NDA has no need for 'kingmakers': TRS, BJD, YSR Cong lose bargaining chip

The BJP has now emerged as the principal opposition in Telangana

They were billed as kingmakers and groups that would make or break the future of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and extract their due to support the candidature of Narendra Modi as prime minister.

But the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS), the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), and the YSR Congress will now have limited utility in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which has emerged as the prime challenger to the governments in Telangana and Odisha.

The BJP kept its sword sheathed while campaigning in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. It targeted the Congress and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) as its primary enemy, letting