The talks between the Congress and the TRS over an alliance have run into trouble and the regional party of Telangana has now opened a channel of communication with the BJP for a possible tie-up.
The talks have got into difficulties over the number of seats each will contest in the Telangana region, particularly for the 119-member Assembly, sources said. The TRS is demanding a bigger chunk of seats than the Congress, an issue that has led to sharp differences between them, they said but did not specify how many the regional party wants.