Hyderabad, Nov. 3 -- Three days in Delhi, a large part of the Cabinet in tow, and no meeting with the Prime Minister, the Union Home Minister or any Union Minister concerned. That is what Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy's campaign for a Rs 30,000-crore drought relief package has delivered so far, with the Telangana government's demand still confined to a formal representation.

Revanth Reddy and more than half of his Cabinet colleagues camped in the national capital, announcing that they would press Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to intervene. Neither meeting happened. The Ministers instead joined Congress protests in Delhi, while the state's drought demand went no further than official channels. No assuranc...