Speaking to media persons here, Venkaiah Naidu ridiculed the Chief Minister for his open opposition to the Congress Working Committee’s decision on bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. He alleged that Kiran Kumar Reddy’s acts were all scripted to keep the people’s attention distracted from real issues. Similarly, he said that the Congress-led UPA Government would fall if all party MPs from Seemandhra region resign. However, the Congress MPs have been enacting dramas as per the guidelines of Delhi, he alleged.

Venkaiah Naidu said that there was no change in the stand of Bharatiya Janata Party on Telangana issue and it has been made clear on several occasion.

Accusing a few political parties of supporting the terrorists, Venkaiah Naidu alleged that the Indian Mujahideen was conspiring to assassinate party’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi with the support of one political party. However, he predicted that Modi would sweep the next polls to become the next Prime Minister of the country.

BJP National Vice-President Bandaru Dattatreya and other leaders were also present in the press conference. INN

“While the Samaikhaya Sankaravam meet to be addressed by YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is getting all round support from employees, activists, women groups , student unions and various other organizations, TDP leaders are making a meek attempt by issuing directives to people to keep away from the meeting.

These cheap tricks will not work as the two leaders are thoroughly exposed in the public eye by their dubious stand and double speak and they stand as betrayers of Samaikhyandhra movement,” party official spokesperson Vasireddy Padma told reporters here on Tuesday.

The two leaders have been misleading the public on various counts. While Chief Minister has been carrying out the carrot and stick policy on employees as directed by the high command, Naidu has been speaking in terms of package only to help Delhi to speed up the division process, she said.

Any leader approaching the Group of Ministers (GoM) amounts to accepting the division process and MPs, Union Ministers and State leaders meeting the GoM time and again makes it clear that they are willfully helping the Centre to divide the state. Only YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has taken the stand to fight for the cause of a united state.

He has given a call to all parties to join the fight in keeping the state united. Presently, three parties YSRCP, MIM and CPI (M) are opposing the division and five parties are supporting the separate state. If TDP leader withdraws his letter and accepts the united state slogan the number will increase and the ratio will reverse with five parties opposing the division, she said.

Instead, TDP is resorting to cheap tactics of asking people to boycott Samaikhya Sankaravam and such strategy will always fire-back.

YS Jagan Mohan Reddy popularity is on the rise as he has been fighting for the people problems while the State has been burdening the common man with more taxes and hike of power tariff and other charges.

“The state government is trying to unplug the free power scheme by linking it to cash transfer scheme and slowly washing its hands off all subsidies. N Chandababu Naidu during his term acted as an agent of World Bank and took several anti-people decisions and the Kiran Kumar Reddy government is following his example.

Even in the thick of winter, the State has been resorting to power cuts and industrial units are closing down rendering many jobless. If this is the situation in October how will it be in summer is anybody’s guess.

The Chief Minister is trying to push the power crisis under the carpet by raising the false banner of a united state and Chandrababu Naidu too has failed in his duty as a leader of opposition in highlighting power crisis in the state. Naidu is busy leveling false propaganda against YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, she said. INN

Talking to reporters here, Ponguleti said that the Chief Minister and PCC chief were acting as mute spectators on the criticism on Congress president Sonia Gandhi by the opposition parties. He said their silence was spoiling the party’s image among the public. He said that they should counter all the allegations and criticism against the Congress party and Sonia Gandhi.

Further, Ponguleti asked Kiran and Botsa to stand by the same status that they maintained before the CWC announced its decision in favour of Telangana. Asking them to abide by the decision of Congress High Command, he asked them to take steps to end Samaikhyandhra agitation to facilitate formation of Telangana in an amicable manner. INN

Talking to reporters in the Assembly premises, Jeevan Reddy said that the Chief Minister and PCC Chief went against the decision of Congress High Command on the Telangana issue. They gave preference to their own choice, than accepting the decision announced by Congress Working Committee. He said that Kiran Kumar Reddy was repeating the same mistake committed by the then Chief Minister K Rosaiah after December 9, 2009.

Jeevan Reddy ridiculed the claim of Seemandhra leaders that they played a role in development of Hyderabad. He said the entire infrastructure including Secretariat, Assembly, High Court, University, public hospitals and other building were constructed by last Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan. He said the Seemandhra leaders only looted the natural resources of Telangana region, encroached upon the lands of Hyderabad and its surroundings and shifted this revenue to Andhra region. INN

The Chief Minister will be participating in the Indiramma Kalalu programme on Monday in Medak which happens to be the native district of the Deputy Chief Minister. There were reports that things are not well with the two leaders and even the Congress High Command had invited Damodar Rajanarsimha separately and not with the Chief Minister.

The distance between them is growing with the incident of Raja Narasimha keeping away from the meeting at Medak. INN