An identity crisis of sorts is haunting the Telugu Desam leaders belonging to Telangana region these days, as they are singled out with every other political party is strongly advocating the formation of a separate State.

After the byelections to Karimnagar Parliamentary seat in December last, one Telugu Desam leader after the other has started coming out in support of Telangana. They have understood that unless they take a clear stand in favour of Telangana, they would be losing out in the race and by next elections, they might have to disappear from the scene.

That is why, most of the prominent Telangana leaders like Devender Goud, Kadiam Srihari, Mothkupalli Narsimhulu, Gutta Sukhender Reddy and E Peddi Reddy tried their best to get into the Legislative Council, since they know that they would any way be swept away in Telangana wave in the next elections. It may be pertinent to note that even the Congress had earmarked 10 out of 20 seats in the Council under the Assembly quota for Telangana leaders, who would definitely lose in the next Assembly elections.