Speaking to media persons in Delhi, Congress General Secretary in-charge of state affairs Digvijay Singh said he still believes that KCR will keep his word on merger with Congress.
And Union minister Jairam Ramesh told TJAC leaders in Hyderbad, that if TRS does not merge with Congress, it will go the Aam Admi party way.
Only this morning, Mancherial MLA Gaddam Aravind Reddy joined Congress in New Delhi and in the evening, Medak MP Vijaya Shanti who has won on a TRS ticket, has joined Congress. She met Digvijay and he later took her to meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi. It is well known that these two leaders have parted ways with TRS and were only waiting to join Congress.
After meeting Sonia Gandhi, Vijaya Shanti was ecstatic that she has joined Congress in the presence of Sonia Gandhi. She threw indirect barbs at “those leaders who cannot keep their word. This is not correct. I have joined Congress because it gave us Telangana”.
Without referring to KCR, she said: “A leader is one who walks the talk and keeps his commitment.”
Even as TRS leadership is worried about these Delhi developments, Jairam Ramesh met Telangana Political JAC leaders. Observers feel that Ramesh has tried to draw a wedge between TRS and TJAC, as KCR is not yielding to Congress’s demand.
Jairam faulted TRS chief KCR and told the TJAC leaders that the manner in which KCR is dealing with Congress is unfair. Jairam told them there is lot of anger against KCR in Seemandhra region with his “Jago- Bhago” comments.
Jairam impressed upon the TJAC leaders to help out Congress as it is that party which has given Telangana. He in fact offered party tickets to those TJAC leaders who are interested in joining politics.
Jairam even warned TJAC members that if KCR is given power, he will bring back “Dorala Rajyam”. He tried to convince them development of smaller states is possible with national parties only. Jairam said the argument of TRS on distribution of employees is impractical.
Jairam, who held two press meets in a matter of 24 hours to say that the Centre will build Polavaram project, he changed tack before TJAC leaders. He told them Polavaram has several structural and design problems and it is difficult to complete the project.
Perhaps anticipating such developments, KCR has held a marathon meeting with party leaders at his farm house. While some leaders reportedly favoured a poll tie-up, others said neither a tie-up nor merger is required.
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