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.
BJP is now caught up in a Catch-22 situation. Till now, the party had vociferously supported the T Bill both in the Assembly and in the Parliament.
Congress MLC Anam Vivekananda Reddy on Saturday alleged that rebel Rajya Sabha candiate Adala Prabhakar Reddy entered the fray at the instance of YSR Congress Party president Jagan Mohan Reddy.
Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy is still undecided on staging a protest rally in New Delhi against the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.
