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Davos 2019: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana take rivalry to Swiss Alps

The two states have scaled up their presence at the annual event

N Chandrababu Naidu and K Chandrasekhar Rao have decided to skip the Davos event, but sent strong delegations to woo investors
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N Chandrababu Naidu and K Chandrasekhar Rao have decided to skip the Davos event, but sent strong delegations to woo investors

Archis Mohan New Delhi
After the dusty electoral battle field of Telangana, Telugu rivals, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and his Andhra Pradesh counterpart N Chandrababu Naidu, have renewed their rivalry at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, a town the Swiss Alps, but in absentia.

The two states have scaled up their presence at the annual event. Andhra Pradesh lounge occupies the space earlier used for the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII)’s ‘Indian Adda’, while the Telangana government has set up its lounge across the road. Rao's Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) won in the December Assembly polls in the state, defeating