The landslide victory achieved by Telangana Rashtra Samithi in the just concluded assembly elections in Telangana has put to rest all the chances of its senior leader and Siddipet MLA T Harish Rao to grow up the ladder in the party and the government.
Now that TRS president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao appointed his son K T Rama Rao as working president, thereby declaring to the world that KTR is his heir apparent, Harish Rao has lost all the chances for once and all to make any attempt to stake claim as KCR’s successor.
In fact, Harish Rao is quite senior in the party compared to KTR and has a strong hold over the party right from grassroots level to the top.
But he was never allowed to grow but was forced to remain subservient to KCR’s family. Reports from the TRS indicated that the family had humiliated Harish Rao a number of times and even doubted his loyalty to the party.
But he had to bear all the humiliations silently only because he was waiting for a right opportunity.
There was a talk that if TRS had got either slender margin or less than the absolute majority, Harish Rao would have raised a banner of revolt in the party in the event of KTR being declared as KCR’s successor.
Now, there is no such chance, as the TRS got three-fourths majority. Knowing fully well that Harish Rao cannot do raise his head, KCR declared KTR as his successor without wasting much time. Having no other option, Harish Rao had wished all the best to KTR.
“I wish all success to KTR garu. We worked together in the elections and we shall continue to work together. I will extend all possible support to him in all his future activities,” Harish said after meeting KTR.