K Chandrasekhar Rao backed BJP to show his clout
Deccan ChronicleHyderabad: Telangana Rashtra Samiti president and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao is said to have supported the RTI Amendment Bill in the Rajya Sabha to send a clear message to the BJP state leadership that he maintains his clout with their high command in Delhi. Therefore, Mr Rao taking a U-turn on the party’s stand to oppose the Bill initially and changing his mind after receiving a call from BJP president and home minister Amit Shah surprised political circles. TRS leaders are of the opinion that by supporting the Bill, Mr Rao wanted to give a clear message to the BJP state leadership that the TRS would not fall into their trap, which is planning to polarise the majority vote bank by driving away the TRS from the MIM. They felt that by supporting the BJP in passing the RTI Amendment Bill in the Rajya Sabha but abstaining from the triple talaq Bill, the party boss would send a clear message that the TRS would maintain equal relations with the BJP and the MIM in future too.