The first week of July can aptly be summed up as a week of smart political moves aimed at checkmating political rivals going by another round of one-upmanship played out by the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP).
Hyderabad witnessed the BJP’s calculated move to hold its two-day national executive with an eye to consolidate its chances in Telangana in the run-up to the Assembly elections next year. Vijay Sankalpa Sabha, the public meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 3 with an array of top BJP leaders was touted as the next big step towards reaping the benefits of the anti-TRS sentiment among the youth and other sections as perceived by the BJP leadership.
After a fiery war of words between the ruling TRS and the BJP preceding the meeting, everyone expected that Mr. Modi will go all out against Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and his government. But it turned out to be an anti-climax as the Prime Minister totally ignored TRS and its leadership and focussed pointedly on the largesse doled out to Telangana by the BJP government.
