Ruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief K Chandrasekhara Rao may be more than confident to bag all 16 Lok Sabha seats. But, the pollsters say TRS may manage to win only 14 and concede other two seats – one each to the Congress and BJP.
None will dare including the TRS dare snatch the lone AIMIM Hyderabad seat. Anyway, the AIMIM is an ally of TRS and hence the latter’s target to grab only rest 16 of the total 17 is their priority.
However, ground reports give different picture. While the Congress is giving tough fight to TRS in as many as six constituencies, then the BJP in at least four. In that backdrop, the Congress is confident to win at least four of the six where they have an edge over the ruling TRS. Similarly, the BJP sources claim that they are confident to win at least two out of four constituencies where they are in direct fight with the TRS, relegating Congress third position.
The BJP’s confidence of retaining the Secunderabad seat borne out of the fact its rival and TRS candidate, who happens to be the son of KCR’s cabinet colleague, Srinivas Yadav, is a political lightweight. Moreover, the BJP enjoys urban voters support. Apart from Secunderabad, the BJP feels an outside chance to win Mahabubnagar, Nizamabad and Malkajgiri.
On the other hand, the Congress is confident to retain its Chevella LS seat where one of country’s richest politicians, Konda Visweshawar Reddy is seeking election. Though, the TRS leadership, especially its working president, KT Ramarao is sparing no efforts to ensure his erstwhile party colleague, many feel either he or his party can succeed. Apart from Chevella, the Congress is confident of their state unit President Capt Uttam Kumar Reddy coming out victorious this time around, besides their ‘fire-brand’ Renuka Choudhary, to upset TRS calculations by inflicting a sure defeat of her arch TRS rival Nama. The Congress is aelso confident to retain the Bhongir seat where Komatireddy Venkatreddy seeking re-election.
What if the TRS had to concede six out of 16 LS seats it boasts to win? Will it have adverse effect on KCR’s ambitious plans to install and Federal Front government at the Centre, minus Congress and BJP? If such a thing happens, what will be his political future? Will the ‘silent dissidence’ within the party dare raise banner of revolt?
These and many more questions will get answers only after May 23 results!