Hyderabad, May 11: The Telangana Rashtra Samiti
(TRS) on Monday asserted that it did not join the NDA and
continued to be part of the TDP-led Grand Alliance in Andhra
Pradesh.
"Our only objective is to secure statehood for Telangana.
Since the NDA stood a chance of coming to power at the Centre,
we have extended support to it only to achieve Telangana
state," senior TRS leaders T Harish Rao and Nayini Narasimha
Reddy told reporters today.
Maintaining that they had not entered into any agreement
for joining the Grand Alliance in the state, the TRS leaders,
however, said they continued to be part of the four-party
grouping. "We have nowhere deviated from our position. Our
support to the NDA is only issue-based," they said.
"Whoever forms the next government in the state, we want
them to first pass a resolution in the Assembly seeking
statehood for Telangana. We will extend our support to only
such party," they added.
They rebutted claims that the TRS was resorting to such
blackmailing tactics only to grab ministerial berths in the
next government. "Ours is a one-point programme-achieving
Telangana state. We are not interested in any posts or
positions," they asserted.
Bureau Report
