Separate Telangana issue, which was giving tenterhooks to the ruling as well as other parties in the state, seems to be mellowed with Anna Hazare protest gaining momentum across the state. At least for the time being, the separatist movement got pushed into the background.

Many T-leaders, particularly from the Telugu Desam, are pitching for Hazare and have put the T-issue on the back burner. In fact all Opposition - parties the TD, CPI, CPM, Forward Block, and BJP - have jumped on the Anna bandwagon seeing how it has captured the public mood. Mr Jogu Ramanna, the rebel TD member, who who has been in the forefront of the T-agitation, is seen these days sporting the newly popular Gandhi topi and participating in dharnas in Adilabad district in support of Anna Hazare. The TD’s T. Devender Goud and the CPI’s Narayana, who sat in dharnas for Telangana, were seen together at an all-party dharna in support of Hazare.

Especially for the TD chief Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, Hazare's campaign is a blessing, as it has turned the spotlight away from the Telangana and Seema andhra agitation. Even the TRS chief, Mr K. Chandrasekhar Rao, was forced to come out in support of Anna Hazare when the Gandhian was arrested. While Mr Chandrababu Naidu is relieved that Anna had taken the spotlight away from the Telangana debate, Mr Chandrasekhar Rao too can now manage to keep the T-issue burning till 2014 General Elections.