Bracket Open, Divide, Multiply. Add and Subtract. This is known for all those who appeared for numerical aptitude test in competitive examinations for employment, especially banking.

To find an answer to any calculation, the steps are as explained above.

So, KCR has opened his mind, which was fixed in the closed brackets until his initial days of Chief Ministership. He used to talk about Article 371-D, local and non-local disputes, and nativity to people born or settled down in Hyderabad before November 1, 1956 so on and so forth.

As he picked up threads of administration and got a hang of mix of people in the twin cities through a comprehensive survey, which opened the closed doors in his mind over the political permutations and combinations, the TRS supremo began to pull out rabbits from his magical hat.

Then he started dividing people on political lines, for regional division neither pays off nor does it reflect his astuteness. The antagonism he brewed against the TDP reached its crescendo with the infamous cash for vote scam.

KCR strategically began seeing the brighter side of life in future with the multiplier effect through a new found rapprochement he achieved with Chandrababu Naidu. For he portrayed that for Naidu it was a compulsion, while it was projected as his gracious attitude to be nice to his former boss.

This brought peace. Then multiplied his supporters at the grass roots level. He did not discount the areas which were bastions of the TDP for decades in the process of multiplication. His focussed approach at every stage began paying off very rich dividends.

If KTR was seen as being projected as heir apparent with GHMC poll triumph, Harish Rao was made to hog the limelight with the defection of Errabelli Dayakar Rao. A perfectly balanced family drama, that is.

Then, KCR slowly began to add. The induction of Talasani Srinivas Yadav and Tummala Nageswara Rao into the Cabinet is surely a great value add to the TRS Government.

Now, when will he start subtracting the roughnecks is just a conjecture of time. The gobbling up of the TDP is almost done in Telangana.