KCR to step up focus over national politics

Hyderabad: Now that the new Secretariat in the city and the party’s central office in New Delhi have been inaugurated — two major milestones for the BRS — Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao is primed to devote much of his energy and time to national politics, meeting leaders in the national capital in a day or two.

As part of the party’s plans to expand into other states, Rao is expected to meet with non-BJP leaders, including those from Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, at the newly-inaugurated BRS central office in Delhi. The CM left for New Delhi on Thursday morning to inaugurate the office but returned in the evening.

The CM’s quick return created a lot of buzz in BRS circles because it was the first time something like this had happened since the TRS’s formation in 2001. “KCR has always stayed overnight in Delhi since 2001. Even when he went for a brief stay, Rao never returned to the city on the same day. He often stayed overnight,” sources claimed.

A few personnel from the CM’s security wing remained in Delhi even after Rao returned to Hyderabad on Thursday, lending credence to speculations that he planned to visit Delhi again in a day or two.

Apart from meeting national and regional non-BJP leaders, the CM plans to meet farmers leaders from several states to discuss the schemes to be implemented in line with the BRS campaign slogan of “Ab ki baar, kisan sarkar” for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

The CM also plans to hold a rally in Maharashtra with over 10 lakh farmers as a massive show of strength, and discussions will be held on the arrangements to be made for the rally.