The
telangana bjp has been reduced to a non-entity by the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), and the saffron
party leadership is now finding it difficult to pinpoint
assembly districts where it can mount some sort of opposition to its rivals.
The
bjp leadership, according to
party sources, has instructed State unit leaders to concentrate on the constituencies located within the Greater
hyderabad limits, particularly Amberpet, Khairatabad, Musheerabad, Uppal, Jubilee Hills,
secunderabad Cantonment, Kukatpally, LB Nagar, Serilingampally, Rajendranagar, Karwan, Nampally, Qutbullahpur, Malkajgiri, Medchal, and Maheshwaram.
The
party is also interested in the Chevella, Vikarabad, and
tandur seats in the Rangareddy district. The
party considers
karimnagar, Huzurabad, Sircilla, Vemulawada, Jagtial, Peddapalli, and
ramagundam to be significant seats in the former
karimnagar district. In addition, the
party leadership has requested that the State leadership concentrate particularly on the
nizamabad Urban and Rural, Armoor, Kamareddy, and Yellareddy seats, where it hopes to do well. The
party is also concentrating on important areas in the former
adilabad district, including
adilabad, Boath, Mancherial, Khanapur, Asifabad, Mudhole, and Nirmal.
The
party is closely monitoring the
mahabubnagar district
assembly segments of Gadwal, Kalwakurthy, Shadnagar, and Mahabubnagar.
It would be difficult for the
bjp to overthrow the ruling BRS, according to a number of
party leaders, since the
party lacks cadre at the booth level in the majority of the constituencies and due to the lack of preparation.
The
bjp once again overstated its chances of capturing seats in 2018, but they ended up with just one seat, four fewer than they did in 2014. Only
t raja singh was able to keep his Goshamahal seat, while K Laxman of Musheerabad,
g kishan reddy of Amberpet, NVSS
prabhakar of Uppal, and Chintala
ram Chandra
reddy of Khairatabad all succumbed to the BRS (then TRS) assault.
It is unclear if the
bjp will be able to improve on its prior standing given the continuous divisions within the
party and the lack of excitement among
party officials.