WAR OF WORDS

Whether in power or in opposition, politicians in the two Telugu-speaking states cannot stop disparaging each other in public. On November 18, Telangana Rashtra Samithi MLC Shambipur Raju threatened to cut BJP MP D. Arvind’s tongue for speaking disrespectfully against their chief K. Chandrashekar Rao. The same day, Telugu Desam chief N. Chandrababu Naidu abused and threatened to beat up the protesters demanding the TDP endorse the tri-capital plan. The cheer of the festive season has left politics untouched, it seems.