BJP leader and Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Sunday kicked up row when he commented that India may have to witness another partition in 2047 due to its growing population.

While the country might have witnessed a partition in 1947 on the basis of religion, the problem would arise in the future as the population has gone up from 33 crore to 135.7 crore in 72 years, the Union Minister opined. Without naming a sect or a community, the BJP leader wrote on his Twitter handle that the explosion divisive forces is dreadful to image in the days to come.

Referring to the ongoing controversy over article 35A of the Indian Constitution, which renders special status to Jammu and Kashmir, Giriraj Singh predicted that similar situation might happen in 2047. He said the population has gone up from 33 crores to 135 crores in the last 73 years. At present there is severe uproar over discussion on Article 35A and it will become impossible to even mention about Bharat in the times to come, he said.

During an interview with a news channel, the Union Minister said that increasing population is a big issue in India and there should be debate over the issue from street to Parliament (sadak to sansad). He also stressed the need for a debate on definition of minorities. He further opined that if strict laws are not made on population control then the country is going to suffer.

Pawan Kalyan said to have reacted on the Mahaa Murthy’s ‘Sting Operation’ on the fund raising by Janasena political party. Responding over the issue in the party’s internal meeting, Pawan said to have taken the issue lightly and asked the colleagues and fellow leaders to not to give much importance to such issues and not to be part of any unwanted controversies. Pawan simply asked to ignore such issues and told that ‘People will understand’.

Janasena party’s official spokesperson Vijay Babu stated that the party is ready to receive both brickbats and bouquets. He said party hasn’t responded on the issue officially. It said the party doesn’t want to trouble the individual journalist (Murthy).

P Vijay Babu opined that Murthy has given more mileage to Janasena by highlighting that the party is in dire need of funds. He said Janasena doesn’t get commissions from contractors or projects or from mining barons. He said now this would reach out to people who could voluntarily offer their funds to party.

While Telangana is going to early elections, most likely in November or December and all political parties are getting ready with their list of candidates, a panic situation has gripped the MLAs of various parties in the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh as well.

Party sources said ruling Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is also getting ready for shortlisting the party candidates for the ensuing assembly elections, though they are still seven months away.

It is learnt he has started getting a final survey done through various sources to identify the potential candidates who have fair chances of winning and others whose chances are bleak, so that he can replace them with alternative candidates.

While the Real Time Governance set up at the CMO in the Velagapudi Secretariat is serving as an ideal source of getting people’s feedback on the performance of the MLAs in their respective constituencies, Naidu is also getting reports from the state intelligence department and independent survey teams under the leadership of experts from Sri Venkateshwara University in Tirupati.

“After corroborating all the reports, Naidu would come to a conclusion on the candidates to be fielded in the next elections,” a source said.On the other hand, YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy is solely banking on the teams of Indian Political Action Committee founded by political strategist Prashant Kishor, besides getting feedback from his own party network.

Unlike in the past, he has decided not to depend on the reports of Sakshi media house.As the elections are fast approaching, the reports of various surveys are causing tense moments to the MLAs.It is learnt some of the MLAs have also commissioned their own independent surveys on the chances of winning and also to change the public perception, so that they would give right feedback about them during the surveys of the party leaderships.

“Each MLA is engaging teams of students to get the feedback in the villages and if there are any lapses, they could rectify the same in the next three or four months,” sources said.

Recently, Pawan Kalyan held a private meeting with the top businessmen from his community at a hotel in Hyderabad. The meeting was for the purpose of getting funds for the Jana Sena Party.Maha Murthy immediately seized in on the opportunity and tried to smear the reputation of Pawan Kalyan.He tried to project the meeting as a Kapu conclave and that Pawan was a casteist person.

His reporter on the spot came out with some details saying that the entry for the meeting was fixed at Rs 10 lakh and it was a very exclusive one in which only those with invitations could attend.The reporter further added that the details of all the persons who came to the event were collected including their names, occupations, etc.

Now, here is the contradiction. If all the attendees were there on special invitation, why would their details be collected again? These are high-profile wealthy businessmen who do not walk up to a reception desk and give out their details like normal people.

Pawan Kalyan may have organised a meeting of wealthy businessmen from his community but everybody does that.If two Kamma businessmen get together, it is for the welfare of the State and if two Kapu businessmen get together, it is casteism, according to Maha Murthy.Besides, paying money to attend such conclaves is nothing new. What is Rs 10 lakh for these people?Recently, Lokesh attended one such event in the US by paying for it and then claimed that he had been invited by the US President.

Every politician needs the support of his community and this doesn’t mean that he is casteist. Why did Maha Murthy not mention about the meeting of the Kamma businessmen at Ramoji Film City recently at which a strategy was chalked out to counter YS Jagan?Why did Maha Murthy not mention the fact that Pawan Kalyan held a similar meeting in Bhimavaram which was exclusively for businessmen from the Kshatriya community and one in Visakhapatnam which was solely for Dalits?

This shows that Pawan is approaching all communities for support which is common in politics. But, when he met with his own community people, Maha News tried to portray him as a casteist person which is highly unfair. But then, that’s how the yellow media functions.

Recently, Pawan Kalyan held a private meeting with the top businessmen from his community at a hotel in Hyderabad. The meeting was for the purpose of getting funds for the Jana Sena Party.

Mahaa Murthy immediately seized in on the opportunity and tried to smear the reputation of Pawan Kalyan.He tried to project the meeting as a Kapu conclave and that Pawan was a casteist person.

His reporter on the spot came out with some details saying that the entry for the meeting was fixed at Rs 10 lakh and it was a very exclusive one in which only those with invitations could attend.

The reporter further added that the details of all the persons who came to the event were collected including their names, occupations, etc.

Now, here is the contradiction. If all the attendees were there on special invitation, why would their details be collected again? These are high-profile wealthy businessmen who do not walk up to a reception desk and give out their details like normal people.

Pawan Kalyan may have organized a meeting of wealthy businessmen from his community but everybody does that.

If two Kamma businessmen get together, it is for the welfare of the State and if two Kapu businessmen get together, it is casteism, according to Maha Murthy.

Besides, paying money to attend such conclaves is nothing new. What is Rs 10 lakh for these people?

Recently, Lokesh attended one such event in the US by paying for it and then claimed that he had been invited by the US President.

Every politician needs the support of his community and this doesn’t mean that he is casteist. Why did Maha Murthy not mention about the meeting of the Kamma businessmen at Ramoji Film City recently at which a strategy was chalked out to counter YS Jagan?

Why did Maha Murthy not mention the fact that Pawan Kalyan held a similar meeting in Bhimavaram which was exclusively for businessmen from the Kshatriya community and one in Visakhapatnam which was solely for Dalits?

This shows that Pawan is approaching all communities for support which is common in politics. But, when he met with his own community people, Maha News tried to portray him as a casteist person which is highly unfair. But then, that’s how the yellow media functions.

Once a popular Tollywood heroine-turned-firebrand political leader from Telangana and former MP Vijayashanti a.k.a Ramulamma might stage a return to Telangana Rashtra Samithi, if the reports doing rounds in a section of media circles are to be believed.

According to these reports, Vijayashanti was very much peeved with the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee for not involving in any of the party activities in the state, whether it was bus yatra or agitations or even regular meetings in Gandhi Bhavan.

Even during the recent visit of Congress president Rahul Gandhi to Hyderabad, she was nowhere to be seen and she did not get the invitation even for the meeting with self-help group women held at Shamshabad.Though she had met Rahul Gandhi a few months ago, giving rise to the talk that she would make a return to active politics, nothing materialized later as the Telangana Congress leaders have been ignoring her.

Now with the election heat is building up across the state following the dissolution of the state assembly and announcement of early elections, the Telangana Congress has intensified its activity of selection of candidates and forging of alliances with other parties to form a grand alliance.

The Gandhi Bhavan has been buzzing with a lot of activity, but Vijayashanti is not visible anywhere.However, there was one statement from Vijayashanti in the last couple of days, opposing the Congress party’s alliance with the TDP.“The alliance will not help the Congress party in any manner, as the people will not accept this unholy pact,” she said.It is learnt she has started sending feelers to the TRS leadership through her old contacts like K Kesava Rao.

However, there has not been much response from TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao so far. May be, he will consider her admission into the TRS after the assembly elections, party sources said.

Once a popular Tollywood heroine-turned-firebrand political leader from Telangana and former MP Vijayashanti a.k.a Ramulamma might stage a return to Telangana Rashtra Samithi, if the reports doing rounds in a section of media circles are to be believed.

According to these reports, Vijayashanti was very much peeved with the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee for not involving in any of the party activities in the state, whether it was bus yatra or agitations or even regular meetings in Gandhi Bhavan.

Even during the recent visit of Congress president Rahul Gandhi to Hyderabad, she was nowhere to be seen and she did not get the invitation even for the meeting with self-help group women held at Shamshabad.Though she had met Rahul Gandhi a few months ago, giving rise to the talk that she would make a return to active politics, nothing materialized later as the Telangana Congress leaders have been ignoring her.

Now with the election heat is building up across the state following the dissolution of the state assembly and announcement of early elections, the Telangana Congress has intensified its activity of selection of candidates and forging of alliances with other parties to form a grand alliance.

The Gandhi Bhavan has been buzzing with a lot of activity, but Vijayashanti is not visible anywhere.However, there was one statement from Vijayashanti in the last couple of days, opposing the Congress party’s alliance with the TDP.“The alliance will not help the Congress party in any manner, as the people will not accept this unholy pact,” she said.It is learnt she has started sending feelers to the TRS leadership through her old contacts like K Kesava Rao.

However, there has not been much response from TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao so far. May be, he will consider her admission into the TRS after the assembly elections, party sources said.