Political Diary

Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) chief Chiranjeevi on Wednesday ruled out any truck with Telugu Desam Party for the forthcoming elections to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). "We have not yet taken any decision on alliances for the GHMC polls. But there will not be any tie-up with the principal Opposition TDP," Chiranjeevi said. "Right now we are concentrating only on selection of party candidates for the GHMC elections. We will release the list of contesting candidates in the next two days," he said. "If any party, other than TDP, comes up with a proposal for alliance, we will discuss it internally and take an appropriate decision," Chiranjeevi added, indicating that he was not averse to a tie-up with the Left parties. CPI and CPM were part of the Grand Alliance headed by TDP in the recent general elections. Telangana Rashtra Samiti was the fourth partner in the Grand Alliance. The TDP has decided not to have any truck with the TRS for the GHMC elections but no formal announcement has been made in this regard.