There is a proverb in Telugu: 'Aththa kottinanduku kaadu, thodi kodalu navvinanduku' (she cried not because she was beaten by her mother-in-law, but was laughed at by her co-daughter-in-law).
The Telugu Desam Party leaders in Telangana seem to be displaying such an attitude now after their debacle in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections.
Not because they had won just one seat in the 150-member Corporation, but its arch rival, the YSR Congress party headed by Y S Jaganmohan Reddy is celebrating the outcome of the GHMC polls.
The Jagan party leaders are in jubilant mood with the Telanana Rashtra Samithi sweeping the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections by winning 99 out of 150 seats. They even danced on streets and burst crackers.
Apparently, the YSR Congress party leaders are happy that the TRS had taught a fitting lesson to the TDP in the GHMC elections, as the latter could get just one seat despite roping in stalwarts like Chandrababu Naidu, Lokesh Naidu and several ministers from Seemandhra.
However, they seem to have forgotten the fact that the YSR Congress too would have met the same fate had it contested the GHMC polls.
The TDP managed to get at least one seat, thanks to the support from the BJP, but the YSR Congress party which had no allies would have ended up with a blank. That is the reason for their jubilation!
