Last week's dissolution of the Telangana assembly, months ahead of its scheduled end, has spurred the Opposition parties, including archrivals TDP and the Congress, to explore the possibility of an alliance to take on K Chandrashekar Rao's TRS.

The Congress and the TDP, which is in power in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh and was formed as a consequence of an anti-Congress movement by film icon-politician N T Ramarao, held preliminary talks on Tuesday.