Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), once the dominant political force in Telangana under K. Chandrashekar Rao, enters its 26th formation day on Monday (April 27) at a moment of unusual vulnerability.
After a decade in power (2014–2023), its defeat in the Assembly elections and failure to win a single Lok Sabha seat have fundamentally altered its political position. With two more years ahead of the Assembly polls, the party has a lot of soul-searching to do rather than waiting for the anti-incumbency factor helping it.