Unfazed by the sharp divisions in the Mahakutami (Grand Alliance), the CPI state secretary, Mr K. Narayana, has once against put forward his pet idea of sharing power with the Praja Rajyam in case of a hung House. Mr Narayana feels this arrangement is essential for the stability of a non-Congress formation. The proposal is [...]
Ever since the first wave of voting has been completed, there is a lot of talk over who could be the possible gainers from it. For now, it looks like all the fingers are being pointed towards the Mahakootami party and they say that the Telangana region has been quite strong with their presence and [...]
The mainstream political parties have started segment-wise analysis of the winning prospects of their party candidates in the first phase of elections. All the parties are convinced that they will win majority of the seats in the first phase and have an upper hand in the second phase of elections which will be held on [...]
Not being a narcissist, I was surprised by my sudden urge to look into the magic mirror. I was more surprised to see myself sitting idle in an Indiramma house and watching colour TV. Someone looking official knocked the door, entered and gave me Rs 2000. Is this the state of affairs to come after [...]
s Mahakootami of four political parties heading for a disaster? Yes, says none other than CPI State secretary K Narayana, one of the alliance partners. Setting aside his hypocricy, Narayana said it is unfortunate that none of the alliance partners was following “coalition dharma” and had fielded candidates in the seats allotted to others. The [...]
TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu’s grand alliance or Mahakootami, as the media dubbed it, is now in total disarray. Naidu formed the grand opposition alliance with his TDP, TRS, CPI and CPM with the ostentatious aim of defeating the Congress party. They touted themselves as the Third Front in Indian politics. With great fanfare, they conducted [...]
In all probability, the CPI-M might walk out of the Grand Allaince that consists of Telugu Desam, Telangana Rastra Samithi, CPI and the CPI-M. The CPI-M leadership is sore with the TD for not conceding its demand for allocation of four Assembly seats for the party. The CPI-M has staked claim for Warangal East, Wyra, [...]
The CPI secretary, Mr K. Narayana, expressed unhappiness over the TD president, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu’s, decision to allot only 14 Assembly seats to the Left ally. “We are unhappy at the way our party has been treated. We deserve more seats. But in the interests of alliance, we are accepting it,” Mr Narayana said. [...]
The seat sharing between the Mahakutami partners is yet to be completed. However, sources said the seat sharing has been completed as far as Telangana is concerned. According to sources, Telugu Desam Party will contest 51 Assembly seats, Telangana Rashtra Samithi 52 and left parties will contest 16 seats. Mahakutami partners, however, did not confirm [...]
