Immediately after the news of her hospitalization broke out, rumours were rife all over Tamil Nadu that she has been keeping unwell and that she attempted suicide.
Even as the State appears to be heading for bifurcation in the next few weeks, YSR Congress party president and Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy has started making promises to the people ahead of next general election.
As the battle for Samaikyandhra and bifurcation of the State has reached a feverish pitch, Telugu Desam Party president and Leader of the Opposition N Chandrababu Naidu is desperately trying to protect his own identity so that he would remain in contest in both Telangana and Seemandhra regions.
Though Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Sunday claimed that he had used his master weapon to stall the Telangana bill, his staunch supporter and Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal said the Chief Minister was yet to bowl his last ball on the Telangana issue.
Jagan accused that Babu had signaled the Samaikyandhra leaders to raise slogans in the Assembly and after five minutes, he signaled the Telangana leaders to raise slogans during the recently concluded session.
Though CPI (M) national secretary Prakash Karat has given a clean chit to YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and has expressed eagerness to take him into the proposed Third Front, the party's State unit leaders are said to be against an electoral alliance with the YSR Congress Party.
All these days, Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy was saying that he had a “Brahmastram” to stall the Telangana statehood and everybody was wondering what this master weapon could be.
With just a few weeks left for the Centre to pass the Telangana bill, Telangana Rashtra Samithi K Chandrasekhara Rao on Sunday began his “Mission Telangana” to mobilise support from all national level leaders in Delhi for passage of the bill in Parliament.
Though there are no hopes for the Congress party in the Seemandhra region once the State is bifurcated, there are still some leaders who are pinning hopes on becoming the Chief Minister of residuary Andhra Pradesh State.
The T-process might run into obstacles not from the President or Parliament which might approve it, but from the Supreme Court.
When Jagan was in jail, both Vijayamma and Sharmila took up executive roles and led the party. However, after Jagan came out of jail, Sharmila was relegated to the background.
The stage is set to forward a consolidated report containing detailed information regarding the discussions and opinions expressed by various members in the Assembly over the Telangana Bill.
