KCR For Cong-TRS-PRP Coalition In State
Political realignment appeared to take place in the state on Monday with the TDP and CPM exploring the possibility of roping in regional parties to consolidate the Third Front even as TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao indicated that he would prefer not to sail with the TDP in the state in case either a Congress or BJP-led government takes over at the Centre.
CPM general secretary Prakash Karat flew in from New Delhi and had a four hour meeting with TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu at the latter’s residence. With Naidu sounding confident that a Grand Alliance government will take shape in the state, the two leaders explored the formation of a non-Congress and non-BJP led government at the Centre.
However, Grand Alliance partner TRS seemed to prefer a Congress-TRS-PRP coalition in the state over and above a Grand Alliance coalition of which it is a partner with the TDP and the two Left parties. “A TDP led government in the state will not find favour with either a Congress or BJP ruled government at the Centre as both these national parties would perceive the TDP as a natural ally of the Left parties,” a TRS leader said.
But TDP leaders said KCR is jumping the gun as the results are not yet out. “The TRS has contested 9 Lok Sabha seats. It has to win at least 4 to 5 seats in order to get the bargaining chip at the Centre. Without a few seats under his belt, it is too premature for him to explore the options with the Congress or the BJP,” a TDP leader said.
KCR was scheduled to leave for New Delhi on Sunday and meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi and BJP leader L K Advani. “The BJP has promised Telangana within 100 days of coming to power. And if the Congress gives us an assurance on granting Telangana, we will not be averse to supporting a Congress-led government at the Centre and forming a coalition of the Congress, TRS and the PRP in the state,” a TRS leader said.
Naidu appeared to have prevailed upon KCR to postpone his New Delhi trip by assuring him over telephone on Monday that the TDP is committed to granting Telangana and that the same has been promised in the party’s election manifesto. But with KCR indicating that he would prefer the Congress or the BJP at the Centre, how long before the two part ways is the moot question.
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