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KCR ahead of Jagan, strategically: Telangana Rashtra Samithi is planning to march ahead of the YSR Congress party in its personal domain. Though both parties are crossing swords to gain prominence in the Telangana region the winner would be announced by the public at the electorate. However in the forthcoming MLC elections, TRS seems to have tried its best to overtake the YSRCP.

The issue is all about the MLC candidature that the TRS hopes to nominate. While every MLC needs nearly 29 elected MLAs to vote in favor, it is right now a distant dream to parties like TRS and YSRCP. Under these situations how could they corner the MLC seat without external help. KCR has proposed his longtime confidante, Mohammed Ali for the seat and this is sure to give the party an entirely different image.

With the nomination the TRS supremo has sent his feelers to the MIM party whose coalition with Congress had been severed on a bitter note. By doing so the party sympathizers rejoice that KCR had outsmarted the young Kadapa MP, Jagan. But it is a well known fact that the MIM is maintaining a splendid rapport with the YSRC supremo, since beginning. Does that mean the longtime dream of the YSRCP to field its T popular leader Konda Surekha for the MLC post, take shape this time?

DCCB Polls, advantage Kiran?: Grabbing seventeen seats and leaving just two to his opponents should surely put the CM on cloud nine. But are there reasons for Congress to bank on this changed publicity base? Not likely claim critics. Normally the DCCB's favor the ruling party since it has to directly act as an extension of the state government at the macro levels. Keeping this in the minds the members voted accordingly. Hence this is no achievement to Kiran Sarkar, feel critics.

On the contrary, it will be heroic if the Congress retains its splendid form at the Panchayat elections that are scheduled shortly. A win there would play vital in boosting the party morale for the coming general elections, in 2014. However not all is going to be easy for the ruling party, as its offshoot and prominent rival YSR Congress party is gaining undue credence at all levels.

YSR Congress banked on sympathy wave which was abundantly accumulating for the party. YSR Congress has been the most successful in spite of its leader sitting in Chanchalguda prison. On the other hand Telugu Desam Party was banking hugely on the massive walkathon by its Supremo N Chandrababu Naidu. There had been wide coverage for the party at the rural levels with his 'Vastunna Mee Kosam.' With these two waiting to capsize the ruling boat, it is an uphill task for the Congress.

Sentiments ride high in Telangana!: What Telangana the whole state is reeling under sentimental 'mafia.' When I say this it simply means that we are lured to feelings and seldom give importance to facts. Had we done so then many (if not most) would not have been decorating the various posts. Anyways our topic is all about the sentimental fervor that the political parties in Telangana are pitching on for a successful electorate. The predominant parties in the region that might have an impact over the polls are Congress, TRS, TDP and YSRCP.

However with all the four distancing themselves from each other, it is certain that they are to fight it out alone. That simply means Congress and TDP could turn in as minorities in this region (as per some surveys). In that case the remaining two are embarking on raking in sentimental pitches to their campaigns.

TRS from the beginning was banking on its T sentiment, but off late seems to be criticized by none other than the Telangana Political Joint Action Committee (JAC). They had despised the former over TRS prolonged silence on the dillydallying of Congress. So the TRS party is going all-out to lure the JAC back to support the party and then its sentimental application would reap richer dividends.

On the other hand, YSRCP was banking on its arrested supremo YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and on the goodness of the late Chief Minister Y S Rajashekar Reddy. This feeling did have an edge over the TRS sentiments at the bypolls, when Konda Surekha just lost by a few votes for the YSRCP. Also Jagan's sibling Sharmila is clearly making waves with her walkathon for which crowds are gathering in huge numbers too. She had been very diplomatic on T issue and said that the party had already announced its decision. All this only shows that our people rely on sentiments and leave logic to ...whatever! in spite of the CBI crying foul on Jagan, people are flocking in large numbers to join his party. Does that mean, investigating agency will loose credibility by people's verdict at the electorate?