The ruling TRS has stepped up ante against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in its campaigning for Warangal Lok Sabha bypoll.
TRS ministers, MPs and MLAs are targeting Modi more than the candidates who are in the fray from BJP and Congress parties.
IT minister K T Rama Rao said Modi is the reason for several problems being faced by Telangana now as the central government headed by him was not allotting funds to TS.
Nizamabad MP K Kavita went a step ahead and said Modi was showing discrimination against Telangana and obstructing its development by not fulfilling the promises made by the Centre during bifurcation of AP.
Karimnagar MP Vinod said Modi was neglecting people here and was only interested in touring foreign countries.
Political analysts say the party's campaign strategy had changed after BJP received a drubbing in Bihar elections recently.
Until then, TRS considered Congress as its main rival but with fire accident in Congress earlier candidate Siricilla Rajaiah's house which claimed the lives of his daughter in law and three grand children and Rajaiah and his family facing allegations of dowry harassment and domestic violence against her prompting her for suicide, Congress image took a beating and stands no where in the election.
This left, TRS to focus on BJP candidate Devaiah. TRS leadership feels that with Bihar elections it became evident that Modi is facing severe anti-incumbency wave and it wants to exploit this situation to their advantage by attacking Modi to attract voters towards TRS.
Let's see how this strategy of TRS works.
