Playing the mind game perfectly, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president and Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao has put the Opposition Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) under pressure by announcing the first list of 115 candidates four months ahead of the Assembly election.
By leaving only four seats pending, dropping seven sitting legislators and giving chance to six newcomers, the BRS chief has sent a strong signal to the party cadres and also to the Opposition that he is well prepared for the election.
Relying heavily on the performance of his sitting members through surveys and internal feedback, Mr. Rao gave a third chance to almost everyone, who won on party ticket in 2018 and dropping some controversial non-performers. The defectors from other parties after the 2018 elections barring one or two too found a place in the list, giving a clear indication that the BRS chief did not want to experiment at this juncture in his pursuit for a hat-trick.
