Banda Karthika steps down

"An eco-friendly Mayor and one who did not burden the people with taxes," that is how B. Kartika Reddy wants to be remembered. She put in her papers as the First Citizen here on Monday and the resignation was submitted to GHMC Commissioner M.T. Krishna Babu.

Ms. Reddy also announced that the Council meeting would be held on December 17 when her resignation would be ratified and the process of electing a new Mayor from the Majlis party would be initiated. Deputy Mayor Jaffer Hussain is expected to submit his resignation to her a day before the meeting.

"I resigned as per my party instructions and would extend my cooperation to the new Mayor," she told presspersons at a press conference. Her two year term was "satisfactory" and she thanked all the officers and fellow public representatives for extending their cooperation to her during her stint.

DRIVE AGAINST PLASTICS

"I came straight from home to this post. It took me six months to gauge the political and administrative intricacies and in the last one-and-a-half years several innovative schemes were initiated for the city development," she said. Ms. Reddy was especially proud of her drive against usage of plastic bags of below 20 microns.

"No other city has taken up such a drive," he pointed out and hoped that the civic administration would continue to strictly implement the ban. Flanked by her fellow party corporators, she explained that city infrastructure development plan estimated to cost Rs.1, 400 crore had been approved so was a new pedestrian policy where footpaths would be given prominence.

Mahila Bhavans have been built in 15 circles while lack of sufficient plots delayed the project in other places. Sports complexes were opened in all constituencies at Rs.122 crore was built under the 100-day action plan of the Chief Minister.

The second phase of 100-day was also ready to be unrolled.

A lot of progress was made in taking up rail over and under bridges at several places while 49 junctions were slated to be improved.

About 32,000 self-help groups got Rs.300 crore bank loans while an office for the differently-abled was opened. The Standing Committee presided over by her had approved 951 resolutions and works would be taken up in due course of time.

Kiran Kumar govt. survives no-confidence motion

The Kiran Kumar Reddy government has defeated a no-confidence motion moved against it by the Telugu Desam Party by a margin of 38 votes after a marathon 16-hour debate in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly.

While 122 MLAs voted in favour of the no-confidence motion on Wednesday night, 160 voted against it and one legislator was neutral.

As many as 16 Congress MLAs also voted in favour of the motion. These MLAs have been sailing with YSR Congress of Y S Jaganmohan Reddy for sometime now. One Congress MLA walked out of the House minutes before voting began.

One MLA each of TRS and MIM did not attend the House as they are outside the country.

The debate on the no-confidence motion over the plight of farmers in the state lasted a marathon 16 hours after which voting was taken up at 12.55 a.m. and the head-count of MLAs were then taken.

The ruling party has 153 members in the 29-member House.

This was the ninth time that a no-confidence motion was moved against different governments in Andhra Pradesh's history. And all of them were defeated.

TDP president Chandrababu Naidu had moved a similar motion against the then Y S Rajasekhara Reddy's government in 2008 and lost. This was the second time that his no-confidence motion was defeated.

Earlier on Wednesday, the debate on the no-confidence motion witnessed an acrimonious verbal duel between Reddy and Naidu who said the government has become a "big joke" in the public.

"Our no—confidence is not only against the Chief Minister but also on the ministers. This government has lost our confidence to rule," Naidu had remarked, prompting Kumar to retort: "We don't need Chandrababu's confidence.We have people's confidence and hence are in power".

As the Leader of Opposition named the Chief Minister and made certain remarks about his administration, Reddy rose and said in an angry voice, "Let us settle the scores now," provoking an equal reaction from the former.

"My family (Kiran and his late father Amarnath Reddy) won 12 elections on behalf of the Congress since 1962.I have the support of MLAs and the grace of Sonia Gandhi. You back stabbed your own father-in-law to become the Chief Minister (in 1995)," the Chief Minister had retorted.

Jagan Camp MLA to back Congress

Why did Congress MLA from Darsi in Prakasam district Buchepalli Sivaprasada Reddy, who is an ardent supporter of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, return to the Congress on Sunday, expressing confidence in the Kiran Kumar Reddy government?According to YSRC leaders, it was nothing but the cost of the election. Darsi happens to be constituency where the stakes are very high with candidates having to spend huge amounts of money for campaigning. YSRC leader Ambati Rambabu said if Sivaprasada Reddy supports noconfidence motion, he would be disqualified and would have to fight a byelection from his constituency.

AP Assembly: KTR Challenges Chandrababu Naidu

The ongoing debate in AP Assemly on the No Confidence Motion against Kiran Kumar government moved by TDP took a curious with TRS MLA KT Ramarao terming the TDP president Chandrababu Naidu's two and a half hour speech as trash.

Speaking to reporters at the Assembly Media Point, KTR challenged Chandrababu Naidu to prove the allegations that he levelled against the TRS leaders on the floor of the House during discussions on No Confidence Motion. He termed the entire speech of Naidu as trash and the allegations levelled against TRS are baseless and false. He said was ready for any inquiry into the awarding of Polavaram tenders. "If the inquiry report indicts TRS, I'm even ready to face death sentence (to be precise - 'hanged by the neck') by the court." However, he said Naidu should quit politics and disband his party if the TRS gets a clean chit in the enquiry. He said people would teach a fitting lesson to Naidu if he do not stop levelling such baseless allegations against the TRS.

TRS party and Jagan camp MLAs are the one who lured TDP with their support to move no trust motion against the government. Now that the voting on NCM is scheduled for this evening, it is to be seen whether TRS votes in support of the motion or abstains from voting in view of Naidu's allegations.

 

రియల్ లైఫ్‌లోకి రండి: బాలకృష్ణకు గవర్నర్ సూచన

హైదరాబాద్: బాలకృష్ణ రీల్ లైఫ్ నుంచి రియల్ లైఫ్‌లోకి రావాలని గవర్నర్ ఈఎస్ఎల్ నరసింహన్ సోమవారం నందమూరి అందగాడికి సూచించారు. బసవతారకం ఇండో క్యాన్సర్ ఆసుపత్రిలో నూతనంగా ఏర్పాటు చేసిన బోన్‌మారో ట్రాన్స్‌ప్లాంటేషన్ యూనిట్‌ను గవర్నర్ ప్రారంభించారు. ఈ సందర్భంగా ఆయన మాట్లాడుతూ బాలయ్య ఇప్పటికే సినీ జీవితంలో తండ్రి ఎన్టీఆర్ అడుగుజాడల్లో నడుస్తున్నారని కితాబునిచ్చారు. ఆయన ఇక రీల్ లైఫ్ నుంచి రియల్ లైఫ్ లోకి రావాలని సూచించారు. తండ్రి అడుగుజాడల్లో నడిచి ప్రజా సేవ చేయాలని ఆకాంక్షించారు.

సినీ రంగంలోనే కాకుండా ప్రజా సేవలో కూడా తండ్రిని మార్గదర్శకంగా తీసుకోవాలన్నారు. సత్యసాయి ట్రస్టు మాదిరిగానే ఈ ఆసుపత్రి కూడా మొబైల్ హాస్పిటల్ వ్యాన్లు ఏర్పాటు చేసి గ్రామీణ ప్రాంతాలకు సేవలను విస్తరించాలన్నారు. వైద్యులు సంపాదనే ధ్యేయంగా పని చేయవద్దన్నారు. వైద్యులు కనీసం నెలలో ఒకరోజైనా గ్రామీణ ప్రాంతాలకు వెళ్లి, ఉచిత వైద్య శిబిరాలు నిర్వహించాలని సూచించారు.

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President) మాటలు,కాంగిరేసు ప్రభుత్వ మీద ఆ మంత్రులకే విశ్వాసం లేదన్న
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వల్లించటానికే తప్ప వాటిని ఆచరణలో చూపటానికి కాదని...తన తటస్థ వైఖరి
ద్వారా మరొక్కసారి నిరూపించారు...

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అంశాలను క్రోడీకరించి రైతాంగ కష్టాలను, ప్రజాసమస్యలను అసెంబ్లీలో
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Subbarao Talla

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Opposition parties in AP slam Congress over Telangana

Opposition parties in Andhra Pradesh today hit out at the Congress for dilly-dallying on the contentious Telangana issue and betraying people of the region on the statehood issue.

All of them demanded that the Central government take a decision on the Telangana issue without any further delay and restore normalcy in the state.

Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, considered an ally of the ruling party, was most strident in its criticism of the Congress and alleged that the Centre's indifference on the statehood issue was causing "irreparable damage" to the state's economy.

"Both the government and the private sectors suffered a loss of Rs. 30,000 crore in the last two years because of the agitation for a separate state. Why is the Centre still procrastinating," MIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi questioned, during the course of the debate on the no-confidence motion against the Kiran Kumar Reddy government.

Andhra Pradesh is losing heavily as industries are shifting base to Tamil Nadu and other states, he said.

"The Telangana Rashtra Samiti has been fighting for a separate state for many years now. I don't know how long it will have to fight," Mr. Akbaruddin said.

"It is high time the Government of India took a decision on the Telangana issue. The UPA government should bring the issue to a close," Mr. Akbaruddin said, even as he maintained that his party was totally in favour of a unified state of Andhra Pradesh.

Leader of Opposition and TDP president N. Chandrababu Naidu said it was the Central government's responsibility to find a solution to the vexatious statehood issue.

"The Congress is solely responsible for the instability and uncertainty in the state. Hence, it is its responsibility to set things in order," Mr. Naidu said, adding that his party had already made its stand very clear on the issue.

TRS floor leader Etela Rajender lashed out at the Congress over its "double-speak" on the Telangana issue.

"It is talking in one voice when it is in power and in a different tone when in opposition. The Congress promised to resolve the statehood issue through the Pranab Mukherjee Committee but it failed to do anything in the last seven years. People of Telangana will punish the Congress appropriately in the 2014 elections," he added.

Mr. Rajender was also critical of the TDP for failing to keep its word on the statehood demand.

The Communist Party of India leader G. Mallesh also blamed the Congress for the current imbroglio in the state over the Telangana issue.