KCR skipped the House, not the strategy
The September 6 BRS meeting undercuts claims of total legislative disengagement. It does not erase KCR’s reported decision to miss the Assembly session.
The BRS strategy moved into the House even as its leader stayed away.
The Congress government in Telangana may have got KCR’s seat in the Assembly, but not his legislative plan. K. Chandrashekhar Rao chaired a BRS Legislature Party meeting at his Erravalli residence on September 6, ahead of the session that began the next day, according to multiple reports.
UNI reported that KCR directed BRS MLAs and MLCs to attend the sessions, participate in discussions and raise public issues. Reports also said the party planned to press the government on farmers, fee reimbursement, power supply, loan waiver and irrigation, while seeking 15 to 20 sitting days. The strategy was aimed at cornering the Congress government in the House — a more organised arrangement than the “political absence” line would suggest.
The important qualification is sitting right there: reports said KCR himself would skip the Assembly session, while the BRS would continue its fight through its legislators. The meeting establishes involvement in planning, not a comeback, public support or a successful campaign. The Congress government can still count the empty seat. It cannot honestly count the BRS out.