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Jagan became CM only to send Naidu to jail: RK
AP Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy has no priorities for the development of Andhra Pradesh or welfare of people. His only priority is to send TDP chief and former AP CM N Chandrababu Naidu to jail by hook or by crook.
It’s one month since Jagan became CM of AP and he spent the entire month investigating and thinking how to fix Naidu in some scam, how to book cases against Naidu and how to send Naidu to jail.
This is the analysis done by ABN Andhra Jyothy owner Vemuri Radhakrishna on the one-month rule of Jagan as CM of AP.
In his weekly column “Kotha Paluku” in ABN-Andhra Jyothy today, Radhakrishna said Jagan is wasting his precious term as CM to take revenge on Naidu instead of focussing on AP’s development and implementation of Nava Ratnalu.
The one-month rule of Jagan shows that the only purpose of Jagan as CM is to fix Naidu in some scam or the other and send him to jail, he observes.
Radhakrishna says Jagan strongly feels that Naidu is behind sending him to Chanchalguda jail for 16 months and Jagan now wants to take revenge by sending Naidu to jail at least for a day.
Radhakrishna says by doing so, Jagan is only helping Naidu to gain public sympathy and there is nothing Jagan can achieve by sending Naidu to jail.
He opines that AP people already started realising Jagan’s moves and started talking that Jagan has no other work except to dig old cases against Naidu and send him to jail and if Jagan fails to realise this and take corrective measures, he will have to pay a heavy price in next elections.
Radhakrishna also accused Jagan of demolishing Praja Vedika in haste out of hatred for Naidu saying that the Jagan’s action only amounted to wastage of Rs 8 crore public money and the demolition caused no personal loss to either Jagan or Naidu.
Radhakrishna asked Jagan to realise that he was voted to power by AP people to rule and develop the state and not to take revenge on Naidu.
Clinical England beat India to keep semis hopes alive
Birmingham: The stage was set for a vintage M.S. Dhoni finish as India needed 104 off the last 10 overs with the former India skipper just in and warming up at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground on Sunday. But his attempt to take the game deep saw India left with 57 needed off the last 18 balls.
In the end, India finished on 306/5 as England registered a 31-run win, their first over India in 27 years in World Cups. The win saw England stay alive with a chance to qualify for the semi-final stages as Rohit Sharmas 102 went in vain.
Chasing 338 for a win was never going to be easy, especially when India lost opener K.L. Rahul for a duck with the score on 8. But with skipper Virat Kohli joining the in-form Rohit Sharma in the middle, it was all about buying time in the middle as they blunted the English attack with their perfect mix of caution and aggression. While they sent every bad ball to the boundary, they looked to pick the ones and twos when the England bowlers bowled a tight line.
It all looked hunky dory as Kohli and Rohit cruised to their respective fifties – Kohli’s fifth in a row – till Liam Plunkett dismissed the India skipper against the run of play in the 29th over for a 76-ball 66. Pitching on the fifth stump, the bowler induced the wide drive and James Vince – substitute for Jason Roy — picked a diving catch. The 138-run partnership coming to an abrupt end.
With the score reading 146/2, Rishabh Pant walked in to join Rohit. While Pant looked anxious to start with, a lot of counselling from Rohit finally saw him settle down, but Rohit was the next one to throw his wicket away after doing all the hard work and reaching his 25th ODI hundred as he went for a wild hoick off Chris Woakes. The score read 198/3 with 140 needed off 13.5 overs.
Hardik Pandya joined Pant and the two did put on some display as they looked to take the attack to the English bowlers, but one shot too many finally saw Pant (32) perish as Woakes picked a blinder at the long leg boundary.
After that, it was on Dhoni and Pandya to see India home, but an attempt to hit Plunkett out of the park saw Pandya (45) dismissed in the 45th over with India still needing another 71 runs off 31 balls. Kedar Jadhav walked in to join Dhoni in the middle, but the England bowlers kept bowling a tight line as the duo failed to score at around 15 runs every over. While Dhoni finished with an unbeaten 31-ball 42, Kedar was unbeaten on 12 off 31 balls.
Earlier, it was all about being slow and steady as the English batsmen started cautiously and then launched into a late-innings flourish in their must-win game. Riding on the back of a brilliant 160-run opening stand between centurion Jonny Bairstow (111) and Jason Roy (66), England finished on 337/7 in their 50 overs.
Not to forget the brilliant 54-ball 79 from Ben Stokes at the end of the innings that stole all the limelight from a Mohammed Shami fifer, his maiden. In fact, Stokes ensured that Shami’s figures wore a sorry look as he took the attack to the pacer in his last two overs, hammering him to all parts of the ground.
With skipper Eoin Morgan winning the toss and deciding to bat first, Roy and Bairstow started cautiously with Shami bowling really well. At the end of the first powerplay, England’s score read 47/0 in 10. But that was part of the larger plan as the English batsmen made it clear that they played out the duo of Shami and Jasprit Bumrah before launching into the rest of the bowlers.
On a ground which offered prodigious turn in the game between New Zealand and Pakistan, a change of wicket saw the Indian spinners negated with both returning expensive figures. While Kuldeep Yadav went for 72 from his 10, Yuzvendra Chahal was taken for 88 from his 10.
Roy’s return, even though he was seen limping in certain stages of his knock, saw Bairstow also gain in confidence as the two batsmen looked at ease against the Indian bowlers after playing out the initial burst from Shami and Bumrah.
Interestingly, Roy got a life on 21 when a fine flick off the gloves was caught down the leg by Dhoni, only for the umpire to call it a wide. Hardik Pandya was the unfortunate bowler as Dhoni didn’t want a DRS call on it. The life seemed to change the approach of the English batsmen as they started to take the attack to the bowlers.
After that it was a clear case of the England batsmen taking the Indian bowlers to the cleaners before Rahul’s injury turned to be a boon in disguise for the Indians. Coming in as a substitute, Ravindra Jadeja picked up a blinder at long-on to send Roy back as the score read 160/1 in the 23rd over. Rahul had landed on his back while attempting a catch at the boundary and didn’t return to field. But an external injury meant he could open the innings when India batted.
Bairstow though continued his onslaught with Joe Root for company before Kohli turned back to Shami in desperation. And the pacer answered his captain’s call as he sent back Bairstow, caught by Pant in the 32nd over. It was a clear case of a sudden failure to get the scoreboard moving after reaching his century. Having reached the three-figure mark off 90 balls, he ended on 111 off 109 balls.
The Indians did make a silent return into the game with Shami sending back Morgan (1) cheaply, but Root then consolidated with Ben Stokes as the two once again kept the scoreboard moving to ensure that the score read 245/3 after 40 overs with the last 10 up for another flourish.
While Shami did send back Root (44) – caught by Pandya – in the 45th over, Jos Buttler joined Stokes in the middle to ensure that the English innings finished on fifth gear. By the time Shami sent back Buttler for a 8-ball 20, the spark had already been ignited. Stokes too departed in the last over as he looked to paddle Bumrah to the fine-leg stand, but the damage had been done.
Brief Scores: England: 337/7 (Bairstow 111, Stokes 79; Shami 5/69); India: 306/5 (Rohit 102; Plunkett 3/55)
Pic Talk: Konidela Niharika Goes Hot In Vizag
Though the mega daughter hasn’t got into showing off that glamorous side on the silver screen, it looks like she will pulling off such feats in her real life. As she gave a glimpse of that on this Sunday, the chilling day just got hotter.
Taking a stroll in the beaches of Vizag, Konidela Niharika appeared in a white shirt with her orange hotpants on. And she looked hot as hell, like that Krishna Vamsi heroine who emerges from the sea like a curvaceous sea shell. “Nothing like a good beach day”, commented Niharika, as she shared the picture that was clicked by her mother.
On the films front, after the flop show of “Happy Wedding” at the box office, Niharika is said to have got busy with another web series rather just jumping into a movie. Hope she scores her first box office hit very soon.
Telugu Hero And Wife To Make Joint Entry in BB3
There is a huge discussion going on about the possible celebs who will be entering the third season ‘house’ of Big Boss that is going to be started soon. And one name that is being heard from a long time is that of Varun Sandesh.
This ‘Happy Days’ haven’t responded on the rumours so far, which is giving a sort of confirmation that he is indeed part of Big Boss 3 that will be hosted by Nagarjuna Akkineni. And another buzz that is coming up, Big Boss 3 will feature two real couples now, and the tasks will be in such a way that the husband and wife have to split into sides. They say that not just Varun Sandesh, but his wife, heroine Vithika Sheru is also entering this reality show.
Well, Big Boss entry will be a big comeback for both Varun Sandesh and his wife, who are not doing any films in recent times. So let’s see if all these rumours turn true and give them a break.
Yes, Kalki Scenes Inspired From KGF
Prashanth Varma never minces his words about the inspired, copied scenes in his films from other films. In yet another such admission, Prashanth admitted that a few scenes in Kalki have been inspired from Yash-starrer KGF : Chapter 1.
“I know my limitations. I want to learn from other films. I heard about KGF and watched the movie. I had felt that the elevation scenes in KGF are top notch. Hence, I’ve inspired some scenes in Kalki from KGF,” said Prashanth Varma.
Prashanth has also dropped a bomb. He didn’t want to direct Kalki initially. The original plan was just to lend the story of Kalki. But as the script shaping up, Prashanth had felt that the script was taking good shape and after traveling with Rajasekhar and Jeevita, he has finally decided to direct the movie as well. Prashanth says he has taken a good decision.
When asked him about Rajasekhar being late to the movie sets and does it affect his work, Prashant took it in stride. He says it was quite easy to work with Rajasekhar. He said he has got good time to complete the remaining shoot and plan the shots well in advance before actor Rajasekhar turned up to the shoot. Talking about his functioning style, Prashant said he has first written the climax and worked backwards and thus completed other portions of the film. Prashant says he has got readied script for three other movies and which one would roll onto the floors depend on the actor and producers of his next.
Jr NTR offering conditional support to TDP?
Following the humiliating defeat in the recent assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh, Telugu Desam Party headed by former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has plunged into crisis.
Several TDP leaders have started deserting the party and jumping into the Bharatiya Janata Party to safeguard their political future.
Leaders like Rajya Sabha members Y S Chowdary, C M Ramesh, T G Venkatesh and Garikapati Mohan Rao, along with several others have decided that joining the BJP is the only option to protect their business interests.
While Naidu is getting old, the party leaders feel his son Nara Lokesh has turned out to be an iron leg as he failed in not only winning his own assembly seat, but also galvanising the party cadre.
So, the natural question that arises in the minds of the TDP cadre is who will resurrect the party.
Many feel only Naidu has the capacity to bring back the glory to the party, there are also a section of party leaders who believe that only a person from Nandamuri family can revive the fortunes of the party.
According to sources, some senior TDP leaders have contacted popular hero from Nandamuri family – Junior N T Rama Rao to take active part in the party activities, since only he can take on a strong leader like Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy. They made all out efforts to convince him to help revival of the TDP.
It is learnt Jr NTR has agreed to support the TDP, but on one condition that Naidu’s son Nara Lokesh should be pushed to the back seat and daughter-in-law Nara Brahmani be made the working president of the party.
It would mean, Naidu should declare Brahmani as his political successor but not Lokesh. This is essentially to convey to the people that a person from NTR’s family will be heading the party.
Brahmani is daughter of NTR’s younger son Nandamuri Balakrishna so, she can be considered a successor of NTR. At the same time, she is also the daughter-in-law of Naidu, she would also represent Nara family.
However, when the TDP leaders brought this to the notice of the TDP chief, he is learnt to have blatantly rejected the proposal.
He said only Lokesh would be his successor and that he would appoint his son as the party’s working president sooner or later.
If that is Naidu’s intention, he would only be responsible for the success or failure of the TDP!
