The Telangana BJP, which is working on its Mission 2023 to come to power in the state, is gearing up to turn the heat on TRS. This was evident after the recent meeting of state BJP leaders with union home minister Amit Shah.
The Congress is in shambles with infighting between working President Jaggareddy and President Revanth Reddy.
It is learnt that the Union Minister for Home Shah advised the BJP leaders to highlight the corruption of TRS and KCR and be ready for elections whenever they are held. The saffron party leaders do not rule out KCR once again taking them by surprise by going for early polls.
Anticipating the Modi wave in simultaneous polls impacting the prospects of TRS, KCR went for early Assembly elections in 2018, six months before they were originally scheduled.
This worked to his advantage as TRS retained power by bagging 88 seats in the 119-member Assembly, a huge improvement over its 2014 tally of 63 seats. He subsequently decimated the opposition by luring a dozen MLAs from the Congress party.
However, KCR’s hopes of cobbling up a Federal Front were dashed as Narendra Modi-led BJP stormed back to power at the Centre with a huge majority. By winning four Lok Sabha seats in the state, BJP emerged as a challenge for TRS.
Now KCR is planning to turn the tide against BJP with the help of Prashant Kishore the poll strategist. But KCR must know that Kishore and Mamatha are hands in glove with Modi from the backdoor.
