TRS gets big thumbs up, set to form first govt

The Congress won 21 Assembly and two Lok Sabha seats while the BJP won five Assembly and the Secunderabad Lok Sabha seat. 

The TRS owes its victory to K Chandrasekhara Rao, who was quick to wrest the initiative as soon as Telangana Bill was passed on February 18. He launched a high-pitched campaign leaving the Congress way behind. Reports that Telangana voted differently — for TRS in Assembly and for Congress in Lok Sabha — were also proved wrong. “I thank the people of Telangana for such a big mandate. I assure Telangana people again that TRS will fulfill every promise it has made in its manifesto,” KCR said.

The “pink” wave (TRS party colour) swept aside all opposition with several Congress stalwarts biting the dust. KCR won from Medak Lok Sabha as well as Gajwal Assembly — it would be decided Saturday at the TRS legislative party and parliamentary party meeting which seat he will vacate. 

KCR’s son K T Rama Rao won from Sircilla in Karimnagar district while daughter K Kavita won from Nizamabad Lok Sabha seat defeating Congress MP Madhu Yakshi Goud.

The Congress tied-up with CPI but the Left party did not win any seat. BJP’s Bandaru Dattatreya won from Secunderabad while MIM’s Asaduddin Owaisi won from Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat.