(Telangana, the land which is also famous for its folk songs, has become the song of every political party in the state. With just playing the 'Telangana card', every party wants to make it to the power, forgetting even how the issue is relevant to them.)
With the name of Telangana, there are several parties which formed in the past one year. Closely following the Telangana Rastra Samiti (TRS), the Nava Telangana Praja Party (NTPP), Thalli Telangana (which now merged into TRS) are two major parties based on this idea. Ofcourse, there are a few other groups, forums and parties which have formed including the name of Telangana in their names. Telangana, today, has become everybody's song, everybody's issue and agenda.
There are 3 basic reasons for inclusion of Telangana into every party's agenda:
1. Easy to understand: The issue is simple to understand and relatively straight-forward in the implementation. It is also simple to promise, and even simpler to escape the promise.
2. Present day appeal: Telangana has acquaired a considerable appeal nation wide, and has a ever growing popularity among the people and media.
3. Good for alliances: With the growing 'Telangana' based parties, it is important for the state-wide parties like TDP, Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) etc., to voice pro-Telangana to win their support and strike alliances with them. BJP, which has a better influence in Telangana compared to Andhra region, also supports for the party's own good.
Congress' stand on Telangana is unclear as always, with one group supporting it strongly, while the major group of the chief minister opposing it. Except for CPM, which still stands by the United-Andhra concept, all the parties are pro-Telangana formation, atleast on the paper. The ambigious PRP looks to team up with NTPP, while all the other major parties in AP have formed the 'Maha' alliance, to overthrow Congress in the coming election.
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