KCR insists on 9 LS seats

The much-hyped alliance between the Telugu Desam and TRS ran into rough weather over sharing of seats ahead of its formal announcement on January 21.
The TRS chief, Mr K. Chandrasekar Rao, is upset that the TD president, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, has not agreed to give 10 Lok Sabha seats to the Telangana party.
Mr Naidu told Mr Rao that he could have seven Lok Sabha seats as the TD had to accommodate both the CPI and the CPI(M).
Mr Rao was so cut up with Mr Naidu that he skipped an Opposition protest in the city on Saturday.
Mr Rao told the TD leadership that he would not settle for anything less than nine Lok Sabha seats.
On Sunday, he did not take phone calls from the Telugu Desam leadership.
“Let Mr Chandrababu Naidu come out with a final figure,” Mr Rao is said to have told aides.
“He was upset with the formula proposed by the TD. After all the TD is getting the maximum advantage from the alliance,” said a TRS leader. “It can accommodate the CPI and the CPI(M) in other regions from where the TRS cannot contest.”
The TRS is trying to finalise seats deal before the alliance is announced on January 21.
The TRS is opposing the TD’s plans to allot it difficult seats. The TD for instance is trying to give the TRS the Hyderabad LS seat which is a bastion of the MIM.
The process of sharing Assembly seats is going on relatively smoothly. The TRS wants 50 seats and the TD offer is 40. TD sources said the deal would be struck at around 42-45 seats.

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