Desam activists pin hope on Naidu\'s meeting in Khammam
Deccan ChronicleKhammam: How far are the efforts by Telugu Desam to regain its lost glory in Telangana bearing fruit? The visit and public meeting of TD president Nara Chandrababu Naidu in Khammam on Wednesday is giving a new hope to the party leaders and activists, who, despite odds, are continuing in the party as its committed soldiers despite Naidu's shift of his political base to AP. Naidu Chenna Rao, Dammapet mandal TD unit president, said, “Telugu Desam had a 20 per cent vote share in Telangana till now and the party workers had never gone to the other parties though some leaders did so. We are trying our level best to give a good image to the party.” There are thousands of TD activists like Chenna Rao in Telangana and they met the former MLAs and other leaders who joined other parties after the 2014 bifurcation of the state, requesting them to return to Telugu Desam. K. Pradeep of Khammam, a hardcore TD activist, said the former TD leaders now in other parties “are giving due importance to our initiative.” But, “they are silent on coming back to TD.” Some TD leaders in Telangana have tried their best to get back some seniors into the party.