaram Krishna Rao (Kukatpally), T Prakash Goud (Rajendranagar), Manchireddy Kishan Reddy (Ibrahimpatnam), Naresh (Tandur), V Pratap Reddy (Gajwel), L Ramana (Jagityal), Ch Vijayaramana Rao (Peddapalli), Uma Madhava Reddy (Bhongir), Revuri Prakash Reddy (Narsampet) and D Anasuya alias Sitakka (Mulugu).

T Krishna Reddy is former mayor of Hyderabad. And very clean person as he is quite rich!

Vayutuvan · Post by **Vayutuvan** » 08 Apr 2014 02:31

There is talk that Suguna Kumari would return from Dubayya to contest (she was an MP in ABV govt. from TDP). Would she get a ticket from TDP this time around? Is there still time to file nomination papers?

Muppalla · Post by **Muppalla** » 08 Apr 2014 03:24

In the TOI article Revanth Reddy and Malla Reddy stuff is bs of highest order completely cooked by TOI. Malla Reddy was given Chevella LS to contest and that is also relatively safe seat for TDP. Why would he compete for Malkajgiri seat with TDP's strong man Revanth Reddy?

Muppalla · Post by **Muppalla** » 08 Apr 2014 03:25

ramana wrote: T Krishna Reddy is former mayor of Hyderabad. And very clean person as he is quite rich!

He wanted to not give Amberpet to BJP. But CBN decided against.

Rony · Post by **Rony** » 08 Apr 2014 03:32

Muppalla wrote:In the TOI article Revanth Reddy and Malla Reddy stuff is bs of highest order completely cooked by TOI. Malla Reddy was given Chevella LS to contest and that is also relatively safe seat for TDP. Why would he compete for Malkajgiri seat with TDP's strong man Revanth Reddy?

Muppalla garu, Revanth Reddy is all set to file as independent from Malkajgiri. On the other hand, Malla Reddy has already announced that he will be the official candidate and already started campaigning. See his Facebook account https://www.facebook.com/mallareddyformp. And we have JP of loksatta contesting separately. This is not good for TDP-BJP alliance. There is every chance of votes getting split if Revanth Reddy rebels against TDP

Muppalla · Post by **Muppalla** » 08 Apr 2014 04:29

Rony wrote: Muppalla garu, Revanth Reddy is all set to file as independent from Malkajgiri. On the other hand, Malla Reddy has already announced that he will be the official candidate and already started campaigning. See his Facebook account https://www.facebook.com/mallareddyformp. And we have JP of loksatta contesting separately. This is not good for TDP-BJP alliance. There is every chance of votes getting split if Revanth Reddy rebels against TDP

If this happens then it is bad. Let us see who gets the b-form. Malla Reddy is marked for Chevella. Malkajgiri is for Revanth Reddy. JP won't cut much. I think someone will talk and better sense prevails.

Dasari · Post by **Dasari** » 08 Apr 2014 07:02

gandharva wrote:
Kiran Reddy to wind up Jai Samaikyandhra Party, rejoin Cong?

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home ... 408495.cms

This is not good for the state, unless Congress is permanently wiped out of the state, in which case it doesn't matter. Otherwise, it sets wrong precedence. It gives a message that nobody can revolt against Congress HC and survive. In a way history is repeating. Just for the sake of state party's autonomy, I wished some success for KKR. He really sacrificed his career for united AP and the example its sets now is that it is not worth sacrificing your political career for a cause. Mikhail Gorbachov and his role for the disintegration of untenable soviet union is a kind of analogy that comes to my mind when it comes to Congress and its destruction in AP through KKR. I hope history is kind to him and remember his heroics that were in vain.

RamaY · Post by **RamaY** » 08 Apr 2014 07:47

^ KKR was simply an agent of bigger powers or interest group; not a man of his own mettle. I am not saying the power is congress; it is just another interest group. He played his role in that game.

2014 elections are a different game & he is not a player in it.

Shanmukh · Post by **Shanmukh** » 08 Apr 2014 13:24

Folks-Tomorrow is the last date for filing nomination and T-BJP has not even announced the list. I suspect large scale sabotage occurring. Kishan Reddy may destroy T-BJP to destroy T-TDP. Some hatreds run too deep and cannot be cured.

devesh · Post by **devesh** » 08 Apr 2014 15:22

If that is true it will also destroy Kishan.

RajeshA · Post by **RajeshA** » 08 Apr 2014 17:50

nageshks wrote:Folks-Tomorrow is the last date for filing nomination and T-BJP has not even announced the list. I suspect large scale sabotage occurring. Kishan Reddy may destroy T-BJP to destroy T-TDP. Some hatreds run too deep and cannot be cured.

The List still has not come out! Rumors flying thick and fast, Telangana BJP would boycott the elections and support TRS candidates.

vivek.rao · Post by **vivek.rao** » 08 Apr 2014 21:03

any news on this? Don't tell me that this moron Kishen is going to destroy BJP with his madness

ShyamSP · Post by **ShyamSP** » 08 Apr 2014 22:46

BJP released and winnables among them are:

Sec'bad - Bandaru Dattatreya (very high chance of win considering 2009 BJP+TDP vote share)
Mahaboobnagar - Nagam Janardhan Reddy (KCR ran in 2009. Nagam has good chances to win)
Karimnagar - Ch Vidyasagar Rao (Velama and ex-BJP Union minister - If TRS okays he can win too)
Nizamabad - Lakshmi Narayan (Another seat where BJP has cadre and has 50-50 chance)

BJP needs to remove Kishan Reddy from post and make Bandaru as state unit chief. His actions are negative for the party and alliance. He is the man behind drama of district heads resigning.

vivek.rao · Post by **vivek.rao** » 08 Apr 2014 23:06

great news... get that moron out

Virupaksha · Post by **Virupaksha** » 08 Apr 2014 23:17

Shyam SP,
somebody had to play the bad cop in the tdp-bjp negotiations. without that, cbn would have rolled bjp on to the mat.

Remember, even now tdp is the bigger partner in telangana. Without such a bad cop, the situation of 1995-99 where bjp was in a upswing but cbn absorbed it would have repeated.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 08 Apr 2014 23:24

RajeshA wrote:
nageshks wrote:Folks-Tomorrow is the last date for filing nomination and T-BJP has not even announced the list. I suspect large scale sabotage occurring. Kishan Reddy may destroy T-BJP to destroy T-TDP. Some hatreds run too deep and cannot be cured.
The List still has not come out! Rumors flying thick and fast, Telangana BJP would boycott the elections and support TRS candidates.

Link from PBS Twitter!!!!

kmkraoind wrote:

Man US is micro following the Indian elections.
Reading WaPo one would think the elections are in US!

RajeshA · Post by **RajeshA** » 09 Apr 2014 01:33

8TH LIST OF BJP CANDIDATES OF (TELANGANA) ANDHRA PRADESH FOR LOK SABHA ELECTION 2014