Seasoned politician Chandrababu Naidu is playing his cards well. Ever since he quit NDA, Naidu is leaving no leaf unturned to take on Modi. Whenever he gets an opportunity, he is cornering Modi on issues rather than indulging in personal diatribe. The other day, Naidu has cracked some brilliant satires on Modi’s tall claims during the latter’s foreign tours.

Naidu said he was delighted to see Modi’s statement on Fintech at Singapore. “Where is Fintech in India? It is in Vizag,” said Naidu. He added that Modi is promoting and taking credit for AP’s growth.

Naidu also raised Modi’s speech at his Japan. “Modi had raised four points at Japan. One was double-digit growth. Where is the double digit growth in the country? It is only in Andhra Pradesh. Second one was about largest mobile phones manufacturing. Where is it again? It is in AP. AP is the hub for mobile phone manufacturing and it is the largest manufacturer in the country. Third one was about ‘Ease of doing business’. AP stood out No.1 in the Ease of doing business consecutively. Fourth one was about ISRO. Where is ISRO? It is again in AP,” said laughing Chandrababu taking a dig at Modi’s claims.

“Be it Fintech Valley or I-Hub or UNESCO MGIEP or world’s best Med Tech Park, we have brought so much to Vizag. In fact, world is looking forward to the finest and first-ever large Med Tech Park to be set up in Vizag,” said Chandrababu at Vizag.

Responding to the reports that AP recorded the lowest inflation in the country, Naidu expressed his happiness. “I’m very happy. AP has the lowest inflation,” said beaming Naidu. He reasoned that more than “experience”, it is his “commitment” that is delivering the results for the Sun Rise state of Andhra Pradesh.

On one hand, Naidu ridiculed his political rival Modi to the core. And on other hand, he smartly promoted his government’s achievements and positioned himself as the propeller for growth and progress of the state. With a single stroke, Naidu got two purposes served.

BC leader R Krishnaiah has declared a Telangana Bandh on November 17 in protest against the Congress Party allotting only 13 tickets to BCs whereas the Reddys were given 23 tickets.

The BC population is 56% in Telangana whereas less than 20% of BCs were named in the list,” lamented Krishnaiah.

Now, dear Krishnaiah, you are not a member of the Congress Party, how then can you pull up the Congress for distributing tickets in a certain way?

You merely reap benefits from playing the BC card but have you ever done anything for your community?

Did you not continue as a TDP MLA and enjoy the full benefits of being an MLA although you never did anything for the Party?

And now, here’s the thing! If tickets are to be allotted according to the size of population then let us take the dispute between Andhra and Telangana.

Telangana is happy with the assets of undivided Andhra Pradesh being divided in proportion to the size of population of the two States but it wants Andhra Pradesh to bear the lion’s share of the debts and not according to the population formula.

Why don’t you speak about this to KCR, Krishnaiah? After all, this is what is correct when you are asking for seats on the basis of numbers, right?

As our elders say……Yendaro Mahanubhavulu . Great people can come from any caste, religion or region. When it comes to leading people, the sole criteria should be ability. Do we have a system in place that results in the best people leading us?

We should worry about things like that and not whether my caste people have been given tickets or not.

Compared to Andhra Pradesh politics in which caste factor plays a major role in deciding the fate of the candidates, Telangana does not attach much importance to this factor.For example, In a completely BC-dominated constituency like Siricilla, it is the Velamas and not the BC candidates who win the election most times.

Similarly, Reddys constitute only six per cent of the total electorate, but they get elected in large numbers every time in Telangana.Yet, during the elections, the political parties will be under pressure from various caste groups for allotment of seats.And when they do not get good number of seats, they allege injustice is meted out to them by the upper castes.

On Thursday, prominent BC leader J Chittaranjan Das, who had once defeated none other than Telugu Desam Party founder and former chief minister N T Rama Rao from Kalwakurthy constituency in Mahbubnagar district, staged a dharna in front of Gandhi Bhavan after he was denied the party ticket in the present elections in Telangana.

He said he had been loyal to the party for several decades, but only Reddys have been dominating the ticket distribution.So is the case with former PCC chief Ponnala Lakshmaiah, who is playing the BC card after he did not find his name in the Congress lists. He is alleging injustice to the BCs by the high command.

Similarly, Ranga Reddy district Congress committee president Kyama Mallesh, who aspired to contest from Khairatabad constituency in Hyderabad, alleged that the Congress screening committee chairman Bhakta Charan Das’ son Sagar had demanded Rs 3 crore for allotting him a ticket.Former MLA from Serilingampalli Bhikshpathi Yadav, who was also denied ticket said he would contest as an independent, as there was no place for OBCs in the Congress party.

R Krishnaiah, national president of OBC associations, called for Telangana bandh on November 17 in protest against injustice done to the OBCs in the Congress.He alleged that in the name of grand alliance, the Congress was cheating the people.On the other hand, Kamma leaders in the Congress party are also agitated over denial of tickets to even a single leader from their community.

They held a meeting at a hotel and demanded that at least two seats should be given to Kammas in Hyderabad.

Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is likely to campaign for the Maha Kootami in the upcoming elections in Telangana.According to media reports, Naidu to conduct roads shows in as many as 18 constituencies and in some constituencies, he would share the dais with Congress president Rahul Gandhi.

The campaign programme would be decided after Rahul completes electioneering in Madhya Pradesh in the last week of November.Most of the constituencies Naidu would be touring would be in Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy districts, besides some other constituencies in the southern Telangana.

But the question is whether Naidu’s campaign will be of any help to the Congress party. Apparently, Naidu wants to take a strong message into the people about why the TDP had joined hands with the Congress party, besides ensuring that there would be effective transfer of votes from the TDP to the Congress and vice versa.

Since it is a do or die battle for both the Congress and the TDP, Naidu has taken the decision to campaign in Telangana to sustain his party and also generate an atmosphere of opposition unity across the country. It would also be a morale booster for the TDP cadre in Telangana.

However, analysts feel it might do more damage than good to the Congress party.

The Telangana Rashtra Samithi has already making extensive campaign raking up the Telangana self-respect sentiment in the people.It is accusing the Congress party of surrendering to the TDP for the sake of votes. And it is also alleging that Naidu is pumping in more than Rs 500 crore for the Congress campaign.
Even if there is no damage, Naidu’s campaign will not of much help to the Congress, as he does not represent the spirit of Telangana.

“People do not see him as a Telangana leader at all. So, his campaign hardly makes any difference to the Maha Kootami,” an analyst said.

Power Star and Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan has been making allegations of corruption against Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu for quite some time.Of late, he has been making wild allegations against YSR Congress party chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, in his eagerness to project himself as a paragon of virtues, clean and only non-corrupt leader in the entire state.

What is more, whenever there is an occasion, Pawan claims himself to be a simple man with moderate life style and had sacrificed his career in films that would have fetched him hundreds of crores of rupees – only for the sake of doing service to people.

He often says he had come up in life as a son of a constable and had no money even to pay EMI for his car and salaries to his driver. He even calls Jana Sena as party of the poor and it is run with people’s contributions.

Such a simple and so-called honest man is learnt to have constructed a palatial bungalow at Plot No. 627, Jubilee Hills in Hyderabad. The cost of the house is said to be around Rs 30 crore.According to sources, Pawan performed Gruha Pravesham (house warming ceremony) for the new house on November 9.

It is learnt all his family members, including his elder brother megastar Chiranjeevi attended the house warming ceremony.The founder of Praja Rajyam Party, who later merged it with the Congress, is said to be supporting Pawan’s Jana Sena Party and might take a plunge into the party at an appropriate time.

While Pawan has been enjoying all the luxuries, his frenzied Jana Sainiks go mad over his philosophical speeches!