What struck the analysts most about the Telangana Govt.’s response to AP CM Chandrababu Naidu’s moves to scrap PPAs and violate the AP Re-Organization Bill’s power-sharing law is it’s measured response. The reason is said to be the Chief Minister himself, who seemed to have brushed aside the AP CM’s actions of scrapping PPAs silly and juvenile and doesn’t deserve a war of words, when his officers suggested possible ‘retaliatory measures’ like scrapping coal linkages from Singareni to Andhra. He is reported to have instead ordered a toned-down public response and instead asked his office to work the lines with Union Power Ministry and the Southern Regional Load Dispatch Centre (SRLDC) in Bangalore .  This episode marks the seamless transformation of the agitation party ...

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