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Tuesday, Sep 14, 2004

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

CPI(M) rules out backing TRS on bypoll

By Our Staff Reporter

KURNOOL, SEPT. 13. The Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Polit Bureau member, Koratala Satyanarayana, has said his party will not support either the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) or the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in the Siddipet by-election.

TRS agenda opposed

Talking to reporters here on Monday, he said the CPI(M) was opposing the agenda of the TRS, which wanted to divide the State. The TRS had opposed the candidates of Left parties in the previous election, which made it clear that there was no affinity between the two.

Mr. Satyanarayana said whatever might the promise of the Congress to the TRS over formation of separate Telengana, the CPI(M) would oppose any move to divide the State. Even the Congress at the national level said Telangana State would be formed with the consensus of the all alliance partners. But the consensus would never arise as the CPI(M) would oppose it. On the ongoing war of words between the Congress and the TRS, he said the CPI(M) would not take seriously whether the two sailed together or parted ways.

Rayalaseema issue

On the backwardness of Rayalaseema, Mr. Satyanarayana said the very people who were shouting from roof-tops were responsible for the backwardness of the region. T.G. Venkatesh was in the TDP till recently and nobody had prevented him from developing the area. So also the Congress leaders and the TDP, who were in power most of the time. Mr. Koratala Satyanarayana advised the Congress Government to solve the complex power supply problems to provide stability to the Government.

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