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T’gana ‘Praja Kutami’ experiment to be replicated at national level

KHAMMAM:Parties contesting the Telangana polls under the banner of “Praja Kutami” (people’s alliance) are watching the outcome of this “political experiment” as they hope to replicate this to form a joint front against the BJP at the national level for the 2019 polls.

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Naveen S Garewal

Tribune News Service

Khammam, December 4

Parties contesting the Telangana polls under the banner of “Praja Kutami” (people’s alliance) are watching the outcome of this “political experiment” as they hope to replicate this to form a joint front against the BJP at the national level for the 2019 polls.

Politicians from parties that are part of the alliance say the only way forward to check the BJP is to fight it out together.

“Constitution is under threat slogan has been given to unit all who think there is grave danger from the dictatorial and communal forces. Once successful in Telangana, more parties would join in. Talks are already on with several top leaders who are just waiting for the election results in five states on December 11 before joining the alliance,” Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Politburo member Nama Nageswara Rao said.

A Praja Kutami-supported TDP candidate from Khammam, Rao said on the directions of TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu directions, he as leader of TDP Parliamentary party had made efforts to unite the Opposition under the banner of a third front in the 15th Lok Sabha. The efforts failed then because all parties other than the Congress and BJP had their own agendas to pursue.

Another lead has now been taken by the TDP president at the national level to unite all anti-BJP parties, he said, adding that joining hands with the Congress in Telangana had raised hopes for a united front. About his party, he said if the experiment succeeded, the TDP was hoping to expand itself as a national party, expanding its base from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to other regions.

Campaigning for one of the three CPI candidates Banoth Vijaya in Wyra (ST) constituency, state CPI national secretary Kankanala Narayana said the first step to strengthening the alliance would be to defeat the BJP. “There is a lot of nitty-gritty that will have to be worked out and Telangana is only the first step,” he said.

Narayana said there couldn’t be one formula for an alliance across every state. “The CPI cannot go with the Congress in Kerala where they are political rivals. So, there will be state-by-state review and every party opposed to the BJP will try and come together. But there is no possibility of one national alliance.”

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