The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) central leadership pulled a surprise on Kanna Lakshminarayana by appointing him the State president of the party on May 13. The announcement came at a time when the 62-year-old Kapu leader was reportedly considering quitting the BJP to join  YSR Congress. It came as a surprise, even to the BJP leaders, as Lakshminarayana joined the party only in 2014 after being a staunch Congressman for over two decades. After initial resistance from senior BJP leaders in the State, Lakshminarayana officially assumed charge on Saturday. Kanna, who says that the BJP’s plan is to play the role of an ‘efficient and constructive’ Opposition, in a tete-a-tete with TNIE, details the road ahead for his paherty in AP.