In the backdrop of political strategist Prashant Kishore making efforts to join the Congress at the national level, TRS working president K.T. Rama Rao described Congress as a dead party and he doesn’t see any hope for its revival.
At the same time, he maintained that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was strong wherever the Congress was the principal opponent and it was no match where the regional parties were strong. In a way Congress continues to be the feed for BJP’s growth, he said adding BJP can never pick up in the Southern states including Telangana.
He was also quite harsh on Rahul Gandhi asking him to concentrate and win his seat in Amethi rather than coming to Telangana where there was no space for the party. He, however, refused to say which was the main opposition to the TRS in Telangana. Rather he dismissed both the Congress and the BJP saying “KA Paul or Sharmila or the BSP can also be the TRS rivals.
