A study conducted by the Bharatiya Janata Party has revealed that the popularity graph of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) is fast coming down, especially in the rural areas and it is very difficult for the party to win the next elections.The study was apparently conducted during the party leaders’ visit to about 2,000 villages under Palle Nidra programme.
The party observed that a lot of discontent has been brewing among Dalits and backward classes in rural areas, as they openly expressed their anger at the TRS government across the State.The BJP leadership felt that whichever party could win the confidence of these neglected sections, it could come to power.The party asked the cadre to see that they could consolidate on the discontent among these sections.
In many villages, there was no release of grants made under the 14th Finance Commission recommendations for taking up of various works.In some cases, either the district administration slapped notices against the village heads or their cheque withdrawal power had been suspended.
When some other village heads demanded implementation of the schemes, they were told either to join in the ruling party or their pleas had been ignored both by the administration and the people’s representatives.Further, the MLAs and MPs did not release single paisa from the constituency development funds if the villages were not headed by their party sarpanches.
This development did not go down well with the village folk in rural areas resulting in the discontent growing among them towards the ruling party
