After understanding the rout they are going to face in the election, Congress is back to it’s old game in Telangana. Deriving an inspiration from late YSR’s tactics against TRS 10 years ago, Congress is planning to poach 1/3 of TRS MLAs out of the pink party and make them operate as a separate block to support a Congress Govt. This it hopes to do, if it gets around 30-35 seats in the just concluded elections. Several Congress leaders acknowledged the tactic with media. “Many TRS candidates are in touch with our leaders,” said Sravan Dasoju, spokesperson of Telangana Congress. Ponnala himself claimed that at least 20 TRS candidates were in touch with him, but declined to name them. A ...

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