BRS plans outreach ahead of Karnataka polls

Hyderabad

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) led by Telangana chief minister Okay Chandrasekhar Rao is planning to check its fortunes by contesting in a choose variety of meeting constituencies within the upcoming meeting elections in neighbouring Karnataka, a senior celebration chief accustomed to the event stated.

KCR, because the Telangana chief minister known as, has already introduced that the BRS would have an electoral alliance with the Janata Dal (S) and would marketing campaign for it within the Karnataka elections, scheduled in Could.

JD (S) chief and former chief minister of Karnataka H D Kumaraswamy has been frequently visiting Hyderabad to attend the most important occasions of the BRS, proper from the day of change of title of the celebration from Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) into BRS on October 5, the official launch of the BRS on December 9 and the inauguration of BRS nationwide headquarters in Delhi on December 14.

On the identical time, the BRS chief stated, the celebration is considering contesting a number of seats within the Karnataka elections to check the waters for the celebration’s development as a nationwide celebration within the coming years.

“It is going to be the primary electoral battle for the BRS outdoors Telangana. Although the final response from the leaders of the neighbouring state to the BRS may be very encouraging, the celebration has to evaluate how the individuals on the bottom will react to the entry of the BRS,” the chief stated.

The BRS is more than likely to restrict itself to the constituencies of Karnataka districts, bordering Telangana – Gulbarga, Raichur, Bidar and Yadgir — that have been initially a part of the erstwhile princely state of Hyderabad Deccan, dominated by the Nizams earlier than it was merged with Indian Union in 1948.

“Two different districts – Bellary and Koppal – have been additionally a part of Hyderabad Deccan and have a sizeable inhabitants of Telugus. However they’re nearer to Rayalaseema area of Andhra Pradesh state. There, too, the BRS can attempt to contest a number of seats,” the celebration chief stated.

The chief minister has requested a few of his cupboard colleagues and MLAs within the districts like Mahabubnagar, Ranga Reddy, Vikarabad, Sangareddy and Medak, bordering Karnataka state, to make a research on the political state of affairs in these bordering areas and the prospects of the BRS there within the upcoming elections.

“Our ministers like V Srinivas Goud and S Niranjan Reddy from Mahabubnagar additionally visited a number of locations in Raichur district within the latest previous and spoke to native leaders and representatives of farmers and Dalits. Equally, some MLAs from the border districts are additionally in common contact with Karnataka leaders,” he stated.

Final week, Telangana tribal welfare minister Satyavathi Rathod visited Gulbarga and took half in a gathering organised by native JD (S) leaders. She stated the BRS leaders, together with the chief minister, would extensively marketing campaign for its alliance accomplice in Karnataka elections. She additionally indicated that the BRS would possibly contest the elections on this a part of Karnataka.

Veteran journalist and political analyst Mir Ayub Ali Khan stated although it’s too early to foretell whether or not the BRS would win any seats in Karnataka, it could positively make an impression within the Hyderabad Karnataka area.

The districts bordering Telangana and Andhra account for 31 meeting seats within the 224-member Karnataka meeting, majority of them being dominated by the Congress and the BJP. “The BRS may not contest all these seats, however would possibly concentrate on these seats which have sizeable Muslim inhabitants, significantly in Gulbarga, Bidar and Yadgir areas,” Khan stated.

He stated individuals of those areas have shut reference to the Telangana area culturally and traditionally as a result of they have been all underneath the Nizam regime. “Throughout the army motion on the erstwhile Hyderabad state, the Muslims of Marathwada area – now a part of Maharashtra – had confronted a carnage, whereas these in Hyderabad Karnataka area have been comparatively protected. So, they’ve a greater relationship with the Telangana,” he stated.

Khan additional stated the Karnataka-Hyderabad area had a few of the most economically backward areas and had been topic to a long time of neglect by all of the governments. On the identical time, the individuals of this area are keenly watching the welfare and developmental schemes being carried out in Telangana and have been demanding their authorities to duplicate the identical.

“KCR can exploit this example within the upcoming elections. Whereas showcasing the event of Telangana, he could make related guarantees there to hunt their votes. Furthermore, KCR has a optimistic picture among the many Muslim neighborhood and being a superb orator in Urdu, he can impress them. On the identical time, the BRS may also break up the Hindu votes to achieve the electoral advantages,” he stated.

He additionally didn’t rule out the potential for the BRS getting into into some type of unwritten understanding with All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, which has some robust assist base in Gulbarga and Bidar. “It might additionally assist the BRS to some extent,” Khan added.