KCR rules out any alliance

Ruling out possibility of forging an alliance with any political party in ensuing by-elections in Telangana districts or merger with Congress after T state is formed, TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao said that his party will be the strongest political force in the new state. Addressing party delegates on occasion of 9th anniversary celebrations of TRS, he said party will continue with its singlepoint agenda of separate Telangana. Calling upon the cadre to ensure that the party candidates romp home with thumping majority in byelections, he said it was necessary for TRS to have its representation in assembly and parliament. However, for the first time, KCR admitted that the resignation of 10 TRS MLAs had left a vacuum in the assembly.
============================
Jagan camp confident of overcoming T demand


Jagan camp is confident of overriding the demand that the PCC chief should be from the Telangana region.At present, the CM, Assembly Speaker and Council chairman are all from the non-Telangana region. It is only fair that the PCC chief should be from Telangana, said a regional leader. Apart from DS, those likely to contest for the post of the PCC chief from the T region include ministers J Geeta Reddy, Ponnala Lakshmaiah, former chiefs V Hanumantha Rao and K Keshava Rao and Rajya Sabha MP Nandi Yellaiah, while panchayat raj minister Botsa Satyanarayana is likely to throw the gauntlet from north coastal Andhra. If the party high command names any of the above mentioned leader, we will force a contest. Our leader has been deprived of the CMs post. The least the party could do is to appoint him the PCC president, a loyalist said and expressed confidence that Jagan will win hands down in case of a contest. According to party insiders,the ball is now in the high commands court. If it wants to put down Jagan, it can simply continue with DS as the PCC chief and put the election on the backburner. Alternatively, it can endorse Jagans candidature for the PCC post.In any case, it is clear that the Jagan camp is on the move, and want to project him as the only leader in the state who can step into the shoes of the CM whenever the high command decides to replace him, said a leader.
===================
(source-toi)