Hyderabad: With no strong leaders and a completely depleted cadre, the sun may have finally set for the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in Telangana, where it seems to have wound up operations. Senior TDP leaders, who did not want to be quoted, said most of the party’s cadre have joined other parties, which partly led to the situation. “If you look at parties like the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and the Congress, so many of their leaders are from the TDP. And it looks like it will be very difficult also to revive the TDP in Telangana," according to a senior TDP leader, who did not want to be named. However, the alliance (which also included the Communist Party of India and the Telangana Jana Samithi) failed miserably with the TDP winning just two seats, while the Congress won 19.

Source: Mint April 30, 2019 04:18 UTC