Hyderabad: The issue of an alliance between the TRS and the Congress is a closed chapter.
While TRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao had said 10 days back that there would be no alliance between the two parties, the Congress high command had not given up hope till the last minute. The TRS leaders had said that their doors were closed but the Congress was “trying to break them”.
Reacting to this, AICC general secretary and state party affairs in-charge Digvijay Singh said on Saturday: “If the TRS has closed the doors, it is welcome.” He added that the alliance between the two parties was now a closed chapter.
While the TRS and the Congress will fight in Telangana on their own in the upcoming elections, there will be a likely alliance between the Congress and the CPI.
Meanwhile, talks are still on between the Telugu Desam and the BJP for an alliance in Telangana state, which will make them a force to reckon with.
A BJP-TDP alliance may affect the TRS more than the Congress. The TRS does not have cadres at many places in Telangana and is depending on the Telangana sentiment while the Congress has a strong cadre base across Telangana at the village level and has a traditional vote bank. The credit of granting Telangana state will also help the Congress. A BJP-TDP alliance will have an impact in many Assembly constituencies.
