Telangana Telugu Desam Party working president and Kodangal MLA A Revanth Reddy is eagerly looking forward to join the Congress party to take on Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao, but he seems to be afraid of the cash-for-vote case hanging on his head.

Revanth made a surprise appearance in Delhi on Monday leading to the speculations that he might meet Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, apart from other senior Congress leaders.

It is not exactly known who he had met, but sources said he had some personal issues to be sorted out in Delhi.

He, however, told a section of media that he was still in the TDP as of now, though he was getting the offers from the Congress party.

“Though our party president N Chandrababu Naidu assured me that no decision will be taken against my wishes with regard to forging alliances in Telangana in 2019 polls, he is under pressure from some of our party seniors to join hands with the TRS,” he said.

Revanth said he had kept his options open and would take a “decision” with regard to his political future, depending on future political developments.

Apparently, the MLA is apprehensive that if quits the TDP and join the TRS right away, chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao might revive the cash-for-note case and put him in trouble.

However, it would also mean troubling Naidu. Perhaps, the Congress leadership also asked him to wait for some time till the case is settled.

As expected, YSR Congress party MP from Kurnool Butta Renuka received brickbats from her party leaders for defecting to the Telugu Desam Party albeit unofficially on Tuesday.

YSRC official spokesman K Parthasarathy lashed out at Renuka for shifting her loyalties to the TDP.

“There is a talk that she was sold out to the ruling party for Rs 70 crore. And it is an open secret that TDP president and chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is known for poaching the opposition party leaders as if they were cattle by luring them with cash, posts and contracts,” he alleged.

Parthasarathy reminded that though Renuka had no prior political experience, YSRC president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy had given her the MP ticket and got her elected to Lok Sabha from Kurnool.

“We fail to understand what she had expected from Naidu. Did she succumb to pressures or was she lured by Rs 70 crore financial package offered by Naidu?” he asked.

The YSRC leader lashed out at Naidu for engineering defections from YSRC.

“While Jagan is committed to value-based politics by admitting TDP leader Silpa Chakrapani Reddy only after the latter quit the MLC seat, Naidu shamelessly inducted four YSRC MLAs into the cabinet without asking them to resign, thereby giving a go-bye to the ethics in politics,” he added.

As India’s IT capital Bangalore is being hit by massive rains in several ways, people of the city are losing their lives due to high damage of roads, potholes and infrastructure. Amidst such scenario in the city, the Karnataka state government has decided to gift 300 gold biscuits to its legislators and it has become a subject of discussion across the country.

Karnataka State assembly is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year so the state assembly (Vidhana Souda) decided to gift 300 gold biscuits (13 grams each worth 55,000) to the lawmakers which will cost 3 Crores.

But, the speaker of assembly Kalivad has turned down such reports and attempted to clarify that there is no proposal to give gold biscuits and silver plates to the MLAs. According to a national media report, Rs 27 Crore has been sanctioned to celebrate the 60 years ceremony on 25th and 26th of this month.

However, some cabinet ministers and opposition members are strongly opposing the ruling Congress for planning such an expensive celebration.

Here is another case of how Indian-origin people are shining beyond borders. An Indian-origin teenager in UK has come into limelight after he became the youngest millionaire in the nation.

As per reports, Akshay Ruparelia, 19, made a fortune by selling houses through his online estate agency firm, www.doorsteps.co.uk. The astonishing part of his success story is that he did it all just during his school breaks. While his friends used to spend time chatting, indulging in sports etc. he negotiated huge property deals on his mobile. He also hired a call centre service to answer his company switchboard while he was in class, and called clients back after the school.

Within months, investors started buying shares in Ruparelia’s company, and after just one year, the firm has been valued at 12 million pounds. He is now the youngest millionaire in UK. The young lad has reportedly put his plans of going to Oxford University for further education on hold because of his expanding business.

Amidst the highly volatile and mounting tension on the Korean Peninsula, a nuclear may break out at any moment, warned the country’s official representative.

Kim In Ryong, North Korea’s deputy UN ambassador reportedly told the UN General Assembly’s disarmament committee that this year North Korea completed its state nuclear force and thus became the full-fledged nuclear power which possesses the delivery means of various ranges, including the atomic bomb, H-bomb and intercontinental ballistic rockets.

He said North Korea has the right to possess nuclear weapons in self-defense as the country has been subjected to an extreme and direct nuclear threat from the US since the 1970s. Pointing out the large-scale military exercises that US conducts every year, he said US has been planning a secret operation to eliminate North Korea’s supreme leader and thus take down the country’s individuality.

He warned that the entire US mainland is within North Korea firing range and that they will bring hell to US if it dares to invade their sacred territory even an inch.

He told the disarmament committee that North Korea supports the total elimination of nuclear weapons and the denuclearization of the entire world. He blamed the United States for boycotting negotiations for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons that was approved in July this year, and constantly threatening and blackmailing North Korea with nuclear weapons.

He added that his country will never negotiate on developing nuclear weapons until and unless the nuclear threat of the US is thoroughly eradicated.