KCR’s Sins Haunt BRS?

It is believed that one’s sins keep haunting an individual throughout one’s life. The same holds true with BRS chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao now.

The coercive politics which he had employed when his party came to power in 2014 and 2018 is repeating in Telangana but with the BRS legislators falling victims to the tactics this time.

There is buzz that the BRS legislature party would be merged with the ruling Congress. In the last few days, several BRS leaders switched loyalty and joined the Congress. Sitting MPs Venkatesh Netha, Pasunuri Dayakar, Ranjith Reddy had already shifted their allegiance to the Congress.

Similarly, Danam Nagender who had won a BRS ticket also switched sides and this has led to anxiety in the BRS leadership. The BRS even complained to the Speaker that action be taken against Danam.

The BRS chief is worried over how much more exodus should he witness in the coming days. It is learnt that the Congress promised Secunderabad MP seat to Danam.

With the Congress increasing its pressure politics and also due to their business needs, many BRS leaders are getting ready to shift loyalties.

The BRS is keeping a vigil on the movements of its MLAs but in fact, it is in a helpless state. BRS scion and former minister K.T. Rama Rao and his uncle Harish Rao had already begun attempts to pacify the fencesitters.

In 2014 and 2018, the BRS chief tried to pull in as many Congress leaders as possible into his party in the wake of the thin majority the party received both in 2014 and 2018. He alleged that the opposition parties were trying to topple the BRS government and hence, began attracting non-BRS leaders into the party’s fold.

Before the 2018 elections, the note-for-vote case came in handy for the advantage of the BRS and the public also sympathised with the BRS which was evinced in the majority given to the party.

The coercive measures once adopted by the BRS in pulling the Congress leaders into the party’s fold are now haunting KCR and his party is at the receiving end of the same policy this time.