TRS goes slow on resignations

The Telangana Rasthra Samiti (TRS) has stopped insisting on resignation of Congress and Telugu Desam MLAs from Telangana region after the TRS president, Mr K.Chandrasekhar Rao, representing Mahbubnagar constituency and the Medak MP, Ms Vijayashanti, backtracked on submitting their resignation again to the Lok Sabha Speaker, Ms Meera Kumar.

The TRS leaders feared that Mr Chandrasekhar Rao and Ms Vijayashanti would be in trouble if they demand for resignation of other leaders.

Though all the TRS MLAs resubmitted their resignation again after they were rejected earlier by the Assembly Speaker, Mr N. Kirankumar Reddy, the TRS chief and Ms Vijayashanti did not follow the suit, causing confusion among the party cadre. Many leaders opined that the TRS MLAs were made scapegoats by the party high command. They feel that it would not be a cake walk for the TRS to win the seats as some parties are trying to field family members of the students who sacrificed their lives for the Telangana movement.

The Praja Telangana Samiti (PTS) chief, Capt. C. Karunakar Reddy said his party would support family members of the students if they contest in the bypolls.

“We will strive hard for the victory of the family whose children sacrificed their lives for Telangana. We will think of contesting the elections if the family members are reluctant to contest the elections,” he said.

TRS sources said that Mr Chandrasekhar Rao and Ms Vijayashanti would resign at an ‘appropriate time’.

“The Telangana issue would be discussed continuously when the bypolls for MLA and MPs seats are held in different months. Our party MPs will quit after the completion of the bypolls,” said a TRS leader.

Meanwhile, if the elections to the recognised trade union in the Sirpur Paper Mills (SPM) Limited is any indication, it is unlikely that the TRS will win many seats in the bypolls.

Senior TRS leader Nayini Narasimha Reddy was defeated in election and got only the third place though the former local MLA, Mr K.Sammaiah, was confident of his victory.

The results have shocked three former TRS MLAs, Mr G.Aravind Reddy of Mancherial, Mr Nallala Odelu of Chennur and Mr K. Sammaiah of Sirpur (T) and they started doubting their prospects for the bypoll.

The Telangana agitators are also suspecting the game plan of Mr Chandrasekhar Rao who attended the get together of political parties hosted by the Srikrishna Committee when the T-JAC decided to boycott it.