Former Home Minister of Telangana and founder member of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Nayani Narsimha Reddy passed away on Thursday. The 86-year-old had tested positive for COVID-19 recently and later tested negative. However, with other ailments he was admitted to hospital. He died while undergoing for lung-related problems.&nbsp;\r\nNayani played an active role both in first generation separate Telangana movement in 1969 and also later from 2014. He was one among the handful of leaders who founded Telangana along with TRS president and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.\r\nHe was known for his wit and his loud and powerful voice in pukka Telangana dialect.&nbsp; Nayani was also a popular trade union leader. He played key role at national level in Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS) and he was president of its Telangana unit till his last day.\r\nBorn in Neredugommu village in Devarakonda mandal in Nalgonda district, Nayani studied up to HSC. While participating in trade union activities, Nayani started his political career with Janta Party.\r\nA three-time MLA from Musheerabad Assembly segment in Hyderabad, Nayani elected to Assembly for the first time in 1978 on Janata Party ticket. He won for the second time on Janata Party ticket in 1985 and on TRS ticket in 2004.\r\nBeing a socialist, Nayani never compromised on the political ideals he believed and disassociated from Congress party. He neither joined BJP. He became active in politics after he founded the TRS along with KCR.\r\nChief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao expressed shock over the death of Nayani Narasimha Reddy. Rao recalled his association with Nayani during the Telangana separate statehood movement and in the State government. The CM instructed Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar to arrange the last rites to the departed leader with official honours.

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Former Telangana Minister Nayani Narasimha Reddy Dies

Nayani Narasimha Reddy Passes Away

Former minister and Telugu Desam legislature party deputy leader in the assembly, K Atchannaidu has been appointed as TDP Andhra Pradesh unit president. Atchannaidu will replace another former minister from Srikakulam district, Kala Venkata Rao. Former Chief Minister and TDP supremo Chandrababu Naidu on Monday reconstituted the state units of AP, Telangana, central committee and the highest decision making unit-politburo. However, L Ramana is retained as the party president for the Telangana state unit.\r\nChandrababu Naidu&rsquo;s brother-in-law and Hindupur MLA Nandamuri Balakrishna has been inducted to the politburo. The question will Balakrishna be given any importance. Earlier, his elder brother Harikrishna was also included in politburo, but he wasn&rsquo;t given any significance.\r\nGuntur MP Galla Jayadev has been taken into TDP politburo to replace the vacancy created by his mother and former minister Galla Aruna Kumari. Curiously, Aruna Kumari has been taken into central committee.\r\nNaidu named 25-member politburo and 27 member central committee. Former MLA from Jaggaiahpet, Sriram Tataiah (Rajagopal) has been appointed as party treasurer, the post held by former minister Sidda Raghavarao before he switched sides to YSRC recently.

Balakrishna In TDP Politburo

Balakrishna Into TDP Politburo, Any Importance?

The battle lines are drawn for the Dubbaka byelection. The TRS is raring to better its 62,600 votes majority to consolidate its grip on the constituency in Medak district while the Congress and the BJP are sharpening their weapons in the armory for the big fight on November 3.\r\nInitially, situations were completely in favor of TRS candidate Sujatha. But Congress and BJP seems to give tough fight. Equations are changing regularly, and we can&rsquo;t say for now, who will win the battle.\r\nFormer MLA Muthyam Reddy&rsquo;s son Cheruku Srinivas Reddy is contesting on Congress ticket, while BJP fielded M Raghunandan Rao. There is sympathy wave on Srinivas Reddy as well. But, late campaigning and no star campaigner for the party turn big minus.\r\nMeanwhile, many wonder why Congress Party&rsquo;s star campaigner Vijayashanthi is silent and why she is not part of the campaigning in support of Congress Party.\r\nOriginally, Congress planned to field Vijayashanthi for Dubbaka byelection. Even, Vijayashanthi too showed interest. But, she got complete disapproval from the local leaders who cautioned party will face humiliating defeat if the ticket is given to Vijayashanthi.\r\nUpset with the recent developments, Vijayashanthi decided not to campaign for Congress for the byelection. Earlier, there were reports that, she will join again in BJP. But, it seems, she has decided to stay away from politics.\r\nVijayashanthi made comeback to films with Mahesh Babu&rsquo;s Sarileru Neekevvaru which was a runaway hit. She is expected to continue doing films!

Dubbaka By Poll, Why Vijayashanthi Is Silent?

Dubbaka Byelection: Vijayashanthi Missing!

Yesteryear actress and Congress spokesperson from Tamil Nadu Khushbu Sunder has resigned from Congress. In her experience, she noticed there was no ground-level connectivity, and the higher-ups in the party are high-handed.\r\nHours after resigning from Congress, Khushbu has joined the BJP. And while she had rebelled against Congress and supported the government&rsquo;s stand on National Education Policy, she had maintained that she will not join BJP.\r\nIn the past, Khushbu used objectionable terms against the BJP members and followers. Here is a list of tweets that were posted by her in the last few years, targeting BJP members and followers.\r\nOn 14th October 2017, she called Sangh followers uncouth, filthy, dirty, cheap minded and abusive. She alleged that those who follow Sangh or BJP are living only to troll.\r\nThe RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh), a voluntary nationalist organisation and the BJP are ideological aligned on various issues and many BJP supporters and leaders have been member of the RSS. RSS is a socio-cultural organisation that is the ideological parent of the BJP\r\nOn 25th September 2019, she called Sangh and BJP followers dumb idiots and physically ret**ds. Actor, politician Khushbu was born as Nakhat Khan in a Muslim family and married actor, director, producer Sunder C in 2000. In a tweet she said she still embraces Islam.\r\nOn 5th October last year, she called BJP followers &lsquo;monkeys without 6th sense&rsquo;\r\nOn 28th February this year, she called BJP followers religious fanatics bigots for addressing her as Nakhat Khan. Congress has often called CM Yogi Adityanath by his birth name, but they get irked when people refer to Sonia Gandhi as Antonia Maino, her birth name.\r\nOnly five days ago, she quoted someone on Twitter and alleged that those who declare themselves Sanghi stop looking at the problems faced by farmers. She was referring to the newly passed Farmers&rsquo; bills.\r\nMeanwhile, netizens are trolling Khushbu for her double standards.\r\n*You didn\'t swapped the party but you have swapped ideology overnight. That\'s something illogical. Anyways who cares about logic when you get powers.\r\n*So Sanghis are not jumping like monkeys anymore Ms Khushboo? @khushsundar ,you should apologize to 120crore people.\r\n* You are turning out to be a female version of @ncbn . Ready to ally with anyone with no morals or principles. Keep going.\r\n* All these days she used to treat #BJPsupporters and party people as #Bhakth and used to give counters to @BJP4India . But today she became a #Bhakth , proved again that every politician is same and have same motto!!!\r\n* @khushsundar you say that u were extremely critical about modi and shah because you were under the compulsion!! I can\'t get any bigger exam to show an opportunist.

Khushbu Trolled For Joining BJP

Khushbu Joins BJP, Trolls Call Her Opportunist

TRS candidate Kalvakuntla Kavitha, daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, won the Nizamabad local bodies MLC election with a total of 728 out of 823 votes. While the BJP got 56 votes, the Congress party polled 29 votes. There were 10 invalid votes.

Polling for Nizamabad Local Bodies&rsquo; MLC constituency by-election concluded peacefully in the erstwhile district on Friday, recording 99.64 per cent turnout.

Kavitha Kalvakuntla&rsquo;s victory was clear in the first round of counting, when she got 532 out of 600 votes. BJP candidate P Laxminarayana and Congress candidate B Subhash Reddy were left far behind.

The former Nizamabad MP&rsquo;s victory, however, was a inevitable conclusion as the party had enough votes among the elected representatives electorate. The electorate consisted of sarpanches, ward members, municipal councillors, MPTC and ZPTC members and MLAs and MLCs.

In the 2019 parliament elections, Kavitha, who was a sitting MP from Nizamabad, lost in the poll to BJP nominee D Arvind. With this election, Kavitha has come back to playing a more active role in politics. She will take oath as MLC on 14th of this month.

K Kavitha Wins Nizamabad MLC Election

K Kavitha Wins Nizamabad MLC Election With Huge Majority

TRS MLA Solipeta Ramalinga Reddy passed away in the early hours of Thursday at around 2:30 am at AIG Hospital in Gacchibowli, Hyderabad. Reddy, who represented the Dubbaka Assembly constituency as its legislator, had not been keeping well for quite some time due to critical health issues. He was survived by wife, son and a daughter.\r\nAs per reports, Ramalinga Reddy had developed complications due to stoppage of blood circulation to one of his legs. He underwent a surgery at a private hospital in Kompally nearly three weeks ago. Unfortunately, the surgery was unsuccessful and with his health condition deteriorated. His family members then shifted him to AIG Hospital last week. Reddy was put on a ventilator support. He breathed his last due to cardiac arrest.\r\nSolipeta Ramalinga Reddy took an active part throughout the separate statehood agitation that his party spearheaded over the last decade. Before stepping into politics, he worked as a journalist.

Nayani Narasimha Reddy Passes Away

Nayani Narasimha Reddy Passes Away

Balakrishna Into TDP Politburo, Any Importance?

Balakrishna Into TDP Politburo, Any Importance?

Dubbaka Byelection: Vijayashanthi Missing!

Dubbaka Byelection: Vijayashanthi Missing!

Khushbu Joins BJP, Trolls Call Her Opportunist

Khushbu Joins BJP, Trolls Call Her Opportunist

K Kavitha Wins Nizamabad MLC Election With Huge Majority

K Kavitha Wins Nizamabad MLC Election With Huge Majority

TRS MLA Solipeta Ramalinga Reddy No More

TRS MLA Solipeta Ramalinga Reddy No More