Hyderabad, June 2 -- A major political battle appears to be brewing in Telangana after Jana Sena Party chief and Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan announced that his party will contest the next assembly elections in Telangana. Amid an escalating war of words with Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and the Congress government, Kalyan said Jana Sena has already begun working in the state and will continue to strengthen its organisational presence in the coming years.

Addressing a press conference in Hyderabad on Telangana Formation Day, Kalyan also launched a sharp attack on the Congress leadership, accusing some party leaders of behaving like "separatists" and questioning the silence of senior Congress leaders Rahul Ga...