Success of Naidu's T Tour Enthuses TDP Rank & File

PEOPLE'S MOOD CHANGING?

TDP chief encounters little hostility during padayatra


Hyderabad: The success of opposition leader N Chandrababu Naidu's recent Rytu Poru Bata padayatra in two Telangana districts has enthused Telugu Desam cadres who perceive it as an indication of the change in the mood of the people in favour of the party.
The response to Naidu's tour of Khammam and Nalgonda districts was not hostile and was more than anticipated at some places.
Another interesting change was that there were only "Jai Chandrababu and Jai TDP" slogans and no one heard about "Jai Telangana" during the padayatra. Interestingly, unlike in the past, no TRS activist obstructed Naidu's tour.
In Khammam not much trouble was expected because the areas he was touring was dominated by settlers. What came as a surprise was total lack of hostility to his tour of Suryapet in Nalgonda district.
"That is an indication that people are vexed with repeated bandhs and they wanted a change," a senior party leader from Warangal district said. "After the success of his Nalgonda tour, party workers at Station Ghanpur are demanding that Naidu tour their areas too," another leader said, taking the success of Nadiu's tour a bit too far.
"Naidu has been fighting for the cause of farmers. There is another leader (read TRS chief KCR) to fight for Telangana. We want to support Naidu who came for us in this hour of trouble," a tribal man in Nalgonda district said.
"MLA Narasimhulu has been fighting for Telangana. Naidu never said `no' to him. It means that Naidu is not against Telangana," another person analysed without going into the logic of Naidu's two-eyed policy.
In the past, whenever Naidu toured Telangana, TRS activists used to obstruct his convoy and hurl eggs and stones on him. "There are no such scenes now. With the change in the public mood, the migration of TDP leaders, particularly MLAs, to the TRS might stop," another leader said hopefully.
TDP leaders analyse that the people are turning to the TDP because the Congress is temporising to delay a decision on Telangana and because of the break in the Sakala Janula Samme and, more importantly, people are suffering because of repeated bandhs. Another reason for the people to look to the TDP is the campaign that the TRS leaders had struck a deal with the Congress to grab the Polavaram tender, he said.

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During Naidu's tours in the past, TRS activists obstructed his convoy and hurled eggs and stones. There are no such scenes now. _ A TDP leader