TRS to focus on poll strategy, national politics

Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) will celebrate its 17th Formation Day at party's plenary on Friday will chalk out an aggressive strategy and plan of action for the next year's Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.

Party president K Chandrasekhar Rao, who had launched the movement for separate Telangana and then converted it into a full fledged political party TRS and realised the dream of separate Telangana State against all odds in 2014, was expected to give a clarion call to party cadres to setup their efforts to make TRS a powerful voice at the national level.

At the day long plenary to be held at a convention centre in the outskirts of the city 13000 delegates from all over the state will hear the party president chalking out his plans for entering the national politics before 2019 polls.

Briefing the media about the preparations for the plenary K Taraka Rama Rao, son of KCR and number two in party and the government sought to dispel the doubts about the national political plans of TRS. "KCR achieved the goal of separate Telangana state when everybody thought it to be impossible. In the same manner he will achieve the goal of Federal Front to give a new direction to national politics", he said.

KCR will also brief his party cadres in the progress he made during his visit to Kolkata and Bengaluru to discuss the proposal of an alternative to Congress and the BJP with the regional leaders.

The plenary's focus will also be on preparing the party for the coming electoral battles and overcoming the emerging challenges including the possibility of Congress forging alliance with other smaller parties. Question whether the TRS should also explore the possibility of joinin hands with the TDP may also come up for the discussion.

Thorough party was putting up a brave front and dismissing the new party of Telangana Joint Action committee convenor Kodandaram the leaders from the lower levels were likely to give their own feedback on its impact at the grassroots.

Like before the last plenary, the speculations were rife that the party may appoint KTR as the working president of the party to pave way for his eventual anointment. But KTR himself laid such speculations to rest saying there was no such vacancy in the party.  "Where is the need for a working president when our president works", he asked. He pointed out that KCR was healthy and more energetic than many younger leaders. "Our president is in a very good health and he works round the clock to lead the party from the front.

There is no need for a working president like in other parties whose presidents are dummy", he said.