Chennai: Convinced of the political vacuum in Tamil Nadu, BJP has planned a yatra named ‘Vetrivel Yatra’ with an aim to strengthen itself in the South by triggering Hindu sentiments. Yatra will cover six lord Murugan temples in state in a span of one month, in time for the upcoming 2021 assembly elections.

The campaign in Dubbaka by-poll ended on Sunday evening on a dramatic note. There were allegations, counter allegations, complaints to the Central Election Commission by both the TRS and the BJP and there was an immolation attempt by a BJP worker to boot.  TRS working president K. Taraka Rama Rao  (KTR) has alleged that BJP has planned to create violence in order to generate a sympathy wave. Currency note bundles worth one crore rupees were seized from BJP candidate Raghunandana Rao’s brother-in-law. Complaints have been filed with the Election Commission. The campaign had generated more heat than expected with the aggressive ways the BJP had adopted.

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Dubbaka: One  by-poll which highlighter the  importance of elections in Telangana is Dubbaka, with leaders of major parties camping in the constituency. The sight of the leaders falling on voter’s feet shows the critical  importance of win for parties like BJP and the Congress who took this election as do-or-die battle.

Bihar appears to be preparing to throw up a surprise by making a 30 year-old young man the next chief minister. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with all his guile and experience has been giving an impression of a man on the way out. Both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar have said enough about the care they had taken to protect the migrant workers during the epidemic when the virus was at its peak. But they did not sound convincing.

Hyderabad: Out of 12 candidates to be nominated as MLCs  from Governor quota in Maharashtra, Maha Vikas Agadhi Government included Urmila’s name in the list. As per the congress sources, she is not keen to be nominated from National party after she quit it.

Nellore : Minister for Water Resources Anil Kumar Yadav made it clear that the State government will not compromise on Polavaram project and promised  to complete it by December 2021. He flayed opposition leaders for  neglecting the project during their term by making secret pacts for the sake of commissions from contractors.

Chennai: Speculations about Rajinikanth’s entry into politics have been making rounds for more than years are back in social media and political circles with greater intensity. A letter was out recently quoting that there will be much delay in his entry, which may happen after 2021 assembly elections. This created ‘hungama’ with tweets from his fans across globe which read:  “Please come Thaliva, show some light to TN and give some hope”. The main reason for the delay in entry, according to the letter,  is the pandemic which is shaking TN and for a 70-year-old (his fans won’t accept the age) man it might be a great risk to campaign in public with rallies.

Amaravati: Recent statement by central government on Polavaram project created concern about the time of completion of the project. Centre recently stated that it will not involve in the major component of the project related to land acquisition and resettlement which is against the State Reorganisation Act, 2014. AP CM Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy repeatedly said there was large scale corruption in the construction of the project but did not have objection to hand it back  to the Centre if it could complete in a timeframe. Jagan Mohan Reddy strongly believes Polavaram project is a heart of AP people which was started during his father’s period. Jagan Mohan Reddy came up with reverse tendering to reduce the cost of the project which worked,  but now the main question arises about the role of the Centre in this project which was taken up as ‘National Project’.

Amravati:  AP State Election Commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar held a meeting on Wednesday  with all political parties on the issue of conducting local body elections. Ruling party, YCP, skipped the meet as it felt Ramesh Kumar violated the apex Court order that he should consult State Government before calling political parties for their opinion on elections.

Bangalore: Upcoming by elections for two assembly seats in Karnataka on Nov 3 appear to be crucial for all the three main parties – BJP, Congress and JD(S) – for different reasons. In other words, one  can say it is a litmus test for three senior leaders – Yeddyurappa,  Shiva Kumar and Deve Gowda.  All eyes are on two constituencies Sira and Raja Rajeswari Nagar (RR) as they decide the fate of senior politicians of Karnataka, Deve Gowda(87) and Yeduyarappa(79), who are almost looking for a retirement from active politics.