Asked whether he was on a “warpath” with the party, the Chief Minister shot back: “Its not a question of warpath. I have to answer the concerns of the people here. When lakhs of people have got certain concerns, it is all the more my responsibility as Chief Minister of the state to satisfy them, talk to them and convince them as to what is good for the state, what is good for them… people of AP, of both regions.”
Asked if the Congress leaders (of Seemaandhra) were worried about the political fallout as elections were round the corner, Kiran remarked: “I don't think any Congress leader is thinking of his future or next elections. They are thinking about how to have the state united. That is what the Seemaandhra leaders are looking at.” “Elections and all will be thought of when they come.
Present thinking is…a big (people's) agitation is going on. How do we address them, smoothen them and try to convince them. People of the state have shown a lot of affection towards the Congress party. We have to be more sensitive to what they want,” the Chief Minister noted.
