Despite the ineluctable strategic significance of Kishor for the TRS’ chances in the next Assembly elections, several party leaders, with wilful nonchalance, dismissed both the ongoing developments with the Congress, and the possible realignment being a setback. How would his joining the Congress impact this engagement would depend on his actually joining that party. One senior TRS leader said, “Why should you think there is a conflict? “Nothing to say... for now,” said a senior Congress leader. Needless to say, more than Prime Minister Narendra Modi or the BJP, the rival camps of the TRS and Congress are eagerly awaiting the final announcement of Mr Kishor joining the Congress.

Source: The Nation April 22, 2022 02:11 UTC