Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao could be the King maker in making the president of India. As Sonia Gandhi scouts the viability of opposition parties making a joint play for President of India, she could get a bonus from the south. The ruling party of Telangana, the TRS, generally seen as friendly to the centre –
TRS was a firm supporter of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s demonetisation move, which was derided by most opposition parties – is suggesting that the BJP should not take its backing for granted.
The term of President Pranab Mukherjee, who was elected in 2012, expires in July.
Assuming all the BJP’s allies support its choice for President, its candidate will be about 25,000 votes short. The TRS has nearly 22,000 votes. So it has the chance to serve as a decision-maker.
Earlier Babu the CM of AP used to be the king maker, but now KCR will become the King maker in making the President for the country.
Digvijaya Singh, who handles Telangana for the Congress has made allegations that the KCR was supporting the Police in running a website to lure muslims into ISIS. A case was filed against Digvijay in Hyderabad.
“Our leader will take the call at the appropriate time,” was the diplomatic answer of MP Jitendar Reddy, a senior leader. He did not rule out support to the BJP coalition’s candidate.
While TRS to trying to be with the BJP, the BJP on the other hand is gearing to take on the ruling party and come to power in the coming polls.
What the TRS is privately irked by is that the Congress and the regional TDP are largely ineffectual as the opposition; it is the BJP that is emerging as the main opposition party in India’s youngest state.
The plank for TRS in the coming elections is if the centre does not concede the Muslim “quota”, KCR can blame the BJP. If it goes through, he will take the credit. The same will be used by the BJP to unite Hindus for the voting .
Next elections in TS will be between TRS and BJP.
U.Srinivas
Editor
