TS CM KCR to launch National party soon, a formal announcement will be made shortly

Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) supremo and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao is likely to launch a new national political party soon. A formal announcement on his grand entry into national politics will be made shortly and the venue for this historic event would be the Telangana capital.

Party sources updates to the latest developments indicated that pressure was mounting on Chandrashekhar Rao to fulfill the historic necessity of taking a lead role in national politics, while continuing to head the Telangana government as the Chief Minister.

Sources argue that this was the opportune time for KCR’s foray into national politics, as the Congress had utterly failed to discharge its duty of being the principle opposition party. The Congress plagued with leadership crisis and the unending desertions of senior leaders and its unimpressive performance during the so-called ‘Bharat Jodo yatra’ have failed to persuade the nation that the Congress could assert its position as a political party capable of confronting the BJP.

The question arises that how long such one-sided politics should continue? There should be alternative leadership and people across the country have been looking for such alternative for a long time. Sources pointed out that KCR proved his capabilities during the Telangana movement in taking along other like-minded leaders from different parties in the



country. Further, he is also known for taking bold steps all through his political career.

Some retired civil servants were understood to have urged Chandrashekhar Rao that this was the opportune time for him to launch a national party, as the BJP leadership was determined to misuse and abuse the government machinery to help meet their political ambitions. The way Central agencies such as the CBI, Enforcement Directorate, Income Tax Departments were misused and abused to harass the political leaders in opposition parties and the absence of a credible political party to raise a forceful voice against the BJP seemed to have convinced the TRS chief to launch a new political party. Apart from misusing the Central agencies, another factor that compels KCR to take on the Centre was the financial restrictions in the garb of FRBM limits which was casting an impact on welfare programmes.

“In fact, this is the strength of KCR. He will take up issues which are unthinkable. When the Telangana agitation was launched he was all alone, but he came out with a clear agenda and convinced every political party to raise the Separate Telangana slogan. What was supposed to be a goal that was unachievable,was achieved”, a politician close to KCR analysed drawing a parallel to the launch of Telangana agitation and its subsequent success to the current development where a new National party is to be launched.