Having lost its representation in Lok Sabha following the resignation of its MPs, the YSR Congress party is making a desperate attempt to sustain its fight for the special category status to Andhra Pradesh.

As the Telugu Desam Party MPs continued to raise the special category issue in Lok Sabha, the two YSRC MPs in Rajya Sabha – V Vijay Sai Reddy and Vemireddy Prabhakar Reddy are also protesting outside the House.

And on Thursday, the YSRC held a dharna in the name of “Vanchana Pai Garjana” (Roar against betrayal) in the national capital, where all senior leaders of the party sought to highlight the fact that only YSRC has been sincerely fighting for the special category status issue.

The YSRC leaders alleged that both chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu and prime minister Narendra Modi governments had cheated the people of the state on the SCS issue despite being together for over four years. They said Naidu had given up the SCS issue along with BJP and Pawan Kalyan.

“It is only to cover up their failures during the over four year alliance that the ruling Party has been striving to project with lack of conviction. The Dharma Porata Deeksha lacks sincerity and people of the state will not forgive Naidu,” they said.

“Even now we our stand is the same on SCS and if TDP leaders are sincere they can join us and we shall walk to Prime Minister’s house to raise the issue,” they said.

After the 2019 elections, indications are that there would be a coalition government and we will support only that dispensation that would assure us unequivocally on SCS and we will emerge as a force to reckon with and Naidu will bite the dust, they said.

There has been a common complaint from various sections of people against Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao: that he is not accessible even to the MLAs and ministers, leave alone party workers and common people.

Except during the TRS plenary and other party-related programmes, there had hardly been any occasion in which KCR was in touch with the party workers.

There were instances of several TRS MLAs not having met the chief minister directly even for three or four times in the four and half years of the previous term.

As regards the common people, it was easier for them to get the darshan of Lord Venkateshwara of Tirumala, rather than the chief minister.

The Pragathi Bhavan was not open for common people and KCR’s farm house at Erravelli was virtually a fortress for them to enter.

In spite of all these complaints, people had voted for the TRS, because of the welfare schemes his government had taken up.

But, now things might be a little different in the TRS. KCR’s son K T Rama Rao, who assumed charge as party’s working president, appears to have decided to adopt a different approach.

He wants to make it a point to meet the party workers regularly, hold meetings with senior functionaries and extensively tour districts to reach out to the people to understand their problems directly.

He displayed his style of functioning soon after assuming the charge. He attended a meeting of party executive and went on a tour to Siricilla, Jangaon and Warangal.

After taking break for a few days, KTR is back to his work at Telangana Bhavan on Thursday.

He would be holding a meeting of state general secretaries of the party on Friday at Telangana Bhavan, where he is going to chalk out the strategies for coming elections, planning meetings, voters list and to construct party offices.

Naturally, he wants to prove as a true leader!