A Saye Sekhar

Almost a dozen schemes were named after YSR, while three welfare schemes have ‘Jagananna’ as their adjective, if not a proper noun.

By fielding PV Narasimha Rao’s daughter and educationist Surabhi Vani Devi, Telangana Rashtra Samithi has turned the Graduates' MLC election into an interesting contest.

Chandrababu Naidu's airport sit-in failed to create a buzz like YS Jaganmohan Reddy's protest managed to in 2017.

New leadership could give a new dimension to governance and KTR could infuse the much-needed youthfulness into the processes, while continuing the old-world charm of KCR's governance.

KCR and Jaganmohan Reddy’s silence over their recent Delhi visits reveals more than it hides.

Though the TRS has emerged the single largest party in the 150-seat GHMC general body, it has been humbled by the number of votes.

PM Modi is visiting Hyderabad on an action-packed day when all political parties are grossly involved in electioneering for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.

A stunned KCR has already begun introspecting the reasons for his party's defeat in the Dubbaka by-elections.

Andhra CM Jaganmohan Reddy’s letter to the CJI, levelling allegations against Justice NV Ramana and some judges of the AP High Court, has opened the proverbial can of worms.

The government is likely to make LG Polymers pay a significant portion of the relief handed over to the victims.

The TRS government is balancing development and welfare. YSR Congress is busy fixing problems created by its predecessor.

Jagan’s assent, KCR’s dissent and Chandrababu Naidu’s inconsequential support for the CAA need to be evaluated in the light of the states’ politics.

There is very little in common between Jagan Mohan Reddy, Chandrababu Naidu and KCR. Except for their sudden warmth to the BJP on key political issues. What explains this camaraderie?

Does the truncated and cash-strapped state of Andhra Pradesh need the world's best capital city or just a functional capital to begin with?

Used to regal treatment, Naidu now undergoes frisking, downgrading of privileges, even the breaking of structures he built. His party alleges it's vendetta. Yet, it's all within the rules.

Is BJP going to wipe out TDP from Andhra? Or is the TDP MPs' move to the saffron party actually a clever ploy by Naidu?

Powerful local players. Rooted regional sensitivities. A host of political miscalculations. And an inability to catch the pulse of the South. All this has limited the Modi Wave to the north of India.

Both have had very different lives, yet full of struggle, both found powerful critics pitted against them, and yet, both fought like there was no tomorrow.

Despite facing attacks from the Congress and other opponents, Jagan constantly played the credibility card, reminding the electorate of his legendary late father. It was a storm Chandrababu Naidu couldn’t weather.

The YSRCP’s first representative in the Rajya Sabha, an affable politician with a cool demeanour, Vijay Sai Reddy gets candid in an informal conversation ahead of the election results.

Having witnessed high-voltage campaigns and vivid drama, and after casting their vote through a violent polling day, the Telugu states will be in some political lull for the next 42 days.

Ramgopal Verma's biopic of N T Rama Rao, from the perspective of his second wife and Chandrababu Naidu's rival, Lakshmi Parvathy, is politically explosive. It awaits release in Andhra, perhaps due to its volatile depictions.

The Telangana electoral landscape has been painted pink — TRS party's signature colour — while it just has some sporadic patches of tricolour — representing the Congress.

While it is a face-off between the Telugu Desam Party and the YSR Congress, three other players are also trying their luck at the hustings.

Articulate, shrewd and ambitious, the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh will have to justify his politics at home, make his moves carefully in the region and keep his eye on national-level gathbandhan gains.

With Naidu wooing KTR for an alliance earlier on, and the TRS leader joining hands with Jagan now, will the political dynamics in Andhra soon change like never before?

After his party being ousted from Telangana's political equation, and with YS Jagan increasingly rising as a strong contender to Andhra Chief Minister post, Naidu needs to up his political game to stay relevant in the anti-Modi brigade

KCR ensured the Telangana sentiment got rekindled to combat the challenge posed by Chandrababu Naidu. He has also emerged now as a national-level political player.