KCR-Naidu talks: TDP to reverse Telangana stand

Mohammed Siddique in Hyderabad In a dramatic political development with far reaching implications two bitter opponents have talked for the first time in about nine years. Indicating the possibility of a sea change in the political landscape of Andhra Pradesh with the Telugu Desam Party reversing its stand on the issue of Telangana state, TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu [Images] spoke with the Telangana Rashtra Samiti president K Chandrasekhara Rao over the phone late on Sunday night and discussed the unfolding political situation and possibility of the two parties joining hands in the next elections. Naidu, whose 150-day-long Mee Kosam Yatra entered the West Godavari district on Sunday night spoke to Rao for 15 minutes, well informed and reliable sources in the TDP said. Since Chandrasekhara Rao left the TDP in 2001 and... [read full story]