The Telangana Rashtra Samithi appears to be in a tearing hurry to join the National Democratic Alliance government headed by Narendra Modi at the earliest, notwithstanding the earlier reports that the BJP leadership is not very keen on allying with the TRS.

TRS MP from Nizamabad Kalwakuntla Kavitha, daughter of TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao, did not rule out the possibility of TRS joining the NDA government.

“If there is an invitation from the Prime Minister, we have no problem in joining the Central government,” she said in an informal chat with media persons in Nizamabad.

Sources said KCR and Kavitha had already prepared the ground to join the Modi government. While KCR has been going soft on Modi and BJP national leadership, Kavitha has been hobnobbing with Modi and other Central leaders in Parliament, taking selfies with them.

Sources said Kavitha might be inducted into the Modi government sooner or later in the “best interest” of the State, sources said.

Nara Lokesh Naidu, son of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, is already playing an extra-constitutional role in the Telugu Desam Party. And now, he is eager to get into a bigger role.

This was indicated by Lokesh himself in an interview to a popular television channel.

“I will take up whatever responsibility I am entrusted with. Right now, I have been asked to take care of the TDP workers’ welfare wing. If I am asked to take up bigger task, I will. The ultimate decision maker is the party president,” he said.

There have been reports that Lokesh might be made the working president of the party and would be asked to take care of strengthening the party in Telangana region.

In any case, he has already been acting as de facto president of the party and hence, there is no need for any official position for him, say sources.

Coordinator of TDP party workers’ welfare fund, Nara Lokesh, would be the Chief Minister of the residuary Andhra Pradesh and his father-present CM Nara Chandrababu Naidu would be the Prime Minister. According to TDP senior leader YVB Rajendra Prasad, Lokesh would occupy CM’s chari and Mr Naidu would take over the reigns of the counrty as Prime Minister by the year 2024.

YVB Rajendra Prasad donned the hat of soothsayer and predicted that both Mr Naidu and his scion Nara Lokesh would occupy the powerful roles. Rajendra Prasad heaped praises on Lokesh who returned from US after successfully persuading NRIs to adopt over 2400 villages of AP.

Rajendra Prasad dubbed Lokesh as a worthful person to lead the party from front, he demanded the party to pass an unanimous resolution making Lokesh as party’s General Secretary.

There have been reports since yesterday that the noted Kuchipudi exponents and the famous dance couple, Radha and Raja Reddy were denied permission to perform their dance this year at Ravindra Bharathi. Every year, it is customary for them to deliver their performance at this time of the year.

The official response from the government is that since ‘Kuchipudi’ style is not related to Telangana state, there has been no permission given for them. So in a way this is being projected as if there is no place for Andhra dance forms in Telangana, but there seems to be an interesting backdrop to it.

Apparently, right from 2001, when TRS was born and to this day, the names of this famous couple were displayed at the board of party office. The list includes all prominent personalities of Telangana state. KCR also once hailed them as ‘Adilabad biddalu’ proudly as they hail from Nirmal region here.

But it is said that KCR had offered their family an Assembly ticket to contest from here during last elections and they had politely declined saying they have no interest in politics. Now the grapevine is that they got back KCR style insult for their refusal to join TRS. Now their dance shows are not being entertained labeling Kuchipudi as Andhra dance form.

Earlier Supreme Court has made it clear that idols of various leaders and icons shouldn’t be installed in the middle of busy centres there by causing severe hurdles to traffic and commuters. Basing on that decision, an idol inaugurated by Megastar might award him a trouble.

Media reports say that a case is likely to be filed on Megastar and Former union minister Chiranjeevi forinaugurating  the idol of King Sri Krishnadevaraya at the busy centre of Kadapa district’s Railway Kodur on Saturday. Reports have that the organisers who have contributed for the installation of the idol haven’t taken police permission to do so.

Reacting on a complaint filed by a lawyer, Police have booked 18 organisers while they are contemplating to lodge cases on Chiranjeevi, former MLA C Ramachandraiah, MLC Changalrayudu, Tirupathi MLA Sugunamma and TTD Board member Hari Prasad.

Another media house made it clear that the case was lodged purely due to Caste-based issues as the idol and its organisers and Chiru-gang, all belong to same community. With couple of Ruling party’s people involved and Chiranjeevi at the receiving end, we have to see where this case leads to.

Rape Victim Died After Being in Coma for 42 YearsAruna Shanbaug, former nurse of Mumbai’s Kings Edward Memorial (KEM) hospital, who was raped in 1973 by a ward boy at the hospital, has died on Monday after being in coma for over four decades. Aruna was 67 year old. She had been in vegetative state for 42 years ever since she was brutally assualted and raped by ward boy at her work place.

Aruna had been suffering from pneumonia for a while. She was put on ventilator for a week before she breathed her last at 8.30 AM on May 18, 2015.

It may be recalled that the Supreme Court had rejected a petition in March 2011 filed by former journalist and author Pinki Virani, who had sought mercy killing (euthanasia) for Aruna Shanbaug, which the KEM hospital’s management and nursing staff had opposed.