CPI move to stich Cong-led front
Hyderabad : In a bid to counter the impact of the imminent grand alliance of TDP-BJP-Jana Sena-Lok Satta Party, the CPI is making all-out efforts to bring together Congress and Telangana Rashtra Samithi to form a formidable force, particularly in Telangana, in the coming elections.
Though TRS and Congress have been making tough public posturing, hope is still not lost on pulling off a rapprochement in the last-minute. The CPI state Secretary K Narayana is playing the role of a mediator to bring them to the negotiating table.
He is trying hard to stitch an alliance comprising Congress, TRS, MIM and CPI.The veteran communist leader is hopeful of a positive outcome by the end of this month. According to him, such a combine would be a formidable force to take on the four-party combine led by TDP and also to neutralize the Narendra Modi effect in the elections.
The politics of alliance gained currency in the state since the 2004 general elections.In 2004, Congress formed an alliance with TRS, CPI, CPM and MIM and it won a landslide victory. Though Telugu Desam had an alliance with BJP, it failed to impress the voters.
In the 2009 polls, the TDP forged a grand alliance with TRS and left parties to defeat the ruling Congress but did not succeed in its attempt. The Congress, under the charismatic leadership of late Y S Rajasekhar Reddy, went to polls alone and won majority.
The TDP, which is facing a do-or-die battle this time, is leaving no stone unturned to forge an alliance with BJP, Lok Satta and Jana Sena in both Telangana and Seemandhra. It wants to shore up the numbers with the help of BJP and Jana Sena and to come back to power at least in Seemandhra.
Though TRS and Congress are not worried about the TDP-led alliance in Telangana, the ruling party wants to avoid split in votes.In the 2009 elections, Congress had garnered about 32 per cent votes in Telangana while TRS got 18 per cent and CPI managed about 2 to 3 per cent vote share. MIM got about one per cent of the total votes at the state level.
News Posted: 24 March, 2014
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