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Congressmen resent Cabinet berths for TRS

By W. Chandrakanth

HYDERABAD, JUNE 22. Some Congress leaders from the Telangana region met the Chief Minister, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, today and pleaded with him not to yield important portfolios to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) or offer "more Cabinet berths than what they deserve."

As the State leadership does not have any role in the decision, the Congress MLAs reportedly urged the Chief Minister to "make the AICC leadership see reason."

The apprehension in the Congress is that the party would ultimately get weakened in the region by the induction of the TRS into the Cabinet. That the TRS could cause a dent in the Congress as a force soon in the region is what they fear.

The Congress leaders are also unhappy over the fact that their party president, Sonia Gandhi, gets to hear only the TRS version of State politics but not their voice. A senior Congress leader said: "There is none to brief her about the ground realities. Perhaps, she is under the impression that the TRS is a major political force. Our strength is far greater. We wish there was some way out for the party to ward off the danger of getting decimated in Telangana."

Though the Telangana leaders welcome the AICC support to separate statehood, they warn the leadership of unwittingly strengthening the TRS. They feel that the regional party was fast losing its credibility after winning only 26 seats and several lower-rung functionaries were contemplating joining the Congress. But, with the present move — to offer six berths and getting Telangana included in the President's address — the AICC has turned the tide in favour of the TRS, observers feel.

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