Ahead of its August 20 public meeting in Munugode constituency, which is set for a byelection sooner than later, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leadership is grappling with dissidence like the main opposition Congress and is making efforts to douse it with a hope to contain the damage in time.
Although the Election Commission is yet to announce the byelection, three main political parties — TRS, Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) — are engaged in a break-neck speed political activity, including the aspirants and dissidents making their presence felt to the leaderships.
The ruling TRS, which is planning to wrest the seat it won in 2014 and to give a kick-start to its campaign has planned a public meeting in the constituency on August 20, a day ahead of BJP big wig Amit Shah’s public meeting. With some ‘surveys’ indicating ‘edge’ to the ruling party, the number of aspirants has gone up with the hope that a win now would also ensure them the party ticket for the next Assembly election.
