‘ For TRS & BJP, TDP chief a whipping boy’

Hyderabad, Nov. 5: If there is a common thread in campaign theme of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti ( TRS) and the BJP in the December 7 Assembly polls, it’s certainly their unsparing attack on the Andhra Pradesh chief minister and TDP supremo N. Chandrababu Naidu. The pre- poll pact of TDP, the ruling party of neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, and the Cong- ress for election to the 119- member Telangana House, has also come under fire by the TRS and BJP, which have repeatedly dubbed it “unholy”.

After all, how can TDP, a party formed in 1982 by actor- turned- politician NTR on an anti- Congress plank and to uphold Telugu self- respect in 1982, join hands with the very outfit, they ask.

The TRS and BJP leaders allege that if the Congress- TDP alliance comes to power in Telangana, it would be Naidu who would be calling the shots from the Andhra Pradesh capital of Amaravati.

The Congress and TDP leaders strongly counter their arguments, saying they joined forces to fight the “divisive and destructive politics” of the BJP and end the “misrule” of the TRS government, which let all sections of people down with its “false promises.”

“The Congress is sold out to TDP,” Telangana BJP spokesperson Krishna Saagar Rao claimed, and alleged that Telangana Congress was being run by Naidu.

“Candidates of the Congress- TDP alliance are being dictated by Naidu. He seems to be the chief sponsor of Telangana Congress Party both financially and also administratively,” he said.

If there is a possibility of formation of government under the Congress, then the de- facto CM will be in Andhra Pradesh, not in Telangana.