TD, TRS blame each other

BY J.R.PRASAD

Hyderabad, May 2: Even as the Left parties in the Mahakutami are continuing their tirade against each other, the major partners in the Grand Alliance, the Telugu Desam and the Telangana Rashtra Samiti are targeting each other now.

The TRS MP, Mr B. Vinod Kumar, on Saturday, accused the TD of not honouring the seat-sharing agreement during elections. “The TD cadre betrayed us in some segments. They did not co-operate with our candidates. We believe that proper transfer of vote has not taken place from the TD to our candidates in some segments,” Mr Vinod said.

He further alleged that the TD leadership had encouraged rebel candidates from the party by giving B-forms only to hamper the winning prospects of the Pink Party’s candidates in some constituencies.

While reacting to the TRS’s allegation, the TD politburo member, Dr Nagam Janardhan Reddy, blamed the TRS for encouraging its rebel candidates in the seats from which the Left parties contested. “In fact, it is only the TRS which did not keep its promise over honouring the seat-sharing agreement,” he said.

In another incident which exposed the rift between the two parties, some activists from both the parties fought with each other in Peddabonkuru in Peddapally mandal of Karimnagar district on Saturday.

Meanwhile, the TD leaders are confident that they would form the government on their own without the support of the TRS. “We are confident of securing majority number of seats on our own and form the government without the TRS,” said Dr Reddy. Another former minister in the TD, Mr B.V. Mohan Reddy of Rayalaseema, who is known for his astrological predictions from NTR’s time, supported this argument.

“According to stars, the TD will win 165 seats on its own and form the government. I strongly believe that we won’t require the support of any of our allies in forming the government,” Mr Reddy said.

Meanwhile, the TRS chief, Mr K. Chandrasekhar Rao, is keeping the TD leadership on its toes with his several contrasting statements on the post-poll scenario.