The Supreme Court declined to direct the Centre to increase Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, citing constitutional limitations under Article 170. It upheld that delimitation can only occur post-2026 census, rejecting claims of discrimination over Jammu and Kashmir’s case
Former MP from YSRCP Raghurama Krishna Raju was elected as Deputy Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Assembly unanimously. He was elected as an MLA from Undi segment. During the last YSRCP rule, he was arrested by police and he alleged that he was tortured by the police officers. Subsequently, he lodged a complaint against senior IPS officers after TDP-JSP combine formed the Government in Andhra Pradesh
The actor-politician has achieved his first electoral victory, and his party has become a formidable force by winning all 21 Assembly seats and both Lok Sabha seats it contested.
Ministers Jogi Ramesh and Kottu Satyanarayana, MP Nandigama Suresh, Government Whips Ch. Bhaskar Reddy and S. Udayabhanu, MLCs T. Raghuram and M. Arun Kumar, and MLA M. Vishnu saw him off at Gannavaram airport