The BJP is giving the TRS a run for its money in Parakal after having made the latter bite the dust in the by-election in Mahbubnagar in March this year.
The BJP is confident that the Mahbubnagar result will be repeated in Parakal but the TRS is bent on preventing it as a defeat will threaten its existence as the sole torch-bearer of the statehood movement.
Observers feel that the BJP has gained a lot of ground in Parakal over the last few days causing a significant dent in TRS' prospects.
That almost all the top leadership of the party has been camping in Parakal for the past many days and closely managing the campaign reflects the TRS' nervousness.
Parakal is the lone constituency in Telangana region facing by-election on June 12 out of the 18 Assembly segments in Andhra Pradesh.
Though the ruling Congress and the main opposition Telugu Desam Party too are in the fray in Parakal, the fight is essentially between TRS, BJP and YSR Congress.
For the YSRC this is the first electoral test in Telanagana where it is yet to make a mark, unlike in Andhra-Rayalaseema regions where it is emerging as a formidable political force.
Incumbent Konda Surekha was disqualified as member of the Assembly in March for voting against the Congress on the no-confidence motion in December last, necessitating the by-poll. MORe
