TRS Working President K Taraka Rama Rao (KTR) has disagreed with the statement that Chandrababu Naidu’s campaign has helped TRS win in Telangana election. He said it was just a misconceived notion because the people of Telangana had decided a long time before the election to bring TRS to power once again. It is only possible for TRS to get a landslide victory on a pro-incumbency wave.

KTR’s comments came amid several analysts and TRS leaders also saying that the alliance with TDP had damaged the prospects of the Congress party.

KTR said it would not require TRS to go to AP and do politics there since sitting in Hyderabad, one can do that. He asked whether Chandrababu still wants to put up his party candidates in Lok Sabha segments in Telangana. KTR said the Congress party would find it difficult to get good candidates to contest the parliamentary polls now.

KTR asserted they party will win all the 16 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana in the coming election with the people likely to extend greater support than in the recent assembly election. He said it was up to Prof. Kodandaram to decide whether to continue contesting election or not after the disastrous performance in last election.

G.Ravikiran