Hyderabad:
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has invited himself to the house of his Telangana counterpart Revanth Reddy on the latter’s house. Although the 2 leaders return a great distance, the optics of an NDA Chief Minister assembly his Congress counterpart has set political circles buzzing. Hypothesis is excessive on what tasks the 2 states would possibly collaborate on — a topic hinted at in Mr Naidu’s letter to the Telangana Chief Minister.
“It has been 10 years since bifurcation of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh. There have been a number of discussions regarding points arising from the Reorganization Act. which maintain important implications for the welfare and development of our states. It’s crucial that we handle these points amicably with utmost diligence and resolve. In gentle of this, I suggest that we meet at your home on 6′ July. Saturday afternoon,” Mr Naidu wrote to Mr Reddy.
“I firmly consider {that a} face-to-face assembly will present us with the chance to have interaction comprehensively on these important points and collaborate successfully in direction of reaching mutually helpful options for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. I’m assured that our deliberations will result in productive outcomes,” the letter added.
The carving out of Telangana has landed the Andhra Pradesh — and its Chief Minister — in a tough scenario, particularly now, when the 10-year time for sharing Hyderabad as a joint capital involves an finish.
Andhra Pradesh is but to construct a state capital. Mr Naidu’s Amaravati venture has been at a standstill for the final 5 years after former Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy lower the availability strains.
Extra importantly, the wipeout of Ok Chandrasekhar Rao’s Bharat Rashtra Samithi in Telangana has supplied a gap to Mr Naidu to broaden his foothold within the neighbouring state. For the TDP chief, who has been preventing for a decade to broaden within the new state carved out of Andhra Pradesh, that is too massive a chance to move up.
For Mr Reddy, it creates a scenario that shouldn’t be snug politically. However the two leaders are too properly acquainted. Earlier than becoming a member of Congress, Mr Reddy was a part of the Telugu Desam Get together and a detailed aide of Mr Naidu.
Within the 2015 note-for-vote rip-off, through which Revanth Reddy went to jail, he had acted as Mr Naidu’s emissary to a nominated member of meeting to ask him to vote in favour of the TDP. Mr Reddy was caught on digicam providing Rs 50 lakh to a member.
Mr Reddy, furthermore, is buying a repute of creating pals throughout get together strains. In his latest week-long go to to Delhi, Mr Reddy met a variety of BJP leaders, together with get together chief JP Nadda. When his affable remedy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and calling him “Bada bhai (elder brother) throughout his go to to the state in March raised eyebrows, Mr Reddy defined it saying he wanted to domesticate pleasant relations with all to assist his state develop.
