TRS - Congress tacit deal over seats
HYDERABAD: What prompted the Congress high command to withhold the list of its candidates for the Assembly polls in Telangana at the eleventh hour? One reason is said to be that it is holding back-channel talks with the TRS for a possible 'understanding' if not official seat-sharing or alliance.
Another reason being cited is that the party top brass are waiting for the TDP-BJP alliance to shape up so as to make certain changes in their list at the last minute.
Interestingly, the TRS has so far announced candidates for only 73 of the 119 Assembly seats leaving out 46 ' almost exactly the same number of seats the TDP has offered to the BJP.
Though in the end, the TDP gave one more seat to the BJP, if one reads between the lines, it seems Congress and TRS are working out a mechanism by which the ruling party can take on the BJP head on in the all the constituencies where the saffron party is in fray.
That, of course, does not solve the problem of accommodating the interests of Congress in constituencies where the TRS has already announced candidates.
Sources said Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's political secretary Ahmed Patel had called AICC leader Randeep Singh Surjewala, when the latter was announcing the list on Saturday and asked him to stop.
Kiran running out of colleagues
Ex-CM N Kiran Reddy's close aide A Sai Prathap is set to rejoin the Congress. The former minister, who quit the Congress to join Kiran's Jai Samaikyandhra Party, has reportedly been called to Delhi to finalise his return. Kiran's other aide Parthasaradhi may join the YSRC.
News Posted: 7 April, 2014
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