KCR’s win and not of TRS

TRS victory is nothing but a reflection of the CM’s strategy and perfect execution

Congress candidate K. Jana Reddy had no inkling of behind the scenes work launched a couple of months in advance by the ruling party to ensure it retained the Nagarjunasagar seat even as it sent deliberate signals initially about its difficulties in finalising the candidate. The TRS victory is nothing but a reflection of Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s strategy and perfectly executing the same on the ground. Social engineering and sympathy apart, the TRS needed something extra to defeat Mr. Jana Reddy, who had natural sympathy from voters as he lost the election in 2018 general elections. When the Congress announced quite early that Mr. Jana Reddy would be its candidate, it was a foregone conclusion that he had an edge as there was no tall leader in the TRS to take him on. Moreover, the TRS was divided with two strong forces pushing for their candidates rather than Nomula Bhagat, son of late Nomula Narsimhaiah, whose untimely death necessitated the bypoll.