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.
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.
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.
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.
TPCC President Uttam Kumar Reddy made a discreet visit to New Delhi on Monday and met Rahul Gandhi.
It has been quite some time one has heard about Congress party’s Rajya Sabha member K V P Ramachandra Rao. He has virtually gone silent these days without showing up anywhere.
In the wake of the reports coming from various sources that there could be hung assembly in Telangana state after the declaration of results on Tuesday, the Congress party has begun the camp politics.
AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi reached Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao's official residence on his motorbike on Monday for a luncheon meeting with him ahead of the declaration of Assembly election results.
It is still a few hours left for the counting of votes in the Telangana assembly elections, polling for which was held on Friday.
Telangana Congress leaders on Monday asked the plice department to enhance security to their senior leaders in the wake of counting of votes for the Telangana assembly elections, polling for which was held on Friday.
