Is This The Reason Behind BRS Going Through Tough Time?

It is a two-time winning party which won consecutive elections. In the second term, the party managed to get an edge over the alliance of opposition. Despite the parties joining hands the party managed to win and come to power. But everything had gone for a toss in the third term.

We are talking about the BRS here. The Telangana Rashtra Samithi which was floated to fight for special state demand played a big role in the movement. KCR sat for the hunger strike and the state was formed. TRS won the first term with a good number of seats and won even more seats in 2018.

KCR wanted to enter national politics and hence the TRS was made into BRS. The party held meetings in states like Karnataka, Maharashtra, and others. But everything had changed for the party with the defeat. BRS in Maharashtra is almost empty with the leaders joining other parties in the state.

The harsh reality is that the party is seeing the leaders shift loyalties. From BRS, leaders are joining other parties. Even the senior leaders and the MPs are not stopping. BRS which was in power for ten years is seeing contrasting scenes with leaders leaving.

No one would have predicted that BRS would face such a condition given its legacy. For the first time in over two decades, the Kalvakuntla family is staying away from the MP elections. There is also a talk that BRS might become empty if the leaders leave at the same pace.

What the observers say is that BRS depending heavily on leaders coming from other parties is the big reason. Leaders who were given big posts belong to the other parties. Leaders from TDP and Congress joined the BRS and now the opposite is happening.

BRS is waging a fight to see that Danam Nagender gets disqualified as he switched sides. But he was with the Congress earlier and he went back to the Congress fold. Senior Congress leader K. Keshava Rao joined the BRS after the state formation. Now he is all set to go back to Congress, the reports say.

Considering all these points the observers say that instead of developing their own leaders in the party the BRS welcomed leaders from other parties. Had the party had its own leaders the situation might have been the same.