T Better Than B

KCR's attempt at crafting a national image may not benefit him in Telangana or Bharat

KCR rechristening his TRS to BRS ('B' for Bharat) is, as of now, a move that promises more risk than reward. TRS was closely associated with the Telangana statehood movement and the Telangana CM derived huge electoral capital from it in two successive assembly elections in the still-new state. To efface such an intimate identification with regional sentiment, and that too with assembly election bugles sounding and BJP already marching to the poll tune, may seem to many as a bet that may leave KCR's core support base unimpressed.