TRS Chief K Chandrasekhar Rao is a down to earth person when he is not doing politics and when it is not election he is very close to any leader of any party. One can visualize that when he is talking to Shabbir Ali who is the strong critic and opponent to KCR.
Now there are rumors that KCR began efforts to lure senior most leaders like Ponnala Laxmaiah, V Hanumantha Rao, Anjan Kumar Yadav and SC leaders – Damodar Raja Narasimha and J Geeta Reddy into TRS fold. Even people said that Danam Nagendar wanted to join the TRS, but KCR did not agree for the same.
KCR already succeeded in taking senior most leaders like Kesava rao, D Srinivas etc after the formation of Telangana. Now taking serious note of declining their role in Congress, the BC Leaders organised a meeting on July 12 where the leaders will finalize their future plan to strengthen their leadership.
Congress party is facing difficult situation in Telangana. The growing Reddy domination in the party did not go well in other communities particularly BCs – Backward Classes in new state. As a result, the active participation of BC, SC and Minority leaders in party programmes diminished in the recent times.
The BC community strongly objected giving two key posts – Telangana Congress President and CLP leader posts to Reddy community. While Uttam Kumar Reddy and Jana Reddy hold the two key posts, majority of the district party President posts and Assembly constituency incharge posts were given to Reddy community only.
Barring Reddy community, all other communities are unhappy in Congress for getting a raw deal in party posts, leaders said to contain Reddy influence in the party, the BC Leaders are united and holding series of meetings to strengthen their leadership.
Does that mean the BCs and SCs from the Congress are looking at TRS. They want to make sure that they have a seat in the coming elections that is in 2019 . But how many can the TRS accommodate is big question.People think that the TRS was poaching, but it is the other way round. Leaders are looking at TRS with no future left in the congress in the near future.
The Rahul Gandhi tour to Sangareddy has brought some life to the party but that does not mean they will win the elections and come to power.
