It is quite ironical that KCR who has decimated the TDP in Telangana is actually a huge fan of its founder NT Rama Rao.
KCR who considers NTR as his political guru has expressed his admiration for the departed leader on many occasions and even named his son after him.
NTR and KCR have many similarities. Both created a sensation in politics by launching their own parties.
While NTR formed his own party TDP and became CM, KCR too formed his own party TRS, achieved Telangana State, which was considered next to impossible and became CM of Telangana twice.
KCR is now trying to break the record set by his guru NTR.
In 1989, NTR sacked his entire cabinet minister comprising of 31 members for leaking Budget proposals to the media and ran the government as a 'one-man show' for 15 days, which is a record of sorts in the country so far.
Now KCR is all set to break this record by running the government without a cabinet for more than 15 days and thereby prove that he is 'greater' than NTR.
TRS won recent Assembly polls with a thumping majority on December 11 and KCR took oath as CM for the second time on December 13. Since then, KCR has been running the government without a Cabinet.
He is expected to form his new team only in the first week of January 2019. This would mean that KCR will break the record of NTR for running the government without a Cabinet for almost 20 days surpassing NTR's record of 15 days.
The only difference is that KCR has inducted Mohd Mahmood Ali as Home Minister this time.
Looking at the developments in Telangana, political analysts cannot stop from praising the ‘shishya’ who is surpassing his guru in all aspects.