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Big Jolt To TRS : BJP Demolishes Poll Alliance Talk , To Fight Polls In Telangana Alone

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There was buzz in the corridors of power in New Delhi , that Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao with his recent bonhomie with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, would join the NDA at a later stage. K Chandrashekhar Rao hence dissolved the assembly nine months ahead of its tenure and going with its plans for snap polls.

There is likely that Telangana might to go to the polls in November or along with that of states like Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh , Chhattisgarh, Mizoram. which are scheduled to go to polls later this year.

All the rumours of a TRS – BJP alliance has been dashed to the ground. In a surprise aggressive stance, BJP president Amit Shah has indicated that the saffron party will go to the Telangana polls alone. The BJP would not have any alliance with any party and it hoped to emerge as a “deciding factor” in the upcoming polls, he said.

The saffron party would also fight against the “stalled progress” of the state, Shah said, when asked about allegations of a tacit understanding between the BJP and the TRS.

The party-wise strength in the 120-member Telangana Legislative Assembly before its dissolution was — TRS 82, Congress 17, AIMIM 7, BJP 5, TDP 3, Vacant 2, the CPI, CPI(M), Independent and nominated member (one each).

Rao had released a list of 105 candidates for the state’s 119 seats immediately after the dissolution of the Assembly.

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