As the mercury crosses 43 degrees C in different parts of Telangana this summer season, the political heat is not left far behind ahead of the May 13 Lok Sabha election.
The withering of crops due to lack of water for irrigation has been exacerbated by the war of words between the Opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and the ruling Congress party over the drought conditions.
Tempers were already fraying between the two parties for the last few weeks, particularly over the defections allegedly encouraged by the ruling party, which has officially admitted three BRS MLAs and given one of them a ticket to contest the election and to the daughter of another MLA.
