Sakala Janula Samme: Bribes to Congress MLAs

Day 32 of Sakala Janula Samme on Friday begins with a different note for the T-protagonists. While Telangana Political JAC leaders are busy trying to garner support from the rural areas for the proposed rail roko program on 15, 16 and 17 of this month, Employees JAC is busy in negotiating truce with the government. T Congress leaders are busy at Delhi having consultations with central government and the party high command. That leaves the TRS enough time to probe and discover that the Telangana Congress MLAs are being bribed by the chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy.

K T Ramarao, TRS MLA and son of K Chandrasekhar Rao alleged that the Congress government in Andhra Pradesh is trying to sabotage their movement. "I allege that he (CM) is doing cash for support scheme like what we have seen cash-for-vote in Parliament. We have information that 13 Telangana Congress MLA's have been paid money to pull them away from Telangana agitation," KTR said.

Keeping aside how far KTR's allegations are true, the million dollar question is why CM would bribe the non-descript Congress MLAs instead of luring TJAC leaders and TRS MLAs, say the political observers.