BJP flays TDP for U-turn on Telangana

Neena Vyas NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was on Friday critical of its former friend and supporter, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), for its sudden change of heart on the issue of a separate State of Telangana to be carved out of Andhra Pradesh. The announcement of an electoral tie-up between the TDP and the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has come as a blow to the BJP, which was trying hard to get the TRS as an electoral ally and a partner in the National Democratic Alliance. To help the TRS make up its mind, two senior BJP leaders, president Rajnath Singh and prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani, had... [read full story]