What is basis for coalition in 'grand alliance' asks TRS

Attacking the proposed "grand alliance" of Congress, TDP and other parties for the December 7 assembly polls in Telangana, TRS leader and minister in the caretaker government K T Rama Rao Saturday said the alliance partners should specify on what basis they had come togther.

The proposed grand alliance comprises Congress, TDP, CPI and TJS, which is a partner in it.

Though the alliance partners have had several rounds of discussions on seat-sharing and other issues, they have not reached a final agreement.

"There is no answer when asked what is the criteria for the alliance between Congress and TDP," he said, addressing a gathering at the TRS office here.

TRS had allied with Congress in 2004 and TDP in 2009 after the two parties adopted a pro-Telangana stance, Rama Rao, son of TRS president and Caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, said.

Claiming that it was TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu who calls the shots in the alliance,he alleged that irrigation projects in Telangana would suffer if the alliance came to power, as Naidu had opposed them in his capacity as Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister.

The TRS has been attacking the 'unholy alliance' between Congress and TDP, saying the TDP was formed by late N T Rama Rao on an anti-Congress plank.

State Congress president N Uttam Kumar Reddy earlier said the TRS should speak about its performance in the last four years, instead of attacking the alliance between Congress and TDP.