To pull or not to pull the plug: Adani bribery row puts TDP in a bind

TDP-led Andhra Pradesh government has a difficult choice to make vis a vis the power deal at the heart of a raging controversy over US bribery allegations against Gautam Adani

Balineni Srinivasa Reddy, a relatively low-profile figure in national politics, is suddenly at the centre of a nationwide controversy.

A five-time member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Ongole in Andhra Pradesh and relative of former chief ministers the late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy and Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, Srinivasa Reddy’s political moves have long been watched closely within state circles.  In September 2024, he severed his ties with Jagan and the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), defecting to Pawan Kalyan’s Janasena Party.

  Recently, Srinivasa Reddy — who was energy minister in the previous YSRCP-led government in Andhra Pradesh