TDP looks beyond AP
As rebranding of the ruling TRS into the BRS and its foray into AP have diluted the concept of outside political parties in Telangana
Hyderabad: Currently a pale shadow of its once glorious self in Telangana, few would think that the TDP would nurse any hopes for a revival in the State. But with assembly elections expected later this year, the TDP is making clear that it may be down but its certainly not out.
In late December last year, the TDP had organised a public meeting in Khammam district of Telangana. The massive response to the meet, the party's first mega event held in the State after almost four years, came as a boost for party chief Chandrababu Naidu who had become almost reconciled to the prospects of limiting his political activities to Andhra Pradesh.
At the Khammam meet, vowing to revive the party in Telangana, Naidu laid out his plans to groom a new leadership team for the State even as he exhorted those, who had left the TDP for greener pastures, to return.
Developments in the region in the recent past have prompted the party to test its fortunes at the hustings in Telangana for the third time after the State was formed in 2014. The arrival of Y S Sharmila and her YSR Telangana Party (YSRTP) has emboldened the TDP also to throw its hat in the State's political arena once again.
