It's official now. ABN-Andhra Jyothi owner Radha Krishna has taken anti-KCR stand and issued strict instructions to his editorial staff to highlight news stories, reports against KCR and TRS government.
While his reporters were asked to file anti-KCR, anti-TRS stories, the desk staff were asked to give good display to these stories.
The 'love-and-hate relationship' between KCR and Radha Krishna has been continuing since Telangana statehood agitation days.
KCR was angry at Radha Krishna for opposing TRS and Telangana statehood agitation then.
After bifurcation of AP and KCR becoming CM of Telangana in 2014, he imposed ban on ABN channel citing 'anti-Telangana stand'.
But two years after, both compromised and their honeymoon went on till a week before recent TS Assembly elections polling on December 7.
A week before polling, RK written a big article on PG 1 of Andhra Jyothi saying that TRS car facing jerk after formation of TDP-Congress Mahakutami.
He also highlighted Lagadapati Rajagopal's survey before polling which stated that TRS will lose and Mahakutami will come to power.
This led to tussle between KCR and RK.
After coming to power, KCR reportedly took a decision to fix RK and trouble his media groups by stopping advertisements.
KCR's son KTR also warned RK of serious consequences in future for taking biased stand during elections to favour Mahakutami.
Though RK reportedly tried to get closer to KCR, KTR recently by expressing apologies, they didn't allow him to do so.
Left with no chance, RK has decided to go ahead with anti-TRS stand till Lok Sabha polls in April 2019
In his recent Sunday column "kotha paluku", RK took a dig at KCR asking him is this the 'qualitative change" he wanted to bring in national politics by encouraging defections from other parties and wiping out Opposition in Assembly.