Chandrababu Naidu

Telugu Desam Party late on Thursday night released a list of 126 candidates for the April 11 assembly elections, which includes Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu.

The Supreme Court on Friday will hear a petition moved by 21 Opposition parties, asking it to pass a directive that electronic voting machines be made tamper-proof.

MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday welcomed the Election Commission’s decision to have single-phase polling in Telugu states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday said that his party will complain to the Election Commission of India on data theft issue.

The Shiv Sena said its leader Sanjay Raut’s visit to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu during his fast in Delhi was merely a courtesy call, and criticised the BJP over handling of its allies.

On a day BJP leaders were firing on all cylinders, taking pot shots at Chandrababu Naidu — ‘pull him down, bury him’ – Shiv Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut was showing solidarity with the Andhra Chief Minister.

Calling Prime Minister Modi a ‘world famous liar’, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal accused him of behaving like a Pakistani Prime Minister to subvert India’s federal structure. Kejriwal says the way PM Modi treats state governments run by non-BJP parties looks as if he is the Prime Minister of Pakistan.

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh extended support to Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu’s day-long fast for special status to the state and said the central government should fulfil the promise without any further delay.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu began a day-long fast here on Monday, demanding that the Centre grant special status to the state and fulfil all promises made before its bifurcation in 2014

Deviating from core issues of governance, the political discourse in the run-up to the general election is getting increasingly personalised and abusive.