Jagan Mohan Reddy government has nothing to boast of in its two-year rule: Atchannaidu
The Hindu
He wondered what had happened to the three-capital ‘decentralisation’ plan of the YSR Congress
TDP State president K. Atchannaidu alleged that there is nothing for the Jagan Mohan Reddy government to boast of in its two-year rule, except the welfare schemes of the Chandrababu Naidu government, which have been given new names. Addressing a media conference on Sunday, Mr. Atchannaidu recalled that the YSR Congress Government began its rule with destruction of the ‘Praja Vedika’ built by the previous government, in the name of unearthing irregularities in its construction. Subsequently, a number of buildings of Opposition leaders, who did not join the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) were demolished but the illegal constructions of the ruling party leaders were not touched.A group of 13 men from Dakshin Datta Para village in Nadia district, West Bengal, busy transplanting paddy has been catching the eye of many in Mayildathurai district in recent days. A video clip of the Bengali migrant agricultural workers Singing Hindi and Bengali songs while planting paddy at Nallathukudi village here has gone viral.
Leaders and legislators hailing from Ballari, which is part of the Kalyana Karnataka region, seem to be a source of much political upheaval in Karnataka, going by recent history. This has been the case since the time illegal mining hit national and international headlines in the 2000s and the place gained reputation as “Republic of Ballari”.
The former BJP MLA of Udupi K. Raghupathi Bhat claimed on Saturday that he contesting the Legislative Council elections from South West Graduates’ Constituency as rebel candidate made the saffron party field its party leader C. T. Ravi in the biennial elections to the Legislative Council from the Legislative Assembly.