In Telangana’s power corridors, one address is suddenly doing more talking than the people inside it — “Bodhi Pavilion.” Tucked inside the newly-built CM camp office at the MCRHRDI campus in Jubilee Hills, the conference hall has become Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s favourite war room for governance reviews, brainstorming sessions and bureaucratic huddles. Ministers walk in with files. Officials walk out with deadlines. But it’s the name that has sparked curiosity. “Bodhi” — drawn from Sanskrit and Pali traditions — means awakening, wisdom and enlightenment. In Buddhist philosophy, it symbolises the moment Siddhartha Gautama attained supreme enlightenment under the sacred Bodhi tree and became the Buddha. CMO insiders say Revanth Reddy intentionally chose the name with a message: every discussion inside Bodhi Pavilion should lead to clarity, accountability and fresh thinking for Telangana’s future. In a political culture known for power lunches and closed-door meetings, Telangana now has a conference hall named after enlightenment itself. Perhaps governance, too, is getting a spiritual rebranding.
Ponguleti slams babus for playing hookey
What was supposed to be a routine revenue review meeting quickly turned into a live demonstration of ministerial frustration. Revenue minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy walked into a packed hall with ministers, MPs, MLAs and MLCs from the old Warangal and Khammam districts, ready to untangle long-pending land and boundary disputes between the revenue and forest departments. Ministers Konda Surekha, Seethakka, Vakiti Srihari and Ponnam Prabhakar came armed with questions. The only problem: Senior revenue brass never showed up. With top officials, including CCLA Lokesh Kumar, missing in action, junior officials were left fumbling for answers as lawmakers fired question after question. The room reportedly shifted from review meeting to interrogation chamber within minutes. A visibly irritated Ponguleti didn’t hold back, slamming the “casual attitude” of senior officers and warning that disappearing from high-level meetings would no longer be tolerated.
Anyone seen Ramchander Rao in a Metro again?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi may have made his appeal on tightening of belts because of how the war in West Asia is costing the country more every day. While the common folk bear the brunt of rising prices, the fanfare that followed in the immediate aftermath of Modi’s appeal, has turned into just another act of symbolism. Telangana BJP president N. Ramchander Rao, amidst some media glare, rode the Metro Rail once to make the point about austerity and, after that symbolic act, has not been seen on the train again. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy cut his convoy to four cars, but a recent outing but a handful of his Cabinet colleagues travelling in Khammam and Nalgonda districts, has shown that habits, and creature comforts, are apparently hard to give up. The four ministers were seen travelling in a convoy of around 20 to 25 cars, with the cavalcade filmed by people , at paddy procurement centres they visited. In a world where optics matter just as real action does, it remains to be seen if the latest fuel price hike pinches the government pocket, and brings a change in leaders, well, leading by example.
Amith’s attempt to milk a row curdles
With a thousand eagle eyes watching everything that gets posted on social media at any given second, sharing stuff comes with its own perils, as Telangana Dairy Development Cooperative Federation Ltd chairman Gutha Amith Reddy found out. The son of Legislative Council chairman Gutha Sukender Reddy, Amith’s recent reposting of a tweet on how the BRS government procured paddy, immediately resulted in a mini storm of sorts with questions being raised on why he was in support of a BRS narrative. Was this a hint of things to come? Being ambivalent in times of political uncertainty may have its purpose but since such a situation does not exist right now, at least overtly, Amith’s action, despite holding a government doled out position, has raised several eyebrows in the district.
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CM shows special love for Adilabad
Has Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy developed a bond of sorts with Adilabad? The last two and a half years saw him visiting the erstwhile Adilabad district region several times for various events and has one scheduled for June 2 to launch the second phase of Indiramma housing scheme. Revanth Reddy had, during his previous visits, thanked the people of Adilabad for standing by the Congress during its hard times in the past, and recalled how the Dalitha Girijan Dandora meeting in Indravelli boosted the party’s morale and helped the party to come to power. He had also said he would develop the erstwhile Adilabad district on par with his own district, Palamuru. With one more visit on the cards, there is much expectation among the people on what he will bring with him this time around.
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When Naidu had a sit-down meal with fisherfolk
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, used to brewing tea in homes of welfare scheme beneficiaries, has added one more to his culinary imagery skills list – making fish curry. During the ‘Matsyakara Sevalo’ programme at Thummalapenta, the CM took a stroll through the local fish market and enquired about fishermen’s hardships — and perhaps also kept an eye on the freshness of the catch. That apparently worked out just well as he was invited home by local fisherman Thanangari Babu. Naidu, not one to miss a perfect opportunity, reportedly bought some fish from the market and marched into the fisherman’s kitchen like a celebrity chef on special duty. As the fisherman’s wife Venkamma prepared ‘chepa pulusu’, Naidu stood beside the stove carefully observing the recipe, occasionally stirring the curry with a ladle. The Chief Minister later joined the family for lunch, sat on the floor, served the fish curry and, during the conversation that followed, enquired about the health of Venkamma’s daughter and newborn baby.
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