HYDERABAD: Telangana Congress has decided to play the

card as part of its strategy to upset the applecart of K Chandrasekhar Rao led-Telangana Rashtra Samithi in the the state Assembly elections.

While Congress president Rahul Gandhi's tour to Hyderabad and two districts in Telangana has been finalised for October 20, the itinerary of UPA-chairperson Sonia Gandhi has not been finalised. In fact, the Telangana Congress leaders were surprised when the AICC leadership informed them that both Sonia and

are likely to come together to campaign in Telangana.

Though a senior Congress leader said they were able to persuade the party leadership that the Congress and its alliance partners would immensely benefit if they come separately on various dates to campaign, it is still not known whether the leadership has agreed.

Political analysts said that Sonia Gandhi's campaign would definitely create a positive atmosphere for the Congress and its alliance partners. The people of the state know that it is Sonia Gandhi who fulfilled their decades long dream by giving statehood to Telangana.

Congress is organising huge public meetings wherein Sonia Gandhi will come and urge the people of Telangana to oust the KCR led-TRS government which has failed to fulfill their aspirations in the new state. Meanwhile, the TPCC has released the tour schedule of party president Rahul Gandhi. He will arrive on October 20 and is expected to hold two large public meets and also interact with prominent personalities of the state. Rahul Gandhi is likely to come to Telangana again on October 27 and Congress has proposed to hold two huge public meetings, one in undivided Warangal district and the other

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