The Hindu : We are united, says Kodela

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Friday, Feb 06, 2004

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

We are united, says Kodela

By Our Staff Reporter

NARSARAOPET, FEB. 5. The pre-electioneering exercise of the ruling Telugu Desam Party got a boost with the Minister for Health, Kodela Sivaprasada Rao, openly announcing the burying of the hatchet by leaders of different groups at the party's women's convention here on Thursday. Addressing the Guntur district Telugu Mahila Sadassu, the Minister said: "We may have differences of opinion, but we are all brothers of the same family and fight the coming elections unitedly to keep the Congress out of power.'' Enthused by the large turnout of women for the `sadassu,' Dr. Rao predicted party victory in all the 19 Assembly constituencies in the district. Justifying the decision on early polls, he said that it was the prerogative of the ruling party to seek people's mandate at any time and also the TDP was confident of its victory based on its performance. He vehemently sought to demolish theories of critics that the TDP was trying to take advantage of the sympathy wave following the `Alipiri incident' and asked the Congress leader, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, to be prepared to keep his promise of taking `political sanyas.'

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