A new player having strong left leanings has arrived on the Telangana
pitch to bat for the separate statehood cause. With K Chandrasekhar
Rao's Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) too extending a hand of friendship
for its own survival in some districts where it has very little
presence, the CPI (ML) New Democracy's T-chant has left the Telangana field wide open.
At a well-attended public meeting called `Poru Garjana' at the Pavilion grounds in Khammam on Thursday, New Democracy has made known its intentions loud and clear. The party managers succeeded in driving home the message that "it's not TRS alone, but New Democracy is here to champion the T-cause and take the movement forward among the four crore people of the region," much to the delight of Telangana protagonists at the Poru Garjana.
KCR, who was expected to heli-hop to the garjana venue dropped out due to viral fever. Harish Rao and K Tarakarama Rao couldn't attend as they were caught in the traffic. However, TRS MLA Etela Rajender and T-JAC convener Kodandaram shared the dais with New Democracy leaders New Democracy was much in news when its activists went on a demolition spree of statues of Telugu luminaries and famous personalities on Tank Bund on March 10 this year.
It came into reckoning after it promised to bring in over one lakh crowd for Thursday's public meeting in support of Telangana. Party leader Pothu Suryam thundered that the `Poru' (fight) would not stop till a statement on T-state is announced by the Centre.
"It was in Khammam that T-movement took birth in 1969. Thursday's meeting is a strong message to those who claim that there is no T-sentiment here," he said, drawing loud cheer from the crowds. Taking pot-shots at the Congress ministers and MLAs, he said the people would teach a fitting lesson to 'inti dongalu' (thieves at home).
ND secretary Ranga Rao said there was no question of going back on Telangana. He lambasted the CPM for trying to derail the Tmovement with its united Andhra stand. Suryam said they would take the movement with the same spirit as seen in 1969. Despite riding high in the wake of the success of Sakala Janula Samme and RTC employees' strike, TRS was left playing a second fiddle to New Democracy, which has sizeable presence in Khammam and other Andhra districts, at the Khammam meeting.
Knowing well that the T-agitation is going to be a long haul and that the Centre would not grant the separate state in the immediate future, TRS bucked the trend by trying to forge a friendship with New Democracy. Analysts said this could herald a new alignment of T-forces. "This bonding is mutually beneficial to both TRS and New Democracy".
At a well-attended public meeting called `Poru Garjana' at the Pavilion grounds in Khammam on Thursday, New Democracy has made known its intentions loud and clear. The party managers succeeded in driving home the message that "it's not TRS alone, but New Democracy is here to champion the T-cause and take the movement forward among the four crore people of the region," much to the delight of Telangana protagonists at the Poru Garjana.
KCR, who was expected to heli-hop to the garjana venue dropped out due to viral fever. Harish Rao and K Tarakarama Rao couldn't attend as they were caught in the traffic. However, TRS MLA Etela Rajender and T-JAC convener Kodandaram shared the dais with New Democracy leaders New Democracy was much in news when its activists went on a demolition spree of statues of Telugu luminaries and famous personalities on Tank Bund on March 10 this year.
It came into reckoning after it promised to bring in over one lakh crowd for Thursday's public meeting in support of Telangana. Party leader Pothu Suryam thundered that the `Poru' (fight) would not stop till a statement on T-state is announced by the Centre.
"It was in Khammam that T-movement took birth in 1969. Thursday's meeting is a strong message to those who claim that there is no T-sentiment here," he said, drawing loud cheer from the crowds. Taking pot-shots at the Congress ministers and MLAs, he said the people would teach a fitting lesson to 'inti dongalu' (thieves at home).
ND secretary Ranga Rao said there was no question of going back on Telangana. He lambasted the CPM for trying to derail the Tmovement with its united Andhra stand. Suryam said they would take the movement with the same spirit as seen in 1969. Despite riding high in the wake of the success of Sakala Janula Samme and RTC employees' strike, TRS was left playing a second fiddle to New Democracy, which has sizeable presence in Khammam and other Andhra districts, at the Khammam meeting.
Knowing well that the T-agitation is going to be a long haul and that the Centre would not grant the separate state in the immediate future, TRS bucked the trend by trying to forge a friendship with New Democracy. Analysts said this could herald a new alignment of T-forces. "This bonding is mutually beneficial to both TRS and New Democracy".
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