Thanking the people of Telangana for believing in the Telangana Rashtra Samithi for the win, TRS leader KT Rama Rao tweeted: “Grateful, Indebted & Humbled. Thanks Telangana for keeping the faith in KCR garu and giving us another opportunity to serve you.”

An exuberant KTR posted a picture with the tweet in which he is seeing playing the drums with an expression of triumph. Looks like it is indeed a day of celebrations for TRS leaders and the cadre!

Even his sister Kavitha Rao said that the people of Telangana have faith in KCR and hence, have voted him to power. “They have received the benefits of our government’s welfare schemes and we are proud that they have chosen us,” she added.

Hyderabad: The Congress party in Telangana not only suffered a huge defeat in Assembly elections but also faced embarrassment as almost all its top leaders were humbled.

Leaders who were seen as the Chief Ministerial candidate in the event of a Congress-led People’s Front victory were also defeated.

K. Jana Reddy, who was Leader of Opposition in the dissolved Assembly, lost in Nagarjunasagar constituency.

Congress Working President Revanth Reddy, whose arrest last week triggered a huge row, failed to retain the Kodangal seat.

A former leader of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), he had joined the Congress early this year and was recently appointed the Working President of the state unit.

Revanth had declared after polling that if he loses he would quit politics. Telangana Rashtra Samithi’s P. Narendra Reddy defeated the Congress leader by 9,077 votes.

Another Congress Working President, Ponnam Prabhakar, lost in Karimnagar. Former central Minister Sarve Satyanarayana failed to win from Secunderabad Cantonment. Former Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Damodar Rajanarasimha lost the election from Andole.

Senior Congress leaders and former Andhra Pradesh Ministers J. Geeta Reddy, D.K. Aruna, Jeevan Reddy, Komatreddy Venkat Reddy, Ponnala Lakshmaiah, Mohammed Ali Shabbir, Konda Surekha, G. Chinna Reddy, N. Janardhan Reddy and Mukesh Goud were all defeated.

Hyderabad: The dress rehearsal of TDP-Congress alliance has miserably failed as people have outright reject the unholy nexus which was dubbed as a precursor to the 2019 general election, YSR Congress has said and congratulated TRS for its overwhelming victory in the Telangana elections.

Speaking to reporters here on Tuesday Party General Secretary Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy said, ‘Chandrababu Naidu has put his three forces of money, media and manipulation to the fore in the Telangana elections and allied with Congress to gain entry into the national scene and fell flat as people had rejected the aberrant combination resolutely.

Chandrababu had made Telangana the testing ground for the alliance with Congress and had fluxed the state with the money he had plundered in Andhra Pradesh and had to beat a hasty retreat as the people had give a resolute mandate against him and his allies.

He had used money, media and manipulation with all his dexterity by bringing in psephologists like Lagadapati Rajagopal to step up the stakes with his unusual predictions to upkeep the curiosity though the results had shown that it was a one-sided match.

People have understood the true colours of Chadnrababu Naidu and in the 2019 elections too they will give the same treatment to him, he said.

Meanwhile, in a separate press conference party spokesperson Ambati Rambabu said, ‘TDP has come to a near zero in Telangana and the replica would be seen in Andhra Pradesh as well as the Party would be defeated at any place.

Chandrababu has donned the role Congress treasurer in the election and people have taught a fitting lesson to the two parties.

In a huge shocker, Congress sitting MLA and former minister T Jeevan Reddy has been defeated by TRS candidate Dr Sanjay Kumar with 57,127 vote majority in the Jagityal constituency. Jagityal has been Jeevan Reddy’s strong forte, as he has won the elections 6 times in his political career.

Incidentally, Jeevan Reddy defeated Dr Sanjay Kumar with 7,828 vote margin in the 2014 assembly elections. But due to a pre-poll understanding between the Prajakutami, TDP’s L Ramana withdrew from the contest in 2018 and supported Jeevan Reddy’s candidacy. This made everyone believe that Jeevan will win the 2018 with flying colours.

KCR’s daughter and TRS’ Nizamabad MP Kalvakuntla Kavitha has played a key role in Sanjay Kumar’s victory. She had personally called on the disappointed TRS leaders in Jagityal and ensured their support to Sanjay. Also, Sanjay’s whirlwind campaign is another reason behind TRS snatching the victory from Congress.

Jeevan Reddy had first won from Jagityal on a TDP ticket in 1983. He later joined Congress and won the elections in 1989, 1996 (by-election), 1999, 2004, 2016. He had also served as a minister in the YS Rajashekara Reddy cabinet. Jeevan’s dream to win the Jagityal seat for a record 7th time has been shattered by the TRS wave.

Actor turned politician Bandla Ganesh’s political journey suddenly hits a major roadblock, now that the results for the Telangana state Assembly elections have been declared. Bandla had joined the Telangana Congress and was later made the party’s official spokesperson after being denied a ticket.

During one of the TV interviews as part of the election campaigns, Bandla Ganesh exuded total confidence in Congress winning the elections and forming the government in Telangana. At one point, Ganesh even went on to say that he will commit suicide by slitting his throat with a 7 O’ Clock blade if Congress loses.

Now that the Congress and the Prajakutami have suffered a humiliating defeat, Bandla Ganesh is trending prominently on social media. The hashtag #Gonthukosukuntaa and several memes with 7 O’ Clock blades and Bandla Ganesh are also doing the rounds on Twitter and Facebook. The big question now is – “Where is Bandla Ganesh?”

Revanth Reddy has conceded the defeat of Congress and Praja Kutami in the Telangana elections. He said the defeat hasn’t let down Congress party. Revanth said the party would take both victory and defeat in same stride. He said the responsibility of Congress has doubled and the leaders would fight for the people.

Responding to TRS victory in Telangana, Revanth Reddy said Congress will analyze on what went wrong. Revanth opined that Congress would had delivered good governance had it got to power.

When asked about whether Chandrababu Naidu is reason for failure of Praja Kutami, Revanth said it is not fair to talk about it now. He said Congress doesn’t jump to quick conclusions and would sit to understand the results. Revanth Reddy’s failure speech has won the hearts as he welcome the people’s decision humbly.

In an unprecedented incident, TRS leader Harish Rao has won the hearts of Siddipet constituency and today his majority over his rivals from BJP And TJS (Praja Kutami) is simply mind-blowing.

Apparently, the lead which Harish Rao gained after the 14th round of counting is 1,19,622 votes. Already KTR and other TRS leader predicted the same about Harish Rao a week back and the conversation between KTR-Harish Rao during poll-day is getting repeated now.

As Harish breaches the record 1 lakh mark, we have to take a note that he has first beaten his own record of 90000 majority he achieved in the 2014 election. With TRS likely to form the government, Harish might retain his portfolio as a Minister and will get ahead to play a crucial role in the Kalvakuntla-family led Telangana Rashtra Samithi.

With Telangana Rashtra Samithi’s win seeming imminent, the party leaders are now getting ready for the oath-taking ceremony.

According to political buzz, former Chief Minister K C R feels that tomorrow is the best day, an auspicious one, and want to take oath as Chief Minister of Telangana state. Today evening at 4’0 clock, TRS party leaders are going to meet at Telangana Bhavan and elect KCR as the leader of their TRS Legislature Party in the assembly.

On the other hand, some pundits are said to have advised KCR to take oath on December 14th, another auspicious day. So we have to see what is the final decision KCR will take as he happens to be a huge believer of astrology and mystical elements.

Despite being extremely confident of winning in Kodangal constituency, TPCC Working President A. Revanth Reddy lost to his TRS opponent Patnam Narender Reddy and said that he will continue to serve people as a political leader.

Revanth Reddy, who is known as firebrand leader and the only strong opponent against KCR, accepted his defeat gracefully and said that he we will continue to hold the government responsible for its actions. “I will raise issues which need the government’s attention and play my role effectively,” he added.

Just few days before elections, Revanth Reddy was arrested by Telangana police illegally and was detained for few hours. This was seen as high-handed behaviour by Telangana government and was expected to bring him sympathy. However, going by the poll trends, the TRS has swept the state by decimating the Prajakutami and indicating a clear wave.

Looks like the Congress will have to accept this defeat and introspect on what they can do better next time!

The wave in Telangana is clear. It is Telangana Rashtra Samithi’s (TRS) Day today and its Chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao will become the CM of Telangana once again.

With Lagadapati’s survey going down the drain, here are four main reasons:

Rythu Bandhu Scheme: The scheme which is aimed at providing liquidity to farmers to take care of their inputs ahead of the agricultural season. Disbursals for Rabi and Kharif were claimed to be credited on time to the beneficiaries. This has proved to be a huge vote gainer for the TRS.

Muslim votes: The votes of the Muslim community, which were earlier a vote bank of the Congress, across the state have been sealed by the TRS. One of the reasons could be because of AIMIM’s support to the TRS. Excluding voters in Hyderabad who are loyal to AIMIM, the rest of the voters from the community seem to have chosen the TRS.

Telangana sentiment: Despite Telangana sentiment initially gaining steam, it faded during October. However, in November and December towards the end of the poll campaigns, the sentiment proved to be a positive for the TRS. With massive maligning of TDP and Congress and raking up the anti-Andhra sentiment, this TRS gained hugely in the process.

Systematic campaigning and poll management: The planning and early declaration of candidates by TRS initially seemed like a hasty move. However, that helped the party plan its campaigns and roadshows much in advance. Additionally, huge spending and funding on the campaigns as well as successful poll management worked in favour of the TRS.

Welfare schemes: The welfare schemes such as pensions, sheep distribution scheme and several other schemes that worked for beneficiaries won TRS their votes. Meanwhile, Opposition’s remarks on KCR not visiting Secretariat or neglecting Martyr’s families and other reasons did not matter to these beneficiaries, unlike the urban population which thought of these as pressing issues.

Film producer and official spokesperson of Congress party Bandla Ganesh was in headlines during the election campaign. With his comments, he exuded confidence in Congress party’s victory in the elections and at one point of time, Ganesh said he would cut his throat if Congress doesn’t come into power.

As the verdict is out, Ganesh has become a talking point. He took it on his official Twitter handle but did not went on to make any controversial comments. “We respect people’s decision and accept the defeat. Best wishes to TRS party,” tweeted Ganesh.

Probably this is the best way to settle down things instead of making unnecessary remarks further.