లెజెండ్ కి భయపడ్డ జగన్

హైదరాబాద్: నందమూరి బాలకృష్ణ హీరోగా నటించిన 'లెజెండ్' సినిమా ప్రదర్శనను నిలిపివేయాలని వైఎస్సార్ కాంగ్రెస్ నాయకులు రాష్ట్ర ఎన్నికల సంఘాన్ని కోరారు. బాలకృష్ణ స్వయంగా పోటీలో ఉన్నందున లెజెండ్ సినిమాను నిలిపివేయాలని రాష్ట్ర ప్రధాన ఎన్నికల అధికారి భన్వర్‌లాల్ కు వైఎస్సార్ సీపీ నేతలు విజ్ఞప్తి చేశారు.

ఈ సినిమా ఓటర్లను ప్రభావితం చేసే అవకాశం ఉంది కాబట్టి దీని ప్రదర్శనను నిలిపివేసేలా చర్యలు తీసుకోవాలని కోరారు. ‘లెజెండ్’ సినిమా ప్రదర్శనను నిలిపివేయాలని వైఎస్‌ఆర్‌సీపీ అనంతపురం నేతలు ఆ జిల్లా కలెక్టర్ కు ఇప్పటికే ఫిర్యాదు చేశారు.

లెజెండ్ కి భయపడ్డ జగన్ అని సినీ వర్గాల గుసగుసలు!!!

TDP may field candidate

HYDERABAD: Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu called for a meeting with Kadapa district leaders tomorrow to discuss party’s strategy to be adopted for Pulivendula byelections.

Though the TDP initially thought of not fielding its candidate in Pulivendula, but later changed its mind.

“Naidu called for a meeting of Kadapa leaders tomorrow to elicit the opinions of district leaders. The party Politburo will take a decision later whether to contest or not,’’ a TDP senior leader said.According to party insiders, TDP will field its candidate in the Pulivendula byelections and use it an opportunity to expose the ‘misdeeds’ of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.

Cong buys Chiranjeevi insurance against YSJ

NEW DELHI: Congress may have found an out-of-the-box solution to settle the Andhra Pradesh leadership issue. The party has roped in actor
Chiranjeevi’s Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections to be held later this month.

The tie-up has sent shock waves through the Andhra unit of the party as its real significance goes much beyond the local body elections in Hyderabad on November 23. The move effectively sidelines late Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy’s son Jaganmohan Reddy and puts in place a safety net for the K Rosaiah government in the state in case the Jagan faction decides to walk out of the party. PRP has 18 MLAs in the 294-member Andhra Pradesh assembly.

There was speculation that the resignation of state women welfare minister Konda Surekha last week could have hastened efforts by Congress to insulate the party from desertions by Mr Reddy’s supporters.

However, it is the prospect that the Congress high command has found a face fill up the leadership vacuum left behind by YSR that has fuelled speculation about how the tactical move will play out in the run up to the assembly elections in 2014. Political observers suggest future developments will have to be watched closely to decipher exactly where the charismatic and popular matinee idol would fit in the Congress scheme of things.

In the absence of a replacement for YSR, the party may have handed over charge to the experienced Rosaiah but there is little doubt Congress will be looking for a leader who can attract crowds for the next assembly polls. YSR’s 36-year old son is ruled out, at least for the moment. The high command has signalled its reluctance to hand over the leadership baton to Mr Jaganmohan Reddy, who is seen as too young and inexperienced . Moreover, the campaign launched by the Jagan group to install him as CM immediately after his father’s death was also seen as a move to arm-twist the high command.

The only draw back for the Congress in the alliance lies in the performance of PRP. Mr Chiranjeevi , who made a big bang entry on the political scene with a massive rally in Tirupati, was not able to demonstrate N T Rama Rao-kind of appeal in the Lok Sabha and assembly elections held this year. Though he served to damage the opposition TDP in the elections, his party only managed to pick up 18 seats. It remains to be seen how Congress-PRP alliance performs.

The tie-up was formalised after negotiations between APCC president D Srinivas and PRP leader and Mr Chiranjeevi’s brother-in-law Allu Aravind.

YSR's son in UPA Cabinet?

HYDERABAD : While the path seems to be clear for Y S Rajasekhar Reddy’s lone son Y S Jaganmohan Reddy (Jagan), 36, the Lok Sabha MP from Kadapa, to take over as the new chief minister, it may not happen so. If indications from the Congress are to be believed, the party leadership would prefer the young politician as a minister in the Union Cabinet.

However, as many as 35 ministers handed a letter to Sonia Gandhi in Hyderabad on Friday morning , requesting her to make Jagan, an industrialist, the CM.

“It is good if they propose Jagan as the chief minister. He is young and dynamic. However, the decision has to be taken by the Congress Legislature Party” , said Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily, who is in charge of AP Congress affairs.

JAGAN WAS BEING GROOMED TO BE CHIEF MINISTER

Jagan is non-controversial , young, and was being groomed as the future chief minister by his father for the last two years or so.

“He can better understand his father’s ideals and line of thinking” , said Congress MP Lagadapati Rajagopal.
K Rosaiah, who took oath as interim CM on Thursday said, “I just obeyed the party high command to be interim chief minister. I will wait for the regular CM to take over” .

Pradesh Congress Committee chief D Srinivas said, “This is not the time to think of the next chief minister. The party has several eligible people including many seniors . Our party high command will soon take a decision on that.”

Congress insiders also point out that preference of anybody other than Jagan would only mean allowing the party to divide into groups again, to the advantage of the opposition Telugu Desam.

But the view of the high command seems different. It will be difficult for the young politician to face the politics of stalwarts. “The view is Jagan needs training and exposure before being vested with the responsibility of chief minister ,” sources say. Rosaiah is a noncontroversial Congress loyalist. But, his Delhi contacts are limited. “Here, Jagan will bridge the gap, while paving his way for growth” , the sources said.

JAGANMOHAN SAYS

However, Jagan said, “We need to be brave at this moment. Our primary objective is to take the welfare schemes initiated by the former CM forward. People and their welfare was close to YSR’s heart.”