Rahul’s Bharat Jodo Yatra enters Telangana where the BJP and TRS are engaged in fierce competition

Telangana, 23/10: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra entered Telangana on Sunday, at a time a crucial bypoll is testing the party’s standing in the state.

Despite the Congress-led UPA-II government realising the long-awaited statehood for the region that was part of united Andhra Pradesh before, the grand old party has not been able reap proportionate electoral rewards in Telangana.

The TRS, headed by K Chandrashekar Rao, has managed to win the two Assembly elections since the 2014 bifurcation. Additionally, the Congress has suffered further setbacks with several of its MLAs jumping ship to join the TRS and some even becoming ministers in the KCR cabinet like state Education Minister Sabitha Reddy.