Allu Arjun’s uncle K Chandrasekhar Reddy who contested unsuccessfully on TRS ticket in 2014 elections is seeking a ticket from Mahakutami (Congress + TDP alliance) this time.

Since TRS supreme KCR denied him ticket from Ibrahimpatnam constituency, he has been in touch with Congress and TDP leaders.

He reportedly informed the grand alliance leaders that he would bring his son-in-law Allu Arjun for campaigning if ticket is given to him. He is going all out to get the ticket.

However, sources say Allu Arjun doesn’t want to be involved in politics at this moment.

Even if his uncle gets ticket, he would not campaign either for TDP or Congress. But his uncle is not leaving any stone unturned to get a ticket.

When Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu wished Kamal Haasan on the latter’s birthday on November 7, he might not have expected to be trolled by his own people from the State.

“Birthday wishes to @ikamalhaasan, the consummate actor this country and our State has experienced. May you attain the summits you aspire in all your endeavours,” posted Naidu on Twitter.

There was a flood of replies immediately and here are some of them:

A guy with the Twitter handle @powerstar said, “Kamal will feel extremely happy at being ished by a greater actor than him.”

Another netizens said, “CBN sir electionla mundhu esina avatarala mundhu kamal hassan bongulo dasavatharam entha.”

@Nenorakam: Sir you are the greatest actor of telugu states and Kamal hasan is no where near to you

@ashok-gunta: How come your English is so great on Twitter and so pathetic in press meets?

@vinaypawanism3: Honestly sir u r greatest actor than kamal hasan. For every elections your characterization and change of words are damn high infront of that kamal sir is nothing. We ppl witnessed your acting skills sure ppl of AP will also get know soon.

@anushaS6: Both of you are natural actors

Poor Naidu! He’ll think twice before wishing someone on Twitter, the next time.

As the TDP and Congress have joined hands to fight the assembly election in Telangana jointly against the ruling Telangana Rastra Samithi (TRS), some Congress leaders are worried that the same may happen in Andhra Pradesh.

The TDP and the Congress fought pitched battles for power since the former came into existence under the leadership of matinee idol NT Rama Rao in 1982 .

Upset with Congress for cosying up to TDP, actor turned politician Chiranjeevi is likely to quit the party.

Sources in the Chiranjeevi family said that the former Union minister expressed his discontent and questioned as to how his party hinted at an ‘unethical’ alliance with TDP. A few other Congress leaders have already quit the party on the same ground.

Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu had met Congress president Rahul Gandhi on November 1, following which it was announced that the two parties would work together.

This was a clear indication that a possible alliance between Congress and TDP was in the works for both AP assembly and general elections in 2019.

A Chiranjeevi family source, who did not want to be quoted, told TimesOfIndia: “Chiru is upset with the decision of the Congress high command to join hands with TDP. He is yet to submit his resignation, but will decide in a couple of days.”

An impending Congress-TDP alliance has already resulted in a few casualties in the grand old party. Former minister in united AP Vatti Vasant Kumar quit the party on November 1.

On the same day, another Congress leader, C Ramachandraiah, had left the party in revolt against the possible alliance.

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration has assured lawmakers and the American corporate sector that the public would get an opportunity to respond to its proposal of revoking work authorisation to H-4 spouse visas after they raised their concerns over the move, which will impact thousands of Indians.

H-4 visas are issued to the spouses of H-1B foreign workers. The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa through which many Indians workers are employed in US companies. It allows the US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise. It is the most sought-after visa among Indian IT professionals.

H-4 visas are issued only to very close or immediate family members of the H-1B visa holders. It includes the employee’s spouse and children less than 21 years of age.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had said that the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will come out with a new proposal by January 2019 under which it is mulling to remove from its regulations certain H-4 spouses of H-1B non-immigrants as a class of aliens eligible for employment authorisation.

The new rules could impact up to 70,000 H-4 Visa holders who have work permits.

The USCIS has recently written a near identical letters to top US lawmakers and leaders of the corporate sector who had raised concern over the Trump administration’s proposal to revoke the H-4 visas.

“The public will be given an opportunity to provide feedback during a notice and comment period on any proposed revisions to regulations providing employment authorisation to certain H-4 non-immigrants,” L Francis Cissna, USCIS director, wrote to senators Kamala Harris and Kirsten Gillibrand in a letter dated October 16, which was posted on the organisation’s website this month.

The two lawmakers had urged not to revoke work authorisation to H-4 visas.

However, the letter makes no commitment on the fate of the decision to revoke the work authorisation to H-4 visas, except for saying that the DHS is committed to safeguarding the integrity of the immigration system and protecting the wages and job opportunities for US workers.

In a letter dated September 26 and addressed to Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielson, Harris and Gillibrand had said the administration’s proposal to revoke the employment authorisation of certain H-4 dependent spouses of non-immigrant H-1B workers would permanently force approximately 1,00,000 predominantly high-skilled women to abandon their professional careers.

“This will harm the wellbeing of these women and their families and have negative consequences for American communities where they live and work,” they had said.

In another letter dated July 23 and addressed to the DHS, as many as 34 US legislators had expressed concern that revoking work authorisation to H-4 visas would “create significant uncertainty and financial hardship for many highly skilled professionals who are vital to US economy”.

A group of top corporate leaders had expressed similar concerns to the DHS in a letter dated August 22.

The H-4 spouses are “often highly skilled” and have built careers and lives around their ability to “contribute to companies here”, they said.

“Other countries allow these valuable professionals to work, so revoking their US work authorisation will likely cause high-skilled immigrants to take their skills to competitors outside the US,” stated the letter, which among others was signed by Chuck Robbins, CEO of Cisco Systems; Roger K Newport from AK Steel Corporation; Doug Parker of American Airlines and Stephen Squeri of American Express.

The USCIS director also sent them similar responses as given to the lawmakers.