After sealing a satisfying victory in Telangana and ensuring a second term for the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), chief minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has now set his sights on playing a larger role in national politics.
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.
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.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi leader T. Harish Rao on Tuesday described the party's landslide victory as the victory of Telangana's self-respect.
With the ruling TRS party's massive win in the Telangana Assembly elections, Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao's son K.T. Rama Rao on Tuesday thanked the people of the state for giving them another opportunity to serve.
One of the major contentions put forward by Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu in the Mahakutami campaign was that he was responsible for the development of Hyderabad and Hi-Tech city in particular.
While every major media house in the nation predicted a victory for TRS in the election, Lagadapati differed from the bunch by predicting a victory for the Congress-TDP coalition.
As Congress faced another defeat at Telangana, despite being a part of the alliance called Prajakutami, it was trailing in the Telangana election results, as per the latest trends.
Celebrations began at the Telangana Rashtra Samithi's (TRS) headquarters here on Tuesday as it became clear that the party was heading for a landslide victory in the Assembly elections.
Surprising all the political pundits, Telangana Rashtra Samithi is heading for a massive victory in the assembly elections in the state, held on Friday last.
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Several top Congress leaders were trailing in the Telangana Assembly elections as the initial trends from across the state indicated on Tuesday.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) President and Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao's daughter K. Kavitha said on Tuesday that there was never a doubt that the party will retain power with a huge majority.
The gamble for early polls appears to have paid rich dividends as the Telangana Rashtra Samithi on Tuesday appeared to be advancing towards a two-third majority in the 119-member Assembly.
Congress candidates on Tuesday took significant leads in BJP-ruled Rajasthan and was inching ahead of the BJP in both Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh in Assembly elections held in five states.
The last time elections were held in Telangana in 2014, the state had just been carved out of the undivided Andhra Pradesh and the K Chandrashekhar Rao-led Telangana Rashtra Samiti had won a comfortable majority.