AP Government 2019-2024

Government Failures

Debt

• In Andhra Pradesh, governance is all about money distribution to people, even by mortgaging collector offices
  • https://government.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/governance/in-andhra-pradesh-governance-is-all-about-money-distribution-to-people-even-by-mortgaging-collector-offices/83605640
• How Jagan Reddy has become a big borrower
  • https://www.indiatoday.in/india-today-insight/story/how-jagan-reddy-has-become-a-big-borrower-1852683-2021-09-14
• 'Jagan government borrowed ₹1.55 lakh cr in 20 months': TDP
  • https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/jagan-government-borrowed-rs-1-55-lakh-cr-in-20-months-tdp-101615042296024.html

U Turns

• CM Jaganmohan Reddy withdraws decision to scrap Andhra Pradesh legislative council
  • https://www.deccanherald.com/india/cm-jaganmohan-reddy-withdraws-decision-to-scrap-andhra-pradesh-legislative-council-1053884.html

Courts vs YS Jagan

Justice N.V. Ramana

• Supreme Court dismisses Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy’s complaint against Justice N.V. Ramana who is set to become the next Chief Justice of India
  • https://frontline.thehindu.com/dispatches/supreme-court-dismisses-andhra-pradesh-chief-minister-jagan-mohan-reddys-complaint-against-justice-nv-ramana/article34158022.ece
• Judges Must Be Able To Withstand Pressure, Says Justice Ramana After AP CM Writes Letter To CJI
  • https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-judges-must-be-able-to-withstand-pressure-says-justice-ramana-after-ap-cm-writes-letter-to-cji/362434
• Remove party colours from govt buildings: Andhra Pradesh High Court to YS Jaganmohan Reddy
  • https://www.deccanherald.com/india/remove-party-colours-from-govt-buildings-andhra-pradesh-high-court-to-ys-jaganmohan-reddy-812485.html
• Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh govt to paint panchayat buildings in party colours
  • https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/andhra-pradesh-ysrcp-panchayat-buildings-flag-colours-1593687-2019-08-30
• SC dismisses Andhra Pradesh plea to allow party colors on govt buildings
  • https://www.livemint.com/news/india/sc-dismisses-andhra-pradesh-plea-to-allow-party-colors-on-govt-buildings-11591181956031.html
• Amaravati row: Andhra HC pulls up state govt over plans to shift offices to Kurnool
  • https://www.thenewsminute.com/andhra-pradesh/amaravati-row-andhra-hc-pulls-state-govt-over-plans-shift-offices-kurnool-117561
• ‘Vigilance office integral to secretariat’
  • https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vijayawada/vigilance-office-integral-to-secretariat/articleshow/74088953.cms

Govt officers vs YS Jagan

Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar

• AP State Election Commissioner removed
  • https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/ap-state-election-commissioner-removed-120041001591_1.html
• State Election Commissioner removed in Andhra Pradesh
  • https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/110420/state-election-commissioner-removed-in-andhra-pradesh.html
• SC refuses to stay Andhra HC order on state Election Commissioner row
  • https://www.thenewsminute.com/andhra-pradesh/sc-refuses-stay-andhra-hc-order-state-election-commissioner-row-126264
• Setback for Jagan Reddy-led government as Andhra HC reinstates state election commissioner
  • https://scroll.in/latest/963255/setback-for-jagan-reddy-led-government-as-andhra-hc-reinstates-state-election-commissioner
• HC allows former SEC to apply afresh to be voter at Duggirala
  • https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/150723/hc-allows-former-sec-to-apply-afresh-to-be-voter-at-duggirala.html

Attack on Media

• Margadarsi Chit Fund accuses Andhra government of launching witch-hunt
  • https://www.deccanherald.com/india/margadarsi-chit-fund-accuses-andhra-government-of-launching-witch-hunt-1243256.html

Education

• Andhra decision for schools’ merger faces resistance; parents, teachers fear drop-outs
  • https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/andhra-decision-for-schools-merger-faces-resistance-parents-teachers-fear-dropouts-101661367638685.html
• Activists, Teachers Slam Andhra Govt for Slashing Funds to Education Sector
  • https://thewire.in/education/activists-teachers-slam-andhra-govt-for-slashing-funds-to-education-sector
• Closure of aided schools start in AP
  • https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/250921/closure-of-aided-schools-start-in-ap.html
• Andhra Pradesh’s education reform done without basic research: Activists
  • https://news.careers360.com/andhra-pradesh-ap-government-school-reform-manabadi-nadu-nedu-jagan-mohan-reddy-covid-teacher-vacany

3 Capitals - Thuglak

• Andhra Pradesh High Court directs the registry to place CM’s camp office case before Chief Justice
  • https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/andhra-pradesh-high-court-directs-the-registry-to-place-cms-camp-office-case-before-chief-justice/article67672214.ece
• Andhra HC refers Amaravati R5 zone case to three-judge bench
  • https://legal.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/litigation/andhra-hc-refers-amaravati-r5-zone-case-to-three-judge-bench/101668673
• No stay for R-5 Zone orders of AP High Court: Supreme Court
  • https://www.newstap.in/andhra-pradesh/no-stay-for-r-5-zone-orders-of-ap-high-court-supreme-court-1492652
• With SC set to hear case, here’s why Amaravati’s R5 Zone — earmarked for affordable housing — is a bone of contention
  • https://thesouthfirst.com/andhrapradesh/supreme-court-likely-to-hear-andhras-petition-against-hc-order-on-amaravati-ews-housing-project-on-friday/

Irrigation

Annamayya Project

• Annamayya Project destroyed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53isza-9Y0w
• Gates not open when flood came in - https://youtu.be/nPtvS0XbZvk?si=V9FAFwWWkJp4fNOV

Gundlakamma Project

• Gates washed out - https://youtu.be/SbRG9EE3Lqc?si=ohwm3p2_uAEP-GsW

Polavaram

• Diaphragm wall damaged - https://youtu.be/d-IvicJMY2A?si=frqmHI93BR3agtQl
• TDP completed 70% works by Nov 2019 - https://data.gov.in/resource/component-wise-progress-works-polavaram-irrigation-project-pip-reply-unstarred-question-18
  • Data: File:Rajyasabha-question-polavaram-2019.csv

Industry

LULU

• LULU moved out of Vizak
  • File:Lulu-cbn-vizak.mp4

    

    LULU Hyderabad

• Amara Raja to Lulu: How ‘push out, pull in’ factors are driving investors out of Andhra & into Telangana
  • https://theprint.in/india/amara-raja-to-lulu-how-push-out-pull-in-factors-are-driving-investors-out-of-andhra-into-telangana/1781368/
• ‘Won’t invest in Andhra’: Lulu group after Jagan govt cancels land deal
  • https://www.hindustantimes.com/telangana/won-t-invest-andhra-lulu-group-after-jagan-govt-cancels-land-allotment/story-luCxWLNJ95q8FAr30GN8pO_amp.html
• Gulf-based Lulu Group vows to never invest in Andhra
  • https://www.deccanherald.com/india/gulf-based-lulu-group-vows-to-never-invest-in-andhra-778021.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=socialshare

    

    LULU Statement

• Won't invest in Andhra: Lulu Group after Jagan govt cancels land allotment in Vizag
  • https://www.thenewsminute.com/andhra-pradesh/wont-invest-andhra-lulu-group-jagan-govt-cancels-land-allotment-vizag-112664
• Lulu Group snubs Jagan govt, not to invest in Andhra Pradesh again
  • https://www.theweek.in/news/biz-tech/2019/11/20/lulu-group-snubs-jagan-govt-invest-andhra-pradesh-again.html

Abuse of power

• Andhra MLA’s son 'cuts off' water supply to Tirupati airport after officials deny him entry
  • Andhra Pradesh MLA B Karunakar Reddy’s son Abhinay Reddy - https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/andhra-mla-s-son-cuts-off-water-supply-to-tirupati-airport-after-officials-deny-him-entry-1899489-2022-01-13
  • Will take action, says Union aviation minister after Andhra MLA's son cuts off water supply to Tirupati airport - https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/will-take-action-scindia-andhra-mla-son-cuts-off-water-supply-tirupati-airport-1899711-2022-01-13

Attacks on Opposition

Sangam Dairy

• YSRCP Govt harassing Sangam Dairy by lodging false cases: Dhulipalla Narendra
  • https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/ysrcp-govt-harassing-sangam-dairy-by-lodging-false-cases-dhulipalla-narendra/article67572954.ece
• Naidu sees a conspiracy to hand over Sangam Dairy to Amul
  • https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/naidu-sees-a-conspiracy-to-hand-over-sangam-dairy-to-amul/article34396714.ece
• AP High Court suspends GO over handling of Guntur Sangam Diary to AP dairy
  • https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/ap-high-court-suspends-go-over-handling-of-guntur-sangam-diary-to-ap-dairy-685254

Ashok GajaPathi Raju

• Andhra Pradesh High Court cancels the State government’s appointment of Sanchaita Gajapathi Raju as chairman of MANSAS Trust and Simhachalam Devasthanam, reinstates Ashok Gajapathi Raju
  • https://frontline.thehindu.com/dispatches/andhra-pradesh-high-court-cancels-the-governments-appointment-of-sanchaita-gajapathi-raju-as-chairman-of-mansas-trust-and-simhachalam-devasthanam-reinstates-ashok-gajapathi-raju/article34822918.ece

Galla Jayadev

• Andhra Pradesh govt retrieves land from Amara Raja, TDP cries harassment
  • https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/andhra-pradesh-govt-retrieves-land-from-amara-raja-tdp-cries-harassment/amp_articleshow/76712881.cms