The All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge for Andhra Pradesh affairs Manickam Tagore on Thursday took a swipe at TDP national president N. Chandrababu Naidu for allaying with the BJP despite the Central government not giving Special Category Status to the state.
Chouhan's visit came days after he was fielded by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Vidhisha Lok Sabha constituency in Madhya Pradesh for the upcoming general election.
In a letter addressed to Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy, Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) chief YS Sharmila demanded the immediate implementation of promises made during the state's bifurcation, including special status.
Several Andhra Pradesh BJP leaders and karyakartas, including state BJP Chief Daggubati Purandeswari, watched the live telecast of Lord Ram Lalla's 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony in Andhra Pradesh's Nandyala district on Monday.
The delegation led by former Karnataka Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda includes BJP MP Satya Pal Singh, BJP Andhra Pradesh state president D Purendeswari, and MP PC Mohan as its members.
BJP national president JP Nadda on Saturday said the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana has extended the promised benefits to 80 crore people across the country, adding that 2.60 crore people were drawing the benefits of this scheme in Andhra Pradesh.
Talking to ANI, Somu Veerraju said, "About 2,00,000 houses were provided in Andhra Pradesh under the government housing scheme, regarding which the BJP Andhra Pradesh delegation met Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and discussed various issues. But the state government is taking the credit
Reddy, who served as the last Chief Minister for undivided Andhra Pradesh, joined BJP in the presence of union minister Prahlad Joshi, general secretary Arun Singh and MP K Laxman at a function organized at the party headquarter.
"This is a heinous act by the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government. BJP is not afraid of such actions. Bandi Sanjay's role in the Class 10 exam paper leak is a conspiracy. Similar conspiracies have been carried out in the past also", Veerraju said.
Another controversy broke out within the Bharatiya Janata Party in Andhra Pradesh after Daggubati Purundeswari, daughter of former CM NTR, objected to her own party MP's remarks on YSR and NTR.
BJP leader GVL Narasimha Rao on Saturday said that the results of the Gujarat Assembly elections are a testimony that Narendra Modi will return as the Prime Minister for the third time in 2024.