Not many politicians prepare succession plans perfectly. But, KCR is no ordinary politician. He is without doubt one of the cleverest politicians around and his plans are always perfect to the T. So, he is said to be ready with a plan to hand over the mantle of the party to his son KTR. But, like always, KCR has both Plan A and Plan B.
The Plan A is to hand over reins of power to son KTR only when the party gets between 70 and 80 seats on its own and it does not depend on any other party. The power would be absolute and KCR can appoint his son KTR as the CM without any hitches and glitches. Now, here's the Plan B. If the party gets anywhere between 60 and 65 seats, KTR will have to wait. KCR will continue as the CM and will work to lure MLAs from other parties into the TRS so that the numbers swell to at least 70. Then he will make KTR and shift to the National politics. KCR hopes to see KTR as Chief Minister by March 2019. After that he wants to go to Delhi and play a key role in the national politics. He feels he can play an effective role at the Centre in the event of a hung parliament.
Remember in 2014, KCR got just 63 MLAs. But he encouraged MLAs from other parties to defect into his party and took the number up to 90 seats. He had also almost completely finished off the TDP in the state by engineering defections.
Now, why does not KCR want KTR to take over when the party has a bare minimum majority? It is because KCR feels that KTR does not have the tack for a tightrope walk. He wants him to have a complete and unquestionable leadership of the party so that he can fully focus on the Central politics.
The Plan A is to hand over reins of power to son KTR only when the party gets between 70 and 80 seats on its own and it does not depend on any other party. The power would be absolute and KCR can appoint his son KTR as the CM without any hitches and glitches. Now, here's the Plan B. If the party gets anywhere between 60 and 65 seats, KTR will have to wait. KCR will continue as the CM and will work to lure MLAs from other parties into the TRS so that the numbers swell to at least 70. Then he will make KTR and shift to the National politics. KCR hopes to see KTR as Chief Minister by March 2019. After that he wants to go to Delhi and play a key role in the national politics. He feels he can play an effective role at the Centre in the event of a hung parliament.
Remember in 2014, KCR got just 63 MLAs. But he encouraged MLAs from other parties to defect into his party and took the number up to 90 seats. He had also almost completely finished off the TDP in the state by engineering defections.
Now, why does not KCR want KTR to take over when the party has a bare minimum majority? It is because KCR feels that KTR does not have the tack for a tightrope walk. He wants him to have a complete and unquestionable leadership of the party so that he can fully focus on the Central politics.