Is the game over for BJP state chief Bandi Sanjay? After two stunningly rnspectacular back-to-back victories in Dubbak and GHMC, has his sword gotrn blunted? Is he unable to steer the party to victory anymore? This is rnthe question that is being asked not just outside the party, but also rneven within the BJP.
There is a growing perception that the rnwantonly aggressive criticism of Bandi Sanjay is responsible for turningrn the voter away from the BJP. Bandi's comments are proving rncounter-productive. The voters apparently did not like the way he was rnafter KCR and went hammer and tongs against him.
The party has rnlost both the Graduate MLC elections, polling for which was held rnrecently. It failed to keep the Hyderabad-Rangareddy-Mahabubnagar seat, rnwhere its candidate Ramachandra Rao lost narrowly. It stood a poor rnfourth in the Warangal-Nalgonda-Khammam seat. As a result, there are rnheated debates over Sanjayâs strategies. Excessive attack on KCR and KTRrn and lack of political cleverness are said to be the reasons for poor rnperformance.
More problematic is his comment that the TRS had rnterrorised and forced the government employees and the graduates to votern for it. This has sparked lot of memes on the social media. The netizensrn lampooned his comments and said that such comments, especially in rndefeat, are uncalled for.
Now the biggest challenge for the BJP rnis the Nagarjunasagar bypoll. The Congress already has a candidate, rnwhile the TRS would announce its candidate at the last moment. The BJP rndoes not have any candidate so far. The BJP has to emerge at least as a rnsecond if it has to retain its hold in Telangana. If the party loses rnNagarjunasagar, the cadre would be further demoralised.
There is a growing perception that the rnwantonly aggressive criticism of Bandi Sanjay is responsible for turningrn the voter away from the BJP. Bandi's comments are proving rncounter-productive. The voters apparently did not like the way he was rnafter KCR and went hammer and tongs against him.
The party has rnlost both the Graduate MLC elections, polling for which was held rnrecently. It failed to keep the Hyderabad-Rangareddy-Mahabubnagar seat, rnwhere its candidate Ramachandra Rao lost narrowly. It stood a poor rnfourth in the Warangal-Nalgonda-Khammam seat. As a result, there are rnheated debates over Sanjayâs strategies. Excessive attack on KCR and KTRrn and lack of political cleverness are said to be the reasons for poor rnperformance.
More problematic is his comment that the TRS had rnterrorised and forced the government employees and the graduates to votern for it. This has sparked lot of memes on the social media. The netizensrn lampooned his comments and said that such comments, especially in rndefeat, are uncalled for.
Now the biggest challenge for the BJP rnis the Nagarjunasagar bypoll. The Congress already has a candidate, rnwhile the TRS would announce its candidate at the last moment. The BJP rndoes not have any candidate so far. The BJP has to emerge at least as a rnsecond if it has to retain its hold in Telangana. If the party loses rnNagarjunasagar, the cadre would be further demoralised.