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| | Election 2004 - HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) |
 | | As elections are drawing closer, the backward Telangana region, witnessing a renewed demand for statehood, presents a picture of political paradox highlighted by a strong undercurrent of regional sentiment on one hand and a sense of uncertainty plaguing political camps on the other. |
 | | Despite a groundswell of sympathy for Telangana protagonists across the region, especially among the youth, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, espoused to the statehood cause, and its ally Congress are in a state of disarray, plagued by discontent, charges of kickbacks in selection of candidates and inadequate representation to weaker sections. |
 | | The Telangana region, which accounts for 107 assembly seats in the 294-member House and 16 Lok Sabha seats out of a total of 42 in the state, has a potential to tilt electoral scales as the ruling TDP is facing, for the first time, a combined opposition. |
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