The Congress party has suspended former president of the party’s Andhra Pradesh unit Botsa Satyanarayana, who plans to join the YSR Congress party on Sunday.

The central Congress leadership conveyed its decision to Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) chief N. Raghuveera Reddy on Friday.

Botsa, former Andhra Pradesh minister and former member of parliament, is a key leader from north coastal Andhra. He was the last president of the party in undivided Andhra Pradesh.

The party suspended him as he along with several party leaders and followers from the region is set to join the YSR Congress party on Sunday.

Meanwhile, Raghuveera Reddy told reporters in Visakhapatnam that Botsa was suspended for indulging in anti-party activities.

He said if a few leaders leave the party, it will have no impact on the organisation. He said the party would not tolerate any anti-party activity.

Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister N. Chinnarajappa on Friday dared the Telangana government to book Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in the cash-for-vote scam.

Chinnarajappa also challenged Telangana Home Minister N. Narasimha Reddy to make public the audio tapes of Naidu’s alleged conversation with the nominated legislator of Telangana.

He told reporters in Rajahmundry that they will complain to the central government about the phone tapping by the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government in Hyderabad, the common capital of the two states.

Chinnarajappa, who holds the home portfolio, was reacting to Narasimha Reddy’s allegation that Naidu was involved in the cash-for-vote scam.

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) legislator in Telangana, A. Revanth Reddy, was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on May 31 in Hyderabad when he was offering Rs.50 lakh to nominated legislator Elvis Stephenson to make him vote for the TDP-BJP candidate in the Telangana legislative council elections.

The Telangana home minister has claimed that the police have evidence that Naidu also spoke to Stephenson.

Chinnarajappa alleged that the TRS and YSR Congress party hatched a conspiracy to implicate Naidu in a false case.

He wanted to know why Stephenson was not arrested while Revanth Reddy was booked and taken into custody.

The Andhra Pradesh deputy chief minister said it was the TRS which used illegal methods to woo opposition legislators.

He said with 63 legislators, the TRS was in a position to win three or four seats in the council but it secured five seats as the party polled 20 more votes.

He demanded a probe into the additional votes polled by TRS candidates.

As the Telugu Desam party has been facing comments from its opposition parties in both the Telugu states courting the bribe episode, the main opposition leader of Andhra Pradesh, YSR Congress party Chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has fired Chandrababu for his false tactics in politics. He expressed confidence that he would become CM of Andhra Pradesh in two years.

Addressing  the huge gathering at Samara Deeksha, Jagan said that Chandrababu will not continue as Chief Minister after two years and is ashamed to see  leader like him. Jagan promised the capital region farmers that if he comes to power all the lands will be given back without fail.

The Samara Deeksha’s main aim was to expose the false promises and virtual goals set by Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu. Jagan further added that his security personnel are being aware of people are they are not satisfied with his rule and may attack at any point of time. So, what do you think? Will he be the next CM?

Amidst the shocking arrest of the T-TDP leader Revanth Reddy, the Anti Corruption bureau is all set to serve notices to the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu for his involvement in the case. However, this will be done only after interrogating Revanth Reddy and the other accused in this case.

Even though the ACB has the evidence of the telephone conversation of Chandrababu and the nominated MLA Stephenson, it is trying to boost up he evidence and with a perfect plan to attack Chandrababu.

According to a leading daily, ACB has sorted out that Rs 50 lakhs was given to Stephenson out of Rs 2.5 crores drawn by an unknown person from a bank near NTR Trust Bhavan.

The ACB is now trying to trace the unknown person and the other MLAs who were bribed. ACB claimed that tedious interrogation can bring out some shocking truths. Digging it another way, ACB has collected an evidence regarding the “boss” in the video footage and in Revanth’s recent interview he said that Chandrababu is his boss. So, what do you think?

Even though it proudly boasts of a catchy tagline, “Taste bhi aur Health bhi”, the FMCG Giant Maggi noodles is now stuck in an unexpected fiasco.

During the end of May, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India of the Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki division test a few samples of the FMCG giant Maggi, and the tests showed excess of Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) and lead, taste enhancers found in packaged foods, in the Maggi noodles, advising the UP government to ban the selling and consuming of Maggi noodles until the FSSAI submits a clear report.

The reports showed that the MSG is 8 times higher than the permissible limits, which will lead to failure of nervous system, learning and thinking disorders, lessening of blood in children while excess lead leads to frequent headaches etc over a chronic period of consumption.

These reports led to intense public protests and after the Indian Army and the Delhi Government banned the selling of Maggi in the market, several states like Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal,Bihar and lately Telangana followed suit and banned Maggi until a standard report from the FSSAI.

This ban on India’s most favorite snack for 40 years made its CEO Paul Bulcke fly down to India and address the company’s loyal customers whose faith in the product has weaken thoroughly. In a press conference earlier today, Bulcke said that Nestle has been in India for the last 100 years and that the company is an integral part of India.

Explaining further, the Nestlé’s CEO said that the MSG found inthe samples is not separately instilled by the company but is naturally found in its ingredients like hydrolyzed groundnut protein, onion powder and atta (wheat flour).

This whole ban resulted in a severe loss to one of the world’s most favorite food brand. The company has so far lost close to 10,000 crores of its market cap in just five trading sessions, with the Nestle shares going down at an alarming rate of 15% from Rs 7,038.65 to Rs 6,010.80.

Already, Nestle withdrew nine variants of Maggi from the market upon the FSSAI’s orders until the state and federal authorities final call on its status once the final report is submitted by the FSSAI.

On the other hand, loyal customers who can’t imagine their day without Maggi noodles have been extending their support to their favorite ‘2 Minute snack’.