YSRCP leader Ambati Rambabu blasted TDP leaders who criticized his party president Jagan Mohan Reddy saying ha was speaking like a mad and insane person. 

He said Madness is prevalent in Andhra Pradesh CM Chandra Babu’s dynasty and questioned whether it is not true the certificates issued by doctors that Balakrishna is not mentally stable. He even questioned whether Chandra Babu’s brother Nara Rammurthy Naidu was not admitted in mental hospital for treatment. 

He dared Chandra Babu to undergo medical tests along with Jagan and if results show that either Chandra Babu as mentally stable and Jagan insane then he is ready to retire from politics.

Is Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao dancing to the tunes of the MIM and taking decision that suits the Telangana Rashtra Samithi ally? Well, that is what the Bharatiya Janata Party feels. On Thursday, BJP floor leader in the Assembly Dr K Lakshman alleged that the Telangana State government was taking decisions under the pressure from MIM party leaders. 

Lakshman alleged that the State Government had directed the L&T to change the path of Metro Rail only after discussing with the MIM MLAs and it took unilateral decisions in this regard. He asked the Government to rethink on changing of Ganesh immersions from Hussain Sagar and said the change of place will injure sentiments of the Hindus. 

The Chief Minister however clarified that he had not taken the decision on Metro rail alignment only after discussing with the MIM leaders. He said the MIM legislators happened to come to his chambers at a time when he was holding the meeting with Metro Rail officials and he had to ask them to join the meeting. He assured that he would convene an all-party meeting shortly to discuss and take a decision on the proposed changes in the metro rail alignment.

Telugu Desam Party deputy floor leader in the Assembly A Revanth Reddy created a ruckus in the Assembly when the TRS members did not allow him to speak even on Thursday. Revanth Reddy wanted to raise some issue during Zero Hour. However, the members of treasury benches raised objection and created furore which led to the brief adjournment of the House. After the House re-assembled, the TDP members protested over the issue and demanded that Revanth Reddy be allowed to speak.

Intervening on the issue, Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao pointed out that it was decided to follow the rule of ‘One Party, One Minute’ during Zero Hour. Since Prakash Goud already spoke on behalf of TDP, Revanth Reddy’s request was disallowed. A few minutes later, when Revanth Reddy wanted to speak during the debate on irregularities in housing societies, the TRS members again objected to the same. This apparently irritated the TDP MLA and out of rage, he broke the headphones leading to ruckus in the House which forced Speaker S Madhusudan Chary to adjourn the House for 10 minutes. 

Later, the TDP MLAs called on the Speaker requesting him to protect their rights in the House. They requested the Speaker to give a ruling on Revanth Reddy’s alleged remarks and assured that they would abide by it. However, they would not follow the instructions of TRS members. They said there was no rule which asks a member to apologise for his remarks although the Speaker is empowered to expunge the controversial comments from the records.

A helicopter crashed at Downuru in Koyyuru mandal of Visakhapatnam on Thursday. Koyyuru CI confirmed the crash of the chopper. He, however, is clueless over the exact location of the crash site. Search Operation has been launched by the cops to trace the helicopter.

Details like whether its a Navy helicopter or a Private Chopper is yet to be confirmed. No. of persons in the chopper at the time of accident isn’t yet known. As the incident happened in agency area, Cops were suspicious over the involvement of Maoists. More details of the tragedy is awaited.