Can Gaddar Emerge As A Key Challenger To KCR And TRS In Telangana?

The tenor of the political ballad has been changing by the day ever since Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) president K. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) advanced the Telangana assembly polls to cash in on his government바카라�s recen­tly announced welfare schemes. This week, it hit a high pitch with cultural act­ivist G. Vittal Rao 바카라�Gaddar바카라� meeting Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia. With him was his son Surya Kiran, who formally joined the Congress. After the talks, Gaddar, a strident critic of the Congress so far, said he would 바카라�campaign for all political forces to end neo-feudalism and stop fundamentalist forces from coming to power바카라�.

Can Gaddar emerge as a key challenger to KCR and TRS? At the mom­ent, it seems unlikely. Many feel Gaddar has become irrelevant since 바카라�left-wing extremism바카라� has more or less been wiped out from the new Telangana state. The TRS leadership dismissed Gaddar바카라�s entry as 바카라�irrelevant and a non-starter바카라�. 바카라�We are neither upset nor worried over the so-called understanding reached by Gaddar with Sonia and Rahul,바카라� says Palle Rajeshwar Reddy, a close aide of KCR. 바카라�TRS is confident to retain power with an absolute majority as we have delivered what we have promised to people,바카라� he says.

KCR is set to address more than 100 meetings covering almost all constituencies after the Dussehra celebrations.

But the Congress-led Opposition, under the banner of Praja Maha Kutami (People바카라�s Alliance), consisting of its erstwhile bête-noire Telugu Desam Party (TDP), the Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS) and CPI, are extremely optimistic of giving a tough fight to the TRS in the coming polls. 바카라�People are vexed with KCR바카라�s gimmicks,바카라� says Prof Kodandaram, the TJS founder. 바카라�The so-called welfare schemes were not meant for all the people of Telangana, but only for his family. His development claims are a big hoax. The multi-crore irrigation projects are designed only to plunder the public exchequer,바카라� he adds.

Firebrand Congress leader D K Aruna too has challenged KCR for a public debate over his tall claims on irrigation projects. 바카라�Where is that 75 lakh-acre land which your government brought under cultivation?바카라� she retorts in a video which has gone viral on social media. S. Jaipal Reddy, veteran Congress leader and former Union Minister, who many see as the possible chief ministerial candidate if the Congress wrests power, has come out with fresh corruption allegations against KCR and his family members. According to him, the KCR government has handed over irrigation projects worth Rs 60,000 crore to his coterie. 바카라�I dare KCR to deny the figure if he is clean and honest,바카라� the senior Congress leader thundered at a rally recently. The campaign by both TRS and the Opposition has already been vituperative; it will only get shriller in the coming days.

By M.S. Shanker in Hyderabad