Reportedly fresh from its landslide victory in the December 2018 Assembly elections, a confident Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) is ahead of its rivals as the campaigning is picking up for the coming Lok Sabha polls. Even though the main contenders are yet to announce their candidates, the ruling party has had a head start with its Working President K.T. Rama Rao addressing a series of preparatory meetings in the parliamentary constituencies over the last four days.
Furthermore popularly known as KTR, he addressed meetings of party leaders and workers in seven constituencies. Meanwhile it was stated that in every constituency, he addressed more than 15,000 workers and made a night halt in few to discuss the poll strategy with party leaders. Further TRS, which won 88 seats in 119 member Assembly in the December 7 elections, seems to have an edge over the opposition Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), whose cadres were demoralized by the humiliating defeat.
Presently KTR is confident that Chandrashekhar Rao, as leader of the Federal Front comprising TRS and other regional parties, would decide who would be the next Prime Minister. Moreover he is promising that the Front would bring a qualitative change in the national politics as both the Congress and BJP have failed to deliver. Apparently stating that Telangana has already emerged as a model for the entire country with its innovative welfare and development schemes, KTR hopes that the same could be replicated across the country.
