Opinion: The BJP may decide who wins Telangana - BRS or Congress
India TodayLess than ten days to go for the assembly elections in Telangana, and all eyes are now on the BJP. The BJP considers half of these constituencies as Category A seats where either the BRS or the Congress is not in the fight and the BJP has emerged as the principal adversary. This list includes seats like Musheerabad in Hyderabad and Kamareddy where the BJP candidate Venkataramana Reddy is being pitched as a local against `outsiders' chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao of BRS and PCC president Revanth Reddy of the Congress. The remaining 89 seats are seen as a straight fight between the BRS and the Congress, where the BJP or its ally, the Jana Sena, is present only to mark attendance on the EVM. For example, keeping in mind the Tamilian population in a constituency like Malkajgiri, star campaigners like Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, BJP Tamil Nadu president K Annamalai and actor-politician Khushbu are making their presence felt.