With his large victory towards KCR, is Eatala Rajender the Himanta of Telangana 

The announcement of by-poll outcomes throughout 13 states and one Union Territory on Tuesday (November 2) got here as a impolite wake-up name for the BJP. The get together was humbled in Rajasthan, West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh with the opposition events seizing in on the shortage of state management faces within the BJP camp. However, one of many few shining spots to return out of the bypolls was the victory of BJP chief Eatala Rajender, who received the Huzurabad meeting seat in Telangana for a seventh consecutive time period.  The BJP chief defeated Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Gellu Srinivas Yadav by a margin of 23,855 votes. The magnitude of the victory has firmly bolstered the assumption within the BJP state unit that Rajender has what it takes to convey CM Ok Chandrasekhar Rao down. Many tout Rajender because the ‘Himanta Biswa Sarma’ of Telangana who can minimize KCR, his arch-nemesis to dimension.  Read More: Big setback in recently-held bypolls lays naked the state-level management disaster in BJPEatala Rajender – KCR’s arch-nemesisSince the formation of Telangana in 2014, KCR has been the chief minister of the state and his authority and grip over the politics of the state has remained unchallenged, regardless of a rising listing of corruption circumstances.   Eatala Rajender – identified to be among the many senior-most leaders of the pink get together, give up the TRS in June earlier this yr and likewise resigned as a member of the Legislative Assembly. Rajender was dropped by KCR because the state well being minister following allegations of land encroachment being leveled towards him. BJP sought this as a possibility to woo the influential chief and snaffled him up straight away. KCR quashes dissentMuch like Congress and its aristocratic Gandhi household, KCR works in a dictatorial method throughout the get together, in line with sources. He quashes dissent and doesn’t enable the opposite new, up-and-coming stars to rise to the highest. Rajender going the rogue means was the manifestation of KCR’s insecurity concerning his lack of ability to carry sway over his partymen.   Reported by TFI, prior to now, Rajender has not shied away from calling out KCR and his governance. The BJP, even earlier than the entry of Rajender into the saffron camp, was faring very nicely in Telangana. Now, with him in its fold, the BJP’s rise within the state will solely be additional propelled- the bypoll victory being a living proof.   The get together has confirmed its mettle in Telangana with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections, through which the BJP was in a position to emerge because the second-largest participant on a turf the place it was thought-about a negligible drive till not too long ago. Read More: Why Eatala Rajender is giving sleepless rights to Ok Chandrashekar RaoCan Eatala repeat Himanta’s script?The addition of Eatala Rajender was maybe the one push wanted by the saffron get together to show the tables on the TRS and its supremo. It was Himanta who was gifted to the BJP by Congress that modified the fortunes of the saffron get together within the northeast.  Such has been the affect of Himanta that he’s now the chief minister of Assam and is thought to be one of many few BJP leaders which have a separate and distinct persona, free from the towering stature of PM Modi. If Eatala can proceed to strengthen the state unit by making shrewd selections and calculated dangers, he may very nicely emulate what Himanta did in Assam. And if BJP desires to return to energy within the state, it must observe the Assam script to the tee.