It looks like the Congress is unable to forge an alliance with the other political parties. Kodandaram the TJS leader is unhappy with the number of seats that the Congress is offering him. He wanted to contest all the seats, while the Congress is offering him 3 only. The Congress is busy with preparing their own list of candidates while TDP wants more than 20 seats to contest the elections.
Taking this an opportunity the BJP has swung into action and started negotiating with Kodandaram and the disgruntled from the Congress and TDP to join them for an alternative front to the Congress party. BJP is trying to get Komatireddy brothers if they are removed from the Congress. The saffron party has also got in touch with the senior leader D Srinivas from Nizamabad. His son is already with the BJP.
The Congress is overconfident and wants to contest more seats. People say that it was the idea of Chandrababu Naidu to form a Mahagahatbandhan but it is not working out properly.
There are cracks in the alliance even before the candidates are decided. This time all the political parties have aspirants and it looks like TRS and Congress can accommodate them. The TDP, TJS, BJP is in no position to do things as they like. Kodandaram is unable to get anything that he wants from the Congress party. BJP forming another group means that there will be a division of votes between the opposition.
There will a three-cornered contest. The TRS on one side and the groups led by the Congress-TDP and the BJP-TJS on the other side.
Finally, it is going to be easy for the TRS to win the elections.
U.Srinivas
Editor
