The Telangana Rashtra Samiti chief, Mr K. Chandrasekhar Rao, referring to the 2014 general elections as “an opportunity to teach the Congress a lesson” came as a rude shock to the Telangana protagonists. While a section of agitators fear that Mr Rao’s talk of electoral politics may dilute the T-struggle, which is at the crossroads, his detractors, mainly the Telugu Desam, pounced at him for defeating the spirit of the struggle.
“He (KCR) is repeatedly demonstrating his obsession with electoral politics which fulfil his real agenda. A man who recently announced that T-state is a reality in two weeks now wants people to wait till 2014 polls,” said the TD’s T-forum convenor, Mr E. Dayakar Rao. The Telangana TD leaders squarely blamed Mr Rao for delay in achieving the long cherished dream of separate state. “It is increasingly becoming evident that the Centre is not going to take any decision in the near future and Mr K. Chandrasekhar Rao, being a clever leader, diverted people’s attention to 2014 polls,” a Congress MP pointed out.
Incidentally, the BJP has made its intentions clear that it would wait for 2014 elections and formation of NDA government rather than launching a full fledged political struggle for Telangana. The poll talk also did not go down well with the Telangana employees Joint Action Committee.
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Bengal CM sends bouquet
New Delhi: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Sunday sent a bouquet to Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s residence here wishing her a speedy recovery, reports our correspondent.
Sources said that the bouquet sent by Ms Banerjee to 10 Janpath, had a three-word message which read “Get Well Soon”.