It is very clear that the TTDP is in ICU. For Chandrababu Naidu, obsessed about retaining power in Andhra Pradesh in 2019, Telangana is a swim against the tide. Quite a comedown for the man who even today cannot stop talking about how he created the IT city in Hyderabad.
But the few leaders who are left in TDP feel it is better to have a tie-up with the TRS. Then Revanth the lone crusader against TRS will have to shift to Congress or BJP.
For KCR, it would work much better if he were to drive TDP into the Congress fold and then target the duo as working against Telangana’s interests, his pet theme.
That is precisely what the Congress would worry about. TDP, because it is in power in Andhra and because Babu was not seen to be in favour of bifurcation of united Andhra Pradesh, is seen as an electoral liability in Telangana.
U.Srinivas
Editor
