With spent forces, K Chandrasekhar Rao unlikely to impact Odisha
KCR, the Telangana Chief Minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) President, is aspiring to emerge as a national challenger to the BJP. However, analysts express serious doubt about his experiment in Odisha, which kicked off with "spent forces" and leaders of yesterday who have almost faded in the state's political space. KCR's flight to Hyderabad had those who don't have any significant relevance in Odisha politics today join him, but it's unclear if they will be able to win the people's confidence with around a year left for the simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. There is not much time left for starting a party from scratch in a state where the stage is all set for a BJP versus BJD fight.