With the focus shifting to those opposing statehood for Telangana, K Chandrasekhar Rao is back. The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief has now warned that that 100 MLAs cutting across party lines will quit if the Centre goes back on the move to create a separate Telangana state.

"If anything goes wrong on formation of Telangana, it will lead to a constitutional crisis. All MLAs are in touch with me. More than 100 MLAs and more than 12 MPs will resign from Telangana," Rao said on Tuesday.

The TRS has 10 MLAs in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Rao's move is widely seen as posturing in a crisis that has virtually divided the state.

The ruling Congress' own leaders from Telangana have also warned of a people's struggle. "We are ready to give in not just our resignations but our lives as well. Not just elected representatives of all parties, but the four crore people of Telangana will join this struggle," said Congress MP Madhu Goud Yaskhi.
 
The pro-Telangana warning comes even the 'United Andhra' lobby has been hinting at a compromise formula. On Tuesday, Vijayawada's Congress MP L Rajagopal formally gave up his fast but not before declaring that KCR's fast-unto-death had been a fraud and that the Centre had succumbed to blackmail.

"There are two types of fasts, Mahatma Gandhi's and the modern-day fast. In the second type, you can take survive for 30 years on Intra Venous (IV) fluids and Total Parental Nutrition (TPN) and still claim to be on fast. This is what KCR did. If we succumb to this, everyone will start blackmailing the Central and state governments. There is no end to it," said Rajagopal.

Meanwhile in Hyderabad, pro-Telangana activists disrupted the shooting of a film that stars actor Mohan Babu's son. The actor has been vocal about his support for a united Andhra Pradesh.