There are three chief ministers currently who must be living in denial — Odisha’s Naveen Patnaik, Andhra Pradesh’s Jagan Mohan Reddy, and Telangana’s K. Chandrashekar Rao. They can’t acknowledge their inevitable nemesis, the BJP.
In their show of loyalty to the BJP-led government at the Centre, these three can outmatch many NDA chief ministers such as Bihar’s Nitish Kumar or Meghalaya’s Conrad Sangma. Only last week, they were instrumental in the passage of the Right to Information (Amendment) Bill in the Rajya Sabha — arguably the first time the NDA could steamroll such a highly controversial and contentious legislation in the Upper House of Parliament.
Yet, the writing on the wall is clear. Congress’ Kamal Nath, TMC’s Mamata Banerjee, and CPI(M)’s Pinarayi Vijayan may be getting saffron nightmares, but the trio of Patnaik, Reddy, and KCR have no less reason to worry.
BJP eyes three states 
The BJP is keenly watching Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana as it draws up its expansion plan. A day before Jagan’s YSR Congress Party voted for the RTI (Amendment) Bill in the Rajya Sabha, BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav was in East Godavari district, castigating the YSRCP and declaring the BJP as the “future” of Andhra.