Games politicians play

With only two stages of polling remaining we are now looking at the climax of the fight in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The same set of Modi-Pawan Kalyan - Chandra Babu combine who admitted in Telangana that they were in support of the Telangana now are putting the blame on Congress and YSR Congress for the bifurcation of the state. It is a well known fact that UPA which is currently ruling the country and is expected to go out of the power on 16th May does not have the requisite strength in Parliament to pass the Telangana Bill and the main opposition BJP supported them in both the lower and upper houses for the passage of the bill. Had BJP opposed the bill it would not have gone through ending congress with egg on its face. However had they opposed the bill, BJP would have lost Telangana region but would have gained something in Andhra. May be the gain is not sufficient to offset the loss in Telangana which is why they supported the Telangana Bill. It is ridiculous now by the above combine to claim that they have no role in the passage.

Chandra Babu Naidu is continuing with his spree of promises literally creating a heaven in Andhra Pradesh (read Singapore or Malaysia). One can see the desperation in his speeches promising any and everything under the sun. Read for example, he now claims that the liquor is spoiling the lives of people and particularly the so called belt shops (something like bootlegging) and will close them once he is in power. Unfortunately the great man is conveniently forgettting that he only opened doors for this malady. Pawan Kalyan has gone ballistic over YSR Congress Party and its chief. Lets us wait and see how his speeches will affect the voting in Andhra Pradesh in 12 days.

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