Telangana IT Minister KTR puts up good show as an IT Minister. But, yet to score in Panchayat Raj Department to make a mark among rural vote bank of the TRS where his uncle Harish Rao is still a darling of rural folk
Hyderabad: Son of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhara Rao, and the State Information Technology and Panchayat Raj Minister K Taraka Rama Rao is leaving no stone unturned in his efforts to consolidate his strength in the party vis – a – vis his uncle and Irrigation Minister Taneeru Harish Rao. After his active participation in the separate Telangana movement and with the gifted ministry from his father and Chief Minister KCR, KTR has well prepared to in laying a road map for himself, to match his uncle in earning popularity among the masses on his own. “KTR know that the 43 year old Harish Rao is a darling of masses on many counts. Because, Harish has been working for about last 15 years in the field along the side of his uncle KCR, and he knows the pulse of the people. Mainly, Harish is popular among the rural folk in Telangana than in urban segments,” said a senior TRS party leader.
Taking all this into consideration KRT has been working hard on his ‘Mission Consolidation’ from the time he was made a minister in KCR’s cabinet. A senior manager from an IT company, closer to the Telangana IT Minister said, “the kind of job that KTR had worked in USA could be said a very common one that many of our guys from India are working. But, now it is altogether a new KTR one sees. He updated himself in such a way, if now any one approaches him with a proposal or a project, he talks like a top ranked project delivery manager working in a fortune 500 companies,” he added.
Adding further, he is trying to make a mark of his own in developing and promoting IT sector in Hyderabad in particular and Telangana in general. In this way, it was not Harish Rao, but KTR is competing with the brand of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu. For, it was Naidu, known for his efforts as the first man to take the initiative and made brand Hyderabad a success in the IT sector world over. To a greater extent KTR is enjoying his job as IT minister and has put up a quite a good show in last one year.
However, when it comes to Panchayat Raj, except the ambitious Water Grid Programme of the Telangana government, he could not gain his ground in giving his best to this ministry,” say the party insiders. In fact, it was Panchayat Raj where he could connect himself better with the rural masses of the State. By scripting a success story KTR might endear majority of youth in the urban segment and in a few pocket in the quasi urban and rural areas. But, the real litmus test for KTR is to get the rural masses around to establish his brand to be the man second in line of command, feels a TRS MLA. Until then, indisputably it was Harish Rao is remains as a darling among the rural voter base of the TRS, they added.