Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS) president Prof M Kodandaram, who spearheaded the movement for separate Telangana movement single-handedly, seems to be vexed with the hegemonic attitude of the Congress party in the seat-sharing for forming a grand alliance to fight the coming elections.
After a series of negotiations with the Congress party in the last few days, Kodandaram on Tuesday gave an ultimatum to the former on the seat sharing.
“If the Congress party does not step down and give a respectable number of seats to the TJS as part of alliance within 48 hours, we shall take our own course of action,” he reportedly conveyed to the Pradesh Congress Committee leadership.
Kodandaram said if there was no positive response from the Congress party even after 48 hours, the TJS would release its first list of 21 candidates for the assembly elections. And subsequently, it would release the remaining lists in due course of time.
Apparently, the TJS chief was hurt with the offer made by the Congress party.
While Kodandaram scaled down his demand from 20 seats to six seats, the Congress is not willing to give more than three seats.
The Congress also rejected the request of Kodandaram on his contest from a particular constituency, stating that it was the Congress seat. This forced the TJS chief to take a strong decision, sources said.
