Former chairman of Telangana Joint Action Committee (TJAC) and president of fledgling Telangana Jana Samithi Professor M Kodandaram is at a virtual crossroads in his political career as to what he should do next.
After the miserable failure of the great experiment of Maha Kootami or People’s Front in the recent assembly elections, Kodandaram has been virtually deserted.
The Maha Kootami itself is getting disintegrated as the Congress has decided to go alone in the Lok Sabha elections and the Telugu Desam Party is unlikely to contest. The CPI cannot survive on its own without somebody’s support.
So, what is left for Kodandaram? Already, many of his senior party colleagues have quietly disappeared from the scene and those who still have ambitions in politics are looking for alternative options. The TJS is in a total shambles and it is unlikely that it will recover again.
Now, Kodandaram has only two options: either to merge his party with the Congress or simpl wind it up. He has ruled out the merger of the TJS with the Congress. At the same time, he cannot continue the party, as there are no takers for it.
So, at the most, he can continue his role as a social activist and raise his voice against the anti-people policies of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi government.
But even that chance appears to be remote, as KCR government has decided to crush any kind of dissent or protests with iron hand.