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Talks between the Congress and the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) over an alliance have run into trouble and the TRS has now opened a channel of communication with the BJP for a possible tie-up.
The talks between the TRS and the Congress have got into difficulties over the number of seats each will contest in the newly-formed State, particularly for the 119-member Assembly, sources said.
The TRS is demanding a bigger chunk of seats than the Congress, an issue that has led to sharp differences between them. “As of now, we are not holding any formal talks with Congress or bargaining over seat sharing. We would need the adequate number of seats from the Congress that would help us to form the Government,” a TRS leader stated.
Informal talks The TRS has opened a channel of communication with BJP. “Our informal talks began after we rejected the demand for a merger with Congress,” the party leader said.
The TRS is of the view that it might require the support of BJP if the party comes to power at the Centre. To justify their reaching out to the BJP, the TRS leaders point out that the party had helped the passage of the Telangana Bill.
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