Telangana polls could be last battle for many opposition leaders
Live MintHyderabad:The Congress, the Telugu Desam Party, the Communist Party of India, and the Telangana Jana Samithi, have formed a Maha Kutami or grand alliance in Telangana to take on the Telangana Rashtra Samithi and its chief, former chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, or KCR, in the forthcoming assembly election. If the grand alliance fails in the forthcoming elections, it might see the end of the political careers of senior Congress and TDP leaders. There are about 40-odd former cabinet ministers whose political careers are on the line,” said a senior Congress leader from Hyderabad, requesting anonymity. “We hope that the alliance can win some seats in the Greater Hyderabad areas, given that TDP still has some influence in those areas, predominantly inhabited by settlers from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh,” said the Congress leader, adding that the stakes are high.