Telangana: One mistake by Congress and BJP-BRS will get benefit, what is the challenge for the party before the Lok Sabha elections?

The Lok Sabha elections are equally important for the K. Chandrashekhar Rao-led Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and the BJP. While the BRS will try to turn the tide of the 2023 assembly elections, the BJP will aim to make further inroads in the state as part of its plans to do better in the south. In the 2019 elections, BRS won 9 seats, BJP won 4 and Congress won 3 seats. BRS's ally AIMIM had got one seat.

Soon after coming to power in December 2023, the Congress government announced free travel for women in state-run RTC buses and the implementation of a Rs 10 lakh health scheme for the poor, one of six election 'guarantees' of the Congress. Are part. However, some guarantees require huge financial costs to be fulfilled, which will be attempted after the New Year.

The BJP once emerged as a major challenger to the BRS after winning some by-elections and the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections ahead of the assembly elections, as the BJP's vote share doubled to about 14 per cent.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited Telangana on 28 December. He has set a target for the party to win at least 10 seats in the state in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and get a 35 per cent vote share.