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N. Chandrababu Naidu in New Delhi before going to meet the Election Commission of India on May 21.

Kingmakers’ fall

Chief Ministers N. Chandrababu Naidu of Andhra Pradesh and K. Chandrasekhara Rao of Telangana, who nursed ambitions of playing a key role in the forma

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YSRCP chief Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy greeting activists at the party office in Tadepalli on May 23.

Humbling outcome

The YSR Congress Party sweeps the Andhra Pradesh Assembly election, decimating N. Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP.

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A still from “Lakshmi’s NTR” by Ram Gopal Varma.

Screen war

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Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu of the Telugu Desam Party at a road show in Kurnool on March 26.

Special status is the key

The issue of a special category status for Andhra Pradesh will decide the fate of political parties in the elections to the Lok Sabha and the Assembly

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Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhara Rao at a public meeting at Miryalaguda in Nalgonda district on March 29.

Aiming high

The Lok Sabha election in Telangana is seen as a platform for Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhara Rao’s national ambitions.

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K. Chandrashekhar Rao waves to the crowds at the Telengana Rashtra Samithi Bhavan in Hyderabad on December 12.

Riding on welfare

Telangana Rashtra Samithi sweeps the elections with a slew of welfare measures and a clever strategy designed by its leader K. Chandrasekhar Rao.

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TRS leader K. Chandrashekar Rao after filing his nomination papers for the Gajwel Assembly constituency, on November 14.

Test of performance

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao’s image and his government’s performance hold the key to a return to power for the TRS.

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VISAKHAPATNAM(ANDHRA PRADESH) 30-08-2013: Large number of students of various colleges participating in 'Long March' in support of Samaikyandrha in Visakhapatnam on Friday.----photo: C_V_SUBRAHMANYAM

People as pawns

The Congress is clearly eyeing a pre-poll alliance with the TRS in Telangana and a post-poll alliance with the YSR Congress in Seemandhra. In this cyn

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Divide and rule

Telangana stands on the threshold of achieving its 60-year-old dream of statehood. But the outpouring of rage among people in the other regions of And

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Game changer

The YSR Congress wins 15 of the 18 Assembly seats in the byelections in Andhra Pradesh to emerge as a formidable force.

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YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy comes out of the Chanchalguda jail in Hyderabad on June 7, the last day of his CBI custody.-PTI

Fumbling along

Andhra Pradesh: In its latest misstep, the Congress messes up its prospects in the byelections by getting Jaganmohan Reddy arrested.

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Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president Botcha Satyanarayana giving 'Ugadi Pachadi' to Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy (left) as actor turned politician K. Chiranjeevi looks on, on March 23.-MOHAMMED YOUSUF

Byelection blows

Infighting rears its head in the Congress in Andhra Pradesh as the party draws a blank in the byelections.

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