VV Balakrishna
Express News Service
First Published : 13 Jan 2011 01:47:11 AM IST
Last Updated : 13 Jan 2011 10:25:44 AM IST
HYDERABAD: Will TDP leader N Janardhan Reddy quit the party? - this was the hot topic of discussion among political circles a day before Janardhan’s likely meeting with party president N Chandrbabau Naidu on Thursday to discuss the issue of creation of a separate Telangana state unit in the party. The party has already clarified that there will be no separate unit for T within TDP.
When Janardhan Reddy convened a separate meeting with some party MLAs and politburo members recently, the TDP chief had informed him that they would sit and discuss the issue on Jan 13. It is not clear yet if Naidu will hold the meeting on Jan 13 or postpone it to a date after Sankranti. But the question that is haunting the TDP is what would Janardhan Reddy, a politburo member, do if Naidu refuses to concede his demand for a separate T unit.
Politburo members K Srihari, E Dayakar Rao and several Telangana MLAs too have been demanding a party T unit.“My political future is at stake due to the Telangana movement. People are not trusting the TDP on T issue. All our efforts, including the demand for a separate T unit, are for a bright future,” admitted a TDP MLA from Mahaboobnagar district.
Naidu’s close aides in the party held a series of discussions in the last three days with Nagam but could not convince him on the issue, sources said. The question now is whether Nagam, who did not reveal his future plans, will be satisfied with a separate coordination committee or quit the party.
Grapevine has it that Nagam may float his own outfit. In that case, the moot question is whether the party seniors, who are backing him now, will sail along with him.
Nagam floating his own party and striking an alliance with Jagan’s soon-to-be formed party is also being mooted.
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