SOUTH-Separatists Separate

SOUTH Separatists Separate Mohit Sen DEFECTIONS from the Telengana Praja Samiti increase as the date draws near for the formal conversion of this rather loose association into a run-of- the-mill political party. The latest defections are from Medak district where two legislators and four pancha- vat samiti presidents have resigned, ostensibly as a protest against the hectoring ways of Chenna Reddy. The background to this latest lot of dropouts is the manner in which the Praja Samiti boss had pushed through his candidate for the chairmanship of the Medak zilla parishad despite the opposition of the local organisers and with disastrous results.