TDP to try for credibili‘T’

Express News Service
First Published : 25 Dec 2009 03:47:00 AM IST
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HYDERABAD: The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) is fancying its chances of creating an impression on the people of Telangana by taking advantage of the Congress’ bungling on the vexed Statehood issue.

Claiming that it has always been pro-Telangana, the yellow party has also decided to take on the Telangana Rashtra Samithi.

The TDP maintains that it had anticipated the Centre going back on its word. The party’s Telangana leaders had put in their papers were planning to tour the districts to expose the ``double standards’’ of the Congress.

In the wake of attack on party MLAs on the the Osmania University campus, the party is now planning to target even the TRS, whose leadership, it alleges, was behind the attack.

Meanwhile, party president N Chandrababu Naidu today sought to convey the image that his election time pro-Telangana stand was unchanged by visiting the injured TDP MLAs in hospital.

Over the last ten days Naidu has been doing a tightrope walk between the Andhra and Telangana camps within his party. And he has been keeping out of the public eye, addressing the the media only twice during the period and generally confining himself home.

While he Naidu did not even console Andhra leaders like D Uma Maheswara Rao, N Rajakumari, P Keshav and others who fasted for days for United Andhra Pradesh.

Interestingly, Naidu immediately called on Telangana MLAs including Nagam Janardhan Reddy and others, who sustained injuries in the attack by OU students.

It amply proves that Naidu is committed to Telangana state and there was no going back on the issue like PRP and some Congress leaders, according to analysts.

TDP leader T Devender Goud today clarified that TDP was sincere in its commitment and help all the Constitutional process that required for the formation of separate Telangana. With all these factors, the TDP would further intensify its efforts to occupy the political space in the Telangana region in the ruffled situation after the Centre changed its tacks.


Comments

Chandrababu Naidu is showing opportunism by not making his stand clear. If Congress supports the resolution on Telangana, he will come out and say he is against it to gain the vote in Andhra region. When congress is backing out he would go and support Telangana cadre hinting that he supports Telangana. Im no fan of Congress, but I think congress did its part by initiating the process for the formation of Telangana. If Chandrababu makes his stand clear, it would solve the deadlock in the state to a large extent.
By Bix
12/25/2009 7:58:00 PM

These games are not going to work anymore! Take a clear stand and resolve the issue or face the consequence of your TDP getting wiped out in Telangana.