Hyderabad: Terming its victory march in Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections as a "silent revolution", the Congress today (May 11, 2004) said that the verdict reflected common man's anger against anti-poor policies of the Chandrababu Naidu-led Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Government.

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"It is very clear that AP is witnessing a silent revolution to dislodge the TDP Government. Common man is vexed with its misrule and wants a change," a beaming former Congress legislature party leader Y S Rajasekhar Reddy, widely seen as the party's Chief Ministerial candidate, told newsmen as reports of his party's early lead across the State poured in.

Asked about the raging Telangana Statehood issue, he said, "The Statehood demand has come up because of the wrong policies of the TDP Government and total neglect of backward regions."

Reddy said that his party Government would strive to resolve the issue in co-operation with its ally Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS).