A Chakrapani and Nethi Vidyasagar Rao on Saturday were elected as Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Legislative Council unanimously.
Council Pro-tem Chairman Basava Punnaiah conducted the election.
Their election was a foregone conclusion as no other candidates had filed nominations for the posts. Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and other party leaders congratulated both Dr Chakrapani and Mr Vidyasagar Rao.
Dr Chakrapani had stepped down from the Council Chairmans post following his term as MLC coming to a close. He was renominated from the Governors quota, clearing the decks for his re-election.
Chakrapani accepts Mohan Reddy's resignation as MLC
2012/5/18 7:25:30 Hyderabad, May 18 (INN): State Legislative Council chairman Dr A Chakrapani on Friday accepted the resignation of SV Mohan Reddy as the member of the council.
Mohan Reddy was elected to the council from the local bodies of Kurnool district in March 2011. On May 9, he resigned as MLC as well as from the primary membership of the Congress party. Since he was moving very close to YSR Congress party, the ruling party lodged a complaint with the Council chairman Dr Chakrapani seeking his disqualification.
He was also served a notice and a day after appearing before the Council Chairman, he submitted his resignation as the MLC.
Mohan Reddy welcomed the chairman's decision and said now he could work independently for the YSR Congress party.
CM proposes Manohar, Vikramarka to head House, DS skips
2011/6/3 9:20:56
Pradesh Congress Committee president D Srinivas was conspicuous by his absence when Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy proposed the names of Nadendla Manohar and Batti Vikramarka as the party nominees for the posts of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the state Assembly.
Government Whip Kondru Murali seconded the proposal.
The name of Mr Manohar as Congress nominee for the Speakers post was proposed by both the Chief Minister and his Cabinet colleagues, while the name of Mr Vikramarka for the Deputy Speakers post was proposed by Mr Kondru Murali and other Ministers.
The Chief Minister also proposed the name of A Chakrapani and Nethi Vidyasagar Rao for Legislative Council Chairman and Vice-Chairman respectively.
MLC Indrasena Reddy seconded Dr Chakrapanis name and Council Whip Shivaram Reddy seconded Mr Vidyasagar Raos name.
Later Mr Manohar and Mr Vikramarka submitted their nominations for the Speaker and Deputy Speaker posts respectively to Secretary of the state Legislature A Raja Sadaram.
Similarly, Dr A Chakrapani and Nethi Vidyasagar Rao submitted their nominations for Council Chairman and Vice-Chairman posts respectively.
Ministers Dharmanna Prasad Rao, Sailajanath, D Manikya Vara Prasad Rao, Danam Nagender, DK Aruna, Sunitha Lakshma reddy, Anam Ramnarayana Reddy, Botsa Satyanarayana, Pithani Satyanarayana Rao, Vatti Vasanth Kumar, Erasu Prathap Reddy, K Balraju, Basavaraju Saraiah, Praja Rajyam Party president K Chiranjeevi and AIMIM MLA Syed Pasha Quadri were present.
Later, the Congress Ministers proceeded to the Praja Rajyam Legislature Office seeking the PRPs support for the elections and the No Confidence Motion.
2011/7/31 17:50:07 Noted Tollywood producer D.Suresh has been unanimously elected as the new president of AP Film Chamber of Commerce in the elections conducted by its members at APFCC office on Sunday. Dil Raju (V.Venkata Ramana Reddy), Sunil Narang and SVV Subrahmanyam were elected as Vice Presidents. K.Ashok Kumar and M.Ramesh were elected as Gen.Secretaries of the Chamber. PV Ravi Kishore was elected as the treasurer.
V.Srinivas, M.Ramdas, B.Venkateswara Rao, B.Sanjeeva Rao, V.Veeri Naidu and P.Sambhasiva Reddy were elected as joint secretaries of the Chamber.
Natti Kumar was elected as the president for its producers wing, D.Vishnu Murthy as president for its distributors wing and VC Harinath Reddy elected as president of exhibitors wing of Film Chamber.
Later, addressing the members the new president of Film Chamber D.Suresh Babu has said there were several problems need to be resolved in the industry. He will try to resolve all those problems with the help of his new team.
2012/2/4 11:35:39 BV Raghavulu has been elected as the State Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for the fifth consecutive term.
Raghuvulu was unanimously elected for the post during the party's national convention here on Saturday. His election was announced in the presence of party's national secretary Prakash Karat and central committee member Sitaram Yechury. Raghuvlu was first elected to the post in 1997 during a convention held at Nalgonda.
The CPI (M) has also elected 15 other secretaries for the State. Five leaders have also been nominated as Special Invitees. They are Simhadari Shiva Reddy, M Swaraju, P Anandrama Sharma, Chowdhary Tejeshwar Rao and K Venkataiah.
The party has also announced an 81-member working committee. Besides, Tulasi Rao has been named the chairman of State Disciplinary Committee while Hari Kishore and Ratna Mala have been nominated as members. (INN)
Botsa likely Dy Speaker, Chakrapani to head Council
2011/6/2 5:52:57 Pradesh Congress Committee president D Srinivas on Thursday directed all the MLAs and Council Members of the Party to attend the two-day Session of the Legislature to be convened on June 4.
According to sources, the PCC chief directed all members to attend the Legislature meeting at 12 to discuss the election of Speaker and Deputy Speaker posts.
The meeting will also elect the Legislative Council Chairman in the evening session.
Meanwhile, the state government issued notification for the election of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker.
Earlier, since the appointment of Kiran Kumar Reddy as Chief Minister, Deputy Speaker Nadendla Manohar has been discharging responsibilities as Speaker of Assembly.
According to relevant sources, Deputy Speaker Nadendla Manohar will be elected as Speaker and Minister for Legislative Affairs D Sridhar Babu will be elected as Deputy Speaker. Sources say that Deputy Speaker Nadendla Manohar has already submitted his resignation from his post, thus paving the way for elevation to the Speakers post.
Mr Sridhar Babu has reportedly called other party leaders seeking support for his candidature for the Deputy Speaker post.
In this regard, Mr Sridhar Babu is likely to meet Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday evening, seeking his support for his candidature.
Meanwhile, Dr A Chakrapani is likely to be re-elected as the Legislative Council Chairman. Sources say that the above names have the Congress High Commands blessings
Vijayamma sworn in MLA, Jagan group indicates rethink on No Trust
2011/6/3 3:40:40
Pulivendula MLA YS Vijayalakshmi was sworn in by Pro-tem Assembly Speaker JC Diwakar Reddy on Friday on the Assembly premises after she was re-elected with a thumping majority on the YSR Congress Party ticket.
The brief ceremony was attended by MP-elect and her son YS Jaganmohan Reddy, MP Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy, MLAs Konda Surekha, Jayasudha, Shobha Nagireddy, K Srinivas, Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar, Dharmanna Krishnadas, Bharathi, Adinarayana Reddy and Golla Babu Rao. MLCs Pulla Padmavathi and Konda Murali were also present.
After the ceremony, MLA Adinarayana Reddy stated that the Speaker should be unanimously elected to his post as per the tradition. It is a tradition not to field any candidate for the Speaker and Legislative Council Chairmans post. Both the posts should be elected unanimously without any competition, he stated.
Mr Adinarayana Reddys statement assumes importance in the wake of TDP announcing plans that it would field its own candidate KE Krishna Murthy to Speakers post.
When asked about partys stand on the No Confidence Motion to be introduced by the Telugu Desam Party, Mr Adinarayana Reddy stated that the party would take a decision at an appropriate time.
The notice to introduce the Motion given by the TDP has many lapses. We will have to study it thoroughly. If need be, we will have to reconsider our decision of supporting the No Confidence Motion, he said.
Elect heads, deputies as per tradition: Sridhars plea
2011/6/3 4:08:20 In the wake of the Telugu Desam Party announcing its own candidates for the Speaker and his Deputys posts, Legislative Affairs Minister D Sridhar Babu on Friday appealed to all parties to follow the tradition and ensure that the Heads of the two Houses of the state Legislature be elected unanimously.
Talking to media persons at Assembly premises, Mr Sridhar Babu appealed to the Legislators to elect the Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Legislative Council Chairman and Deputy Chairman unanimously and thereby respect the tradition of the House.
The Legislative Affairs Minister sought the support and cooperation of all elected representatives in this regard so that the elections to the important posts could be conducted without acrimony.
Responding to the introduction of No Confidence Motion by the Telugu Desam Party against the N Kiran Kumar Reddy government on the farmers issues, Mr Sridhar Babu stated that the Opposition has the every right to introduce the Motion.
However, he exuded confidence that the No Trust Motion would be defeated convincingly.
Sridhar Babu likely Dy Speaker, Chakrapani to head Council
2011/6/2 10:07:47
Pradesh Congress Committee president D Srinivas on Thursday directed all the MLAs and Council Members of the Party to attend the two-day Session of the Legislature to be convened on June 4.
According to sources, the PCC chief directed all members to attend the Legislature meeting at 12 to discuss the election of Speaker and Deputy Speaker posts.
The meeting will also elect the Legislative Council Chairman in the evening session.
Meanwhile, the state government issued notification for the election of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker.
Earlier, since the appointment of Kiran Kumar Reddy as Chief Minister, Deputy Speaker Nadendla Manohar has been discharging responsibilities as Speaker of Assembly.
According to relevant sources, Deputy Speaker Nadendla Manohar will be elected as Speaker and Minister for Legislative Affairs D Sridhar Babu will be elected as Deputy Speaker. Sources say that Deputy Speaker Nadendla Manohar has already submitted his resignation from his post, thus paving the way for elevation to the Speakers post.
Mr Sridhar Babu has reportedly called other party leaders seeking support for his candidature for the Deputy Speaker post.
In this regard, Mr Sridhar Babu is likely to meet Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday evening, seeking his support for his candidature.
Meanwhile, Dr A Chakrapani is likely to be re-elected as the Legislative Council Chairman. Sources say that the above names have the Congress High Commands blessings.
2012/1/13 10:15:13 Congress whip in the Legislative YS Sivaram Reddy on Friday lodged a complaint against YSR Congress party loyalist MLCs Konda Murali, Pulla Padmavati and SV Mohan Reddy with Legislative Council Chairman A Chakrapani.
Lodging the petition at his chambers, Sivaram Reddy said that the Congress party seeks disqualification of these MLCs for indulging in the anti-party activities with the active support of Jagan group. Receiving the petition, Council Chairman A Chakrapani said that he would look into their issue and take disciplinary action as per the established norms.
Sivaram Reddy also enclosed several CDs to substantiate the party’s charge against the three MLCs. (INN)
2012/3/31 1:15:12 The 21st National Council meeting of Communist Party of India being held at Patna on Saturday unanimously elected Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy of Andhra Pradesh as party General Secretary replacing present incumbent A B Bardhan.
Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy become the first leader from the State to have been elected to top post at the national level after a gap of 24 years. Suravaram Sudhakar would continue in the post for four years.
Born in Mahbubnagar district on March 25, 1942, he participated in agitations since his school days in Kurnool and completed his LLB from Osmania University. He was two time general secretary of AISF in 1966 and 1969 and president for 1970.
He was elected to Lok Sabha from Nalgonda Constituency in 1998 and 2004. He was assistant secretary of CPI from 1995-97, secretary, state council from 1997-2005 and presently working as deputy general secretary. (INN)
2011/10/7 4:02:05 YSR Congress Party president YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Friday received a major jolt with one of its prominent leader from Kurnool district joining the Telugu Desam Party.
Condemning Jagan's style of functioning, senior politician Shilpa Chakrapani Reddy raised a banner of revolt and joined the TDP at NTR Trust Bhavan in the presence of its president N Chandrababu Naidu. Admitting Chakrapani Reddy in the party, Naidu reportedly assured him that he would be given ticket from Srisailum Assembly constituency in the next elections.
Talking to media persons, Chakrapani Reddy said that he quit YSR Congress party as he was not happy with Jagan Mohan Reddy’s style of functioning. “There is no freedom in the YSR Congress," he stated.
Shilpa Chakrapani Reddy is the brother of Shilpa Mohan Reddy, a former minister and Congress leader from Kurnool district.
Meanwhile, TDP leader from Kurnool district Baireddy Rajasekhar Reddy alleged that the Congress and YSR Congress party have come to a secret understanding to politically eliminate TDP in the state. He said that Jaganmohan Reddy would merge his party in Congress soon on the lines of Praja Rajyam party chief K Chiranjeevi. (INN)
It was a mere formality and a foregone conclusion. Nara Chandra Babu Naidu was unanimously elected President of the Telugu Desam Party for the seventh time at the silver jubilee of the TDP at Tirupathi. Chandra Babu said that he would strive for the welfare of the poor and the downtrodden for the rest of his life. He also said that his goal in life is to secure a place in the hearts of the people like his father-in-law NT Rama Rao.
2012/2/2 13:11:47 Congress MLC Kanakula Janardhan Reddy on Thursday resigned from the membership of Committee on Petitions in protest while accusing Legislative Council Chairman A Chakrapani of not giving priority to seniors during the appointments to various committees.
Talking to media persons at Assembly premises, Janardhan Reddy slammed Chakrapani for showing discrimination against Telangana leaders during the appointment of various committees. He said that injustice has been done to all leaders from the Telangana region.
Reddy said that he would take up the matter with the Congress party seniors seeking remedial measures.
Earlier, MLC K R Amos on Wednesday submitted his resignation from both, the Ethics and Estimate Committees, expressing dissatisfaction against Chakrapani in the appointment of members for various committees. (INN)
2012/2/24 7:22:27 Karimnagar, Feb 24 (INN): Senior communist leader K Narayana was on Friday unanimously elected as State Secretary of Communist Party of India for the record third time.
Narayana was elected as the State Secretary in party's 24th Mahasabha going on in Karimnagar district. Apart from Narayana, the Mahasabha also elected 10 members as office-bearers.
Talking to media persons after his election, Narayana said that the party's executive committee would take a decision on February 29 on whether or not to contest the by-elections in the State.
Responding to Roads and Buildings Minister Dharmana Prasad Rao accepting his challenge on misuse of examination centre for his son’s wedding reception, Narayana said that the Minister wants to escape from the charges by raising technical points. However, he said that he would prove his charge with evidence and was ready for a public debate at anytime and anywhere as per the wish of Minister.
Narayana also announced that the CPI would extend its support to the trade unions' call for nation-wide bandh on February 28. He said the CPI would also launch a campaign and a bike rally across the state from Feb 25-27 in support of the bandh call.
2011/7/25 9:01:48 The governing body of Mahabubnagar District Indian Red Cross society has been elected unanimously under the Chairmanship of district Collector M Purushotham Reddy on Sunday evening.
A press statement issued by district Collector on Monday stated that the newly elected governing body members have been named as Anantha Reddy, A Nataraj, Nagendra Swamy, Md Amar, Mamidipally Bheemreddy, P Laxman, Manohare Reddy Jayaraju, M Laxman, and P Yadaiah Gupta.
The Collector, soon after the elections, congratulated the members and requested them to work hard to bring good name to the District Red Cross.
He hoped the new committee would make special efforts to organize more blood donation camps and health camps for the benefit of poor people.
On the occasion, Red Cross Secretary Khaja Qutubuddin and Ananta Reddy were present.(INN)
Popular producer K Nagendra Babu who gave a recent blockbuster like 'Stalin' has been elected as president of Movie Artistes Association (MAA) unanimously for the year 2006-08. So far, he was its vice-president. Though he was a big producer and the brother of Mega Star Chiranjeevi, he has a down-to-earth personality and had concern over the fellow film workers. Moreover, one had to accept the fact that he had a good taste in films. The films produced by him like 'Rudraveena' and 'Stalin' prove his taste as producer and the characters he played in different films also prove it. Let the film industry prosper under his able leadership.
The long drawn out bigamy case filed by Nandini, first wife of Pawan Kalyan took a political turn the other day. The case has been going on for over a year now. Nandini found unexpected support from the Bharatiya Janata Party. The senior BJP leader K Vidyasagar Rao said that the police have failed to do their duty by not arresting Pawan Kalyan based on prima facie evidence.
Vidyasagar Rao said that despite having all evidence with her, Nandini is still fighting for justice. The BJP leader also felt that there was a need to mend the criminal code procedure so that the police can take quick action. Vidyasagar Rao said that the incidence of bigamy was growing up day by day and a suitable amendment to the law was needed to protect unfortunate victims like Nandini.
2012/2/1 14:26:17 Expressing serious dissatisfaction and unhappiness over the attitude of Legislative Council Chairman A Chakrapani in appointing members to various committees, Telangana Congress MLC K R Amos on Wednesday submitted his resignation from both the Ethics and Estimate committees.
Talking to media persons in Assembly premises, Amos criticized the attitude of Dr Chakrapani in not giving preference to seniors in appointing committees members.
Alleging that great injustice was meted out to Telangana region in these appointments, he said that R Chakrapani insulted senior members of the Council by giving priority to juniors in committee posts and particularly to those members who were from coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions.
“Dr Chakrapani is showing discrimination towards senior leaders in awarding committee chairmens’ posts as they belonged to the Telangana region,” he pointed out. Raising serious objection over appointing first time Council member M S Prabhakar as chairman of Ethics Committee, Amos said that he would raise this issue before party high command and seek justice.
MLCs Kanakula Janardhan Reddy and Yadav Reddy also expressed displeasure over the appointments and wanted party high command to do justice to Telangana MLCs in the committees. (INN)
2011/7/27 10:49:29 Chairman, 20-Point Programme N Tulasi Reddy on Wednesday quoted Bharatiya Janata Party leader LK Advanis words made in 2000 that people had supported, with one voice, the declaration of Chhattisgarh, Uttaranchal and Jharkhand states and said that this is not the case in Andhra Pradesh presently.
Speaking to media persons at the Secretariat on Wednesday, Mr Tulasi Reddy ridiculed the current BJP leaders' assurance that separate Telangana state would be possible when their party came to power.
During their 5-year rule from 1999 to 2004, the BJP did not make any such attempt and now it was promising a separate state, Dr Tulasi Reddy said.
BJP leader and former Union Home Minister L K Advani himself categorically stated here on September 21, 2000 at a meeting organised by the National Industrial Security Academy, that UP, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar Assemblies had unanimously passed resolutions and decided for the formation of smaller states of Uttaranchal, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, said Dr Tulasi Reddy.
Former Union Minister of State for Home Ch Vidyasagar Rao had also said on September 20, 2000 that division of Telugu people was impossible. there was lot of difference between the Telangana movement started 30 years ago and now, Mr Vidyasagar Rao had said in 2000, the Congress leader pointed out and added that merely for political mileage, the separate Telangana issue was being raised.
Because of such double standards adopted by the BJP, it lost the confidence of the people, the 20-Point Economic Programme chief said.(INN)
Chakrapani expresses satisfaction over Council's performance
2012/4/2 7:27:11 State Legislative Council chairman Dr A Chakrapani on Monday claimed that this year's budget session was much better in terms of performance and output.
Addressing a press conference here, Dr Chakrapani said that compared to last year's 45 hours and 46 minutes, the Legislative Council functioned for 78 hours and 46 minutes this year. This year as many as 144 questions were answered compared to last year's 124 question. As many as six Short Questions, double than last year's, were also answered during the budget session. Compared to last year's 185 supplementary questions, this year the number was 493.
Dr Chakrapani said that the Legislative Council took up two short debates on SC, ST sub-plan and Excise Bill. Further, 17 Bills were also passed and two House Committees including a Joint House Committee on land allotments were constituted.
The Council Chairman said that from the next session, the Standing Committees would be constituted on the lines of Parliament's Standing Committee. He expresses satisfaction over the smooth functioning of the House and claimed that several issues of public importance were discussed during the session.
Regarding the disqualification petitions of rebel Congress MLCs, he said he was in received of three petitions and action would be taken only after the receipt of counter from the MLCs concerned.
Government Whip Rudraraju Padmaraju and Assembly Secretary Dr S Raja Sadaram were also present during the press conference. (INN)
Noted Tollywood producer D.Suresh has been unanimously elected as the new president of AP Film Chamber of Commerce in the elections conducted by its members at APFCC office on Sunday. Dil Raju (V.Venkata Ramana Reddy), Sunil Narang and SVV Subrahmanyam were elected as Vice Presidents. K.Ashok Kumar and M.Ramesh were elected as Gen.Secretaries of the Chamber. PV Ravi Kishore was elected as the treasurer.
BV Raghavulu has been elected as the State Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for the fifth consecutive term.
The 21st National Council meeting of Communist Party of India being held at Patna on Saturday unanimously elected Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy of Andhra Pradesh as party General Secretary replacing present incumbent A B Bardhan.
YSR Congress Party president YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Friday received a major jolt with one of its prominent leader from Kurnool district joining the Telugu Desam Party.
Expressing serious dissatisfaction and unhappiness over the attitude of Legislative Council Chairman A Chakrapani in appointing members to various committees, Telangana Congress MLC K R Amos on Wednesday submitted his resignation from both the Ethics and Estimate committees.
