PV anniversary event reduced to TRS party function: BJP
The Hindu
CM should have called all Opposition leaders, says K Laxman
The Bharatiya Janata Party criticised Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao for making the 100th birth anniversary function of former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao a “party function” and for trying to score political brownie points. “Does KCR really have any affection for PV or is it a drama?,” wondered National OBC president and senior leader K. Laxman on Monday. “The Chief Minister should have called all the Opposition leaders for the function and done the event in a more honourable fashion like a government one but not even the area corporator was invited in utter disregard to the protocol,” he charged.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.