Congress leaders from Telangana appear to be at a loss on how to proceed further after the Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy categorically asserted in New Delhi on Tuesday that the party would fare very well in the next elections in spite of the TRS, TDP and the Left joining hands.
His stand has not gone down well with the Congress seniors from the region who are now exercising their minds to find a way to convince the electorate while awaiting the high command’s views on the issue before the polls.
Srinivas upset
APCC president D. Srinivas, who has been nursing the hope that the party would be able to bring back the TRS into the Congress fold, is said to be upset with the development.
Sources close to the APCC president said that the high command needs to take stock of the ground reality instead of going by the feedback it was getting from the Chief Minister. He was reported to have said that the party had to change its strategy to woo the voters in wake of Dr. Reddy’s firm assertion that the party would do well in Telangana despite the grand alliance and win more than 40 seats.
He is understood to have remarked that it was now for the Chief Minister to devise a strategy to influence the voters of the region. “Without a firm announcement from the high command, the party cannot perform well in the region,” he reportedly remarked.
Party seniors from the region were still trying to pressure the high command to see the reality after the party’s debacle in the ZPTC elections to Makloor seat in Nizamabad where the TDP-TRS combine romped home. They pointed out that it was necessary for the leadership to understand the ground reality and take suitable steps to convince the voters.
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