All the three parties’ future in Telangana on tenterhooks as people make up their mind

High stakes for Congress, BJP, and BRS in Telangana as Lok Sabha elections with challenges, alliances, and unexpected candidates emerging.

As the voters get ready to exercise their franchise they will be writing the fortunes of three major political parties at the State level despite their vote matters for a government at the Centre.

Stakes are high for all three major parties — Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS). The Congress, which rode to power four months ago, will see a challenge to its government’s survival since the Opposition parties have been quite vocal about the very existence of it after the elections.

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The Bharat Rashtra Samiti, which looked invincible four months ago, is facing its biggest survival challenge since its formation in 2001 in the form of Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS). Losing power to the Congress and desertions of its leaders has dented its image. It faced similar challenges in the combined Andhra Pradesh but it had the sentiment issue to bounce back, and its absence now will be a test of its resilience.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been a minor player in the combined Andhra Pradesh and also the young Telangana State, but it sees — for the first time — a real chance of making big in the Parliament elections and paving the way to capture power in the next Assembly elections. If it fails in its mission of a minimum eight out of the 17 seats, its growth would be stunted to some extent as the party is in its strongest position ever in Telugu States politics.

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The challenges are real for all three parties though may be from different dimensions. In this context, the 2023 elections are quite unique as at least one of them is likely to lose their foothold in Telangana politics.