The Congress party seems to be following the route of YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy in questioning the defections of its leaders into the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi in Telangana.In Andhra Pradesh, Jagan had moved the Supreme Court seeking disqualification of MLAs who had defected to the TDP. In Telangana, the Congress party is learnt to have decided to approach the court, besides Election Commission and the Centre to stop the defection malady as Anti-Defection law became ineffective.

AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh alleged that Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has to own the responsibility for the continuous political defections in the State.He alleged that KCR was giving huge contracts to the MLAs and MPs, who were joining his party. He said the MLAs and MPs were taking ‘politics as business’. He said the cadre was with the party and leaders were only deserting it for business interests.

Digvijaya said the Congress alone has bright future in the State as the TDP, YSRCP and BJP were ineffective. The party would stand by the people and wage war against the TRS government with regard to land acquisition.He also said the party would discuss with the leaders who were criticizing each other openly and would take steps to maintain discipline.“The party doesn’t need any surgery because the cadre was with the party and only leaders were leaving the party with selfish motives”, he added.

It is an open secret as to how Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has grown from a farmer with two acres of land into a multi-millionaire.Though he and his family declare assets every year, there are allegations that he has 100 times more than what he has declared.

So is the case with Union Minister for Urban Development M Venkaiah Naidu, who is facing allegations of amassing huge wealth, though he projects a clean image.So, how have they come up in life? Venkaiah gave a pat to himself and Naidu at a function on Thursday, stating that both of them had come up in life through sheer hard work.

“We have taken inspiration from Abdul Kalam and Narendra Modi, who strived hard to reach higher positions in life. Everybody should follow our example,” Venkaiah said.Naidu, too, had a pat for Venkaiah, saying the union minister had reached a stage where he commands respect all over the world.

Telangana TDP leader A Revanth Reddy fired a salvo against Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao over the latter’s statement that the Congress and TDP have conspired to topple his government.”KCR’s comments are unwarranted. The Chief Minister is behaving like Pakistan terrorist Kasab who was the mastermind of Mumbai attacks. KCR should have known that TDP always supported Telangana,” fired Revanth Reddy.

“It was KCR who cheated the people of Telangana people by accumulating wealth and his family is enjoying various posts in the name of Telangana,” Revanth said.

Congress’ senior leader Chinna Reddy also alleged that KCR lost his mental balance and is making unsolicited comments against the opposition party. “What was the need of opposition to dethrone KCR’s government when the TRS got comfortable majority? It was KCR who resorted to weakening the opposition by luring their party MLAs and MPs undemocratically,” he added.

In a first ever achievement in the entire country, Andhra Pradesh will soon launch the internet based telephone service to reach household. The state has already got the telecom licence from the Telecom Ministry to start the IPTV – Internet Protocol based Television network, as part of its Fibre Grid project.

With this, the government can provide telephone services through internet, which also includes Skype and video calling. New phone numbers will soon be issued starting with the ‘797’ series to avail the landmark service from August. These phone numbers do not require any registrations.

Nearly 2,500 sub-stations will have the Points of Presence from where cable operators can provide optic fibre to every home in their region. For just Rs.149 per month, citizens will be getting interactive connections with digitised channels, internet, wi-fi and net telephony.Speed of the network ranges from 10 mbps to 1 GB or more depending on payment mode. Nearly 2,500 sub-stations will have Points of Presence from where cable operators can provide optic fibre to every house in their regions.

Telangana crusader and Chief Minister KCR is known for his sharp yet witty remarks. He yet again proved it right with his stentorian speech on Wednesday while publicly welcoming Gutta and Gaddam brothers into TRS. KCR’s speech was both emotional, political that trash his opponents with single shot.By smartly raking up Telangana sentiment and the odds that he and his party MLAs had faced during the movement, KCR made his rivals from Congress, TDP speechless. What’s more interesting is that KCR is giving his best even at the age of 62 years.

Here is the KCR’s full length speech:

“The Telangana movement (led by TRS) was started in 2001 with an aim for the formation of Telangana state. Started with a small number of people, the movement suffered several insults, several obstacles, several sarcasms, many difficulties and faced police forces, jails, hunger strikes for 14 years. When Rosaiah was the CM of united state, Telangana people didn’t even had chance to get 4th class employment in Hyderabad and when then government imposed 14F, I had to sit on fast-unto-death. After all such challenges, Telangana state is announced and everyone in our state rejoiced and so I.”

“I was supposed to die (during Telangana movement), but fortunately I didn’t die. People of Telangana were all happy as their lifelong dream became true. But a few political developments took place and leaders of all political parties in Telangana cutting across party lines decided to fight jointly for state formation. TDP, BJP, TRS, Congress have all formed a JAC and fought. To show our dissent to Delhi, MLAs of JAC decided to resign in unison in protest on going back. Except TRS MLAs none of the MLAs of other political parties have quit. Out of 2 BJP MLAs, only 1 MLA has resigned whereas other ran away. None from Congress, TDP has resigned. I’m not telling story. It’s history. What’s more irony is that other political parties (TDP, Congress) have tried to field contestants against the MLAs in by-elections and want to gain political advantage without respecting sentiment. But thankfully, people were with us and we won.”

“Even after this, we had faced many problems, many discussions, debates and TRS contested elections on its own and won 63 Assembly constituencies and formed as single-largest party. In the rest 14 constituencies,TRS lost with tender margin of 500, 600 and 1000-odd votes. Even after this, conspiracy was hatched to topple TRS government even before it’s formed. Bhatti Vikramarka from Congress had said that TRS govt would fall even before its formed. Since I was CM-designate then, Intelligence officials too gave me tip off. AIMIM chief Asaduddin had suddenly telephoned me and said he wants to take to me urgently and I asked him to come home and he came. He said that he got to know that if necessary TDP, Congress were ready to join forces and decided to bring presidential rule in new state. He added that it’s very unfair and extended his full support to TRS and passed the resolution in his party meeting the very next day stating support to TRS.”

“Today Congress leaders are alleging that KCR is degrading politics. Jana Reddy garu, I’m not degrading Telangana state. Probably, your party may degrade but not the state. My objective is simple, clear. Telangana should be independent and stand on its own. Golden Telangana (Bangaru Telangana) is my only aim. When YSR was CM, he had joined 10 MLAs out of 14 TRS MLAs into Congress. Why were you (Jana Reddy) silent then? The morals which were defied, dishonoured by you then, how come you raking up them now? If you do it’s Samsaram, and if we do that’s Vyabhicharam (prostitution)?”

KCR added that people of Telangana are strongly in favour of TRS and they are seeing TRS as a shield that protects them. In his lengthy and sharp speech, TRS outwitted all his political rivals. It’s proved that age is not catching up with KCR and instead he is becoming smart with his age. Keeping his ideology and comments aside, one must appreciate KCR for strongly vouching for his people.