TDP is facing a new challenge in the Telangana region. At a time when everyone anticipated a merger or at least a poll alliance between the Congress and Telangana Rashtra Samithi, TRS chief KCR decided to take on the Congress.
Today at 6 pm, ex CM Kiran Kumar Reddy will be announcing the launch of his new party.
With reports of his possible entry into politics making news, actor Pawan Kalyan has reportedly been approached by the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Lok Satta Party (LSP) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to contest in the coming polls.
The Congress party had no intention to grant statehood to Telangana, but the political situation had compelled it to announce Telangana state.
Hyderabad saw 4 per cent drop in housing sales in 2013 to 16,500 units but volumes are expected to pick up from year-end on hopes that uncertainties will fade away with the decision to form Telangana, said property consultant Knight Frank.
Despite knowing that writing on the wall is clear about their debacle in the forthcoming elections, the Congress leaders are trying to put up a brave front on their victory prospects.
Responding to a question by media, senior TRS leader Harish Rao said that TRS will be contesting in all seats during the municipal elections.
The Congress leadership is crying foul over defection of several leaders into other parties apparently realizing the Congress has no scope of returning to power either in State or in the Centre.
With the Election Commission announcing the schedule for general elections for Lok Sabha and the State Assembly, there is little scope for new political parties to enter the poll fray at this stage.
The election schedule has been issued and political leaders from various parties are busy planning ahead.
Now that bifurcation has become a reality, everyone is eagerly waiting to see if KCR would merge TRS with the Congress party.
Some Telangana Congress leaders still seem to have hopes on forging an alliance with the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, if not a merger, though TRS president K Chandrasekhara Rao has ruled out both.
If the bifurcation episode of Andhra Pradesh can be compared with Ramayana, who is Rama and who is Ravana?
With the Telangana Rashtra Samithi ditching the Congress outright, the Congress high command has decided to intensify its campaign to get the maximum mileage in the region.
Union minister Jairam Ramesh here on Tuesday announced that the Centre would soon constitute an experts' committee to identify the area for locating capital for the residual Andhra Pradesh State.
