Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Election 2021 Phase 1 Results: The YSR Congress has won 2319 seats in the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Election.
Andhra Pradesh police on Sunday arrested two sympathizers of opposition TDP for making objectionable comments about a woman legislator belonging to ruling YSR Congress Party.
With the outsourcing agency stopping supplying of food following the state government's orders, all 204 canteens downed their shutters. YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) government, however, has assured that this shutdown is temporary and that it would re-launch the scheme with certain modifications.
Five years after the bifurcation, Andhra Pradesh got first full-time governor with the appointment of Biswa Bhusan Harichandran on Tuesday, but the state government is scouting for a suitable place for his official residence.
The YSR Congress MP said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised in 2014 that Andhra Pradesh would be given special category status but it was yet to be fulfilled, and requested the government to sanction it "without any delay".
YSR Congress, which is fourth largest party with 22 members in the 17th Lok Sabha, wants to maintain equidistance from both the ruling and opposition sides, the leader told PTI.
The results came as a huge shock to TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu, who was not only confident of retaining power in the state but was hoping to play the role of kingmaker at the Centre.
Releasing the manifesto for the April 11 elections to the Andhra Pradesh Assembly and Lok Sabha, YSRCP president Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy said if voted to power his party would implement 'YSR Ryhu Bharosa' under which every family will get an annual benefit of Rs 12,500 to Rs 1 lakh.
The YSRC is fighting a do-or-die political battle in Andhra Pradesh and the 2019 elections are critical for its future.
The assailant is yet to be identified.
PV Mithun Reddy, M Rajamohan Reddy, Varaprasad Rao, YS Avinash Reddy and YV Subba Reddy had resigned during the last session of the house over Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act.
Telugu Desam Party (TDP), YSR Congress, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPIM) and Congress have given separate notices of no-confidence against the BJP-led central government in the Lok Sabha.
The second half of the budget session of Parliament has been a complete washout since the commencement of protests from the Congress, AIADMK, TDP and the YSR Congress Party on various issues stalling the proceedings.
TDP and YSR Congress have submitted three requests to move no-confidence motion against the Modi government, protesting non-implementation of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014.
TDP's C M Ramesh, Kanakamedala Ravindra Kumar and YSRC's Vemireddy Prabhakar Reddy were elected to the three seats that fall vacant from Andhra Pradesh on April 2.
In the backdrop of the Centre's refusal to grant special category status to Andhra Pradesh, the YSR Congress today gave a notice for moving a no-confidence motion against the BJP-led NDA government.
YSRC president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy announced that his party would support Kovind's candidature for the top post as he was a Dalit leader.
Further confirming the prospect that a nominee of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) might be named as the next President, the Yuvajana, Shramika, Rythu (YSR) Congress Party has announced its support the saffron party.
Women legislators of the ruling TDP and Opposition YSR Congress in Andhra Pradesh nearly came to blows in the premises of the legislative assembly.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday sought to equate the opposition parties with terrorists.
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