HYDERABAD: K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR), the president of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and the state chief minister, is planning to launch a new political party at the national level in July to fulfil his ambition of playing a key role in national politics and bringing about a change in the country's governance, according to a party leader with knowledge of the plans.

Despite the TRS leaders and cadre now having to look for answers to various questions, they have been facing from other parties initially, and eventually the electorate in the next elections, there is no end to the euphoria over party president and Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao's decision to launch a national political outfit, whose name supposedly has been finalised as Bharatiya Rashtra Samiti (BRS).

These questions range from whether the 21-year-old TRS will continue after the BRS is formed to the basic mathematical equation for converting the party's current tally of nine Lok Sabha seats to the magic figure of 272 seats and providing an alternative to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's NDA government at the Centre. Other topics discussed were the party's programme for the 2023 Assembly elections and its strategy for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in relation to other regional parties. The state executive committee meeting on June 18 and 19 is expected to provide some clarity, according to party leaders.

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