Kodandaram Attends BJP Rally, TRS Upset

The rift between Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhara Rao and Telangana Joint Action Committee chairman Prof M Kodandaram seems to have widened further, with the latter attending the rally of Bharatiya Janata Party in New Delhi on Monday.
Kodanda took part in the three-day fast taken up by BJP state unit president G Kishan Reddy at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi and extended solidarity with the fasting leader. He joined Kishan Reddy’s attack on the Congress party for its indecisiveness on the Telangana statehood demand.
“Congress president Sonia Gandhi should apologize to the people of Telangana for going back on the statement issued on December 9, 2009 and dodging the issue since then,” Kishan Reddy said adding that the BJP would reiterate its stand on supporting the Telangana Bill if introduced in Parliament any time.
Interestingly, even Telangana employees JAC leaders also attended the BJP rally and supported Kishan Reddy. They reminded that it was on the same day 70 years ago that the then Nizam government had introduced Mulki rules for the benefit of locals.
TRS leaders, however, expressed view that Kishan Reddy’s fast was aimed at gaining political mileage and nothing would come out of it.
“If the BJP leader is so sincere, why should he take up fast only for three days? He should do it indefinitely,” a TRs leader said.