Vijayashanti

Even as the conspicuous absence of TRS MP Vijayashanti at the Suryapet rally held on Sunday is fuelling speculations of a rift between her and party president K Chandrashekar Rao, party sources said the actor-turned-politician was miffed because she was ignored in the preliminary activities relating to the meeting.

Vijayashanti, a firebrand actress often described as Lady Amitabh Bachchan, had entered politics by joining the BJP.Later, she floated her own Talli Telangana party before joining the TRS.

A long awaited homecoming could be in the offing for TRS Medak MP Vijayashanti. Sources both in the TRS and BJP said the former actress is miffed at TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao for being sidelined in the pink party and is all set to join the BJP. The actor, however, denies that such a move is on the cards.

Hyderabad: Going by her speeches so far, Congress star campaigner in Telangana elections, actress Vijayashanti has only one agenda - to negatively project chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao as a ‘dora’ (landlord) who treats people as slaves.

Putting an end to speculation to her joining BJP, actor and Congress leader Vijayashanti met Union minister of home Amit Shah on Sunday.

A week after she left Congress, Telugu actress Vijayashanti today formally joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The actress turned politician had met Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday after which party leader G Vivek Venkatswamy had announced the mediapersons of her induction into the party.

Amidst high drama, TRS MP Vijayashanti was arrested after her convoy was stopped while she was on her way to Siddipet for an election campaign. She was booked for her inflammatory speech with reference to Telangana two days ago.

At a time when TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao is trying to float a federal front with non-Congress and non-BJP parties, Congress leader and former MP Vijayashanti is trying her bit to bring in various parties into the fold of the grand alliance.

Lady superstar Vijayashanti is all set to make her comeback in Mahesh Babu's upcoming action-drama Sarileru Neekevvaru, and the actor's first look was unveiled this morning. In the poster, Vijayashanti, dressed in a saree, is seen sitting in a comfortable yet dignified pose, with a smile on her face.

The reported rift between Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) president K Chandrashekar Rao and the party MP Vijayashanti is fueling further speculations that the latter would quit the pink party to join BJP.

While Vijayashanti denies any such move, political circles are agog and an air of suspicion prevails in the TRS as well, following her meeting with chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy on Friday afternoon.

Breaking the long silence after her suspension from the party, Medak MP Vijayashanti on Sunday lambasted the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leaders for hatching a plot to finish her politically.

While the team of Sarileru Neekevvaru is enjoying the success of the movie, one question that has caught everyone's attention is the salary Vijayashanti got for the action-comedy.

After a two-year long political hiatus following her defeat as a Congress assembly candidate in the 2014 elections, actress-turned-politician Vijayashanti is attempting to revive her political and celluloid career.

In a major jolt to Congress, its star campaigner Vijayashanti will be joining back BJP after over a decade, on or before Dasara, which is on October 8.

Mahesh Babu had shared a vintage picture with Vijayashanti during the shoot of 'Sarileru Neekevvaru' after 30 years. The picture is from the sets of 'Koduku Diddina Kapuram' In 1989, they acted together in that film. Mahesh Babu played Vijayashanti's on-screen son in their previous film. The actor wrote, 'It all started here'.

It may be an all women contest for the Medak Lok Sabha seat, with Telangana Jagruti chief and TRS supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao's daughter, K Kavitha, most likely to take on Congress candidate Vijayashanti there.

HYDERABAD: There was a filmi touch to TRS leaders', K Chandrashekar Rao and A Narendra's, trip to Chennai.

In what could be a fresh storm brewing within the Telangana BJP, actress-turned-politician Vijayashanti on Thursday said she was left out by the state leadership. She said she has not been assigned any task so far by the leadership and that there’s no clarity on her role yet.

After Khushbu Sundar from Tamil Nadu, Vijayashanti became the second actress from Congress to join the BJP. After joining the party in the presence of party’s national general secretary Arun Singh in Delhi on Monday, Vijayashanti said BJP is the only alternative to the TRS in Telangana.

The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has acquired a glamour angle with former Telugu actor Vijayashanti deciding to join hands with K Chandrasekhar Rao.

HYDERABAD: BJP Mahila Morcha President and Telugu film star Vijayashanti resigned from the party and vowed to fight for the Telangana issue.

Congress star campaigner Vijayashanti on Sunday threw a challenge at chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao to take action against BJP national working president JP Nadda who alleged corruption by KCR-led TRS in projects such as the Kaleshwaram project.

Member of Parliament from Medak M Vijayashanti, who was suspended from the Telangana Rashtra Samithi on Thursday, 'thanked' TRS chief K Chandrashekar Rao for working with her for nearly a decade.

The Medak MP Vijayashanti has sprung a surprise by expressing solidarity with TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao for his proposed fast-unto-death to be launched from Sunday at Siddipet in Medak district.

The Medak MP Vijayashanti has sprung a surprise by expressing solidarity with TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao.