Union minister Chiranjeevi has made a timely statement that if Kiran Kumar Reddy chooses to quit the Congress party, no one from the party will follow him.
The push for passage of the bill for a separate Telangana state came from Congress president Sonia Gandhi, party sources said Tuesday, with party leaders having calculated that ambivalence on the issue would cost it dear in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
News is that seven TDP MLAs are drawn towards the BJP. Mainly Telangana Forum leader Errabelli Dayakar Rao, Revuri Prakash Reddy, Jaipal Yadav, L Ramana, Kottakota Dayakar Reddy, Seeta Dayakar Reddy, Ramulu are the MLAs contemplating a move.
Expelled Congress MP from Vijayawada Lagadapati Rajagopal, who shot into notoriety with his pepper spray episode in Parliament, announced that he was quitting politics.
If at all there is anybody who has to be blamed for the passage of Telangana bill in such a dictatorial manner, it must be Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu.