KCR’s car wins the Telangana race
M. RAJEEV, DECEMBER 12, 2018 00:00 IST
On cloud nine:TRS workers celebrating at Pragathi Bhavan in Hyderabad on Tuesday.G. RamakrishnaG_RAMAKRISHNA
It’s two-thirds majority for Telangana Rashtra Samithi
It was the Telangana Rashtra Samiti’s show all the way in the Assembly election with the party securing 88 seats, more than two thirds of the 119-member Legislative Assembly.
There was no looking back for the car, the symbol of the TRS, in the election, barring Khammam where the Congress-led alliance managed to secure 8 of the 11 constituencies. The impact of the TRS was such that the Congress could not cross the 20 seat mark and the alliance it led managed 21 seats in all, including two seats won by the TDP.
TRS candidate and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s nephew, T. Harish Rao won with huge margin of 1.18 lakh votes from Siddipet Assembly constituency while Mr. Rao’s son K.T. Rama Rao was not far behind securing a majority of over 88,000 votes from Sircilla. Mr. Rao himself romped home with a margin of close to 60,000 votes over his nearest rival V. Pratap Reddy of the People’s Front. Several other TRS candidates won with majorities ranging from 30,000 to 50,000 votes proving the claims on significant anti-incumbency factor against the government as wrong.
Setback for Speaker
The TRS, however, suffered a setback in the form of defeat of some of the Ministers in the previous Cabinet as well as the Speaker in the dissolved Assembly S. Madhusudanachary from Bhupalpalli. The ministers who were defeated at the hustings are political heavy weight from Khammam-- Tummala Nageswara Rao (Palair), five-time MLA from Kollapur Jupally Krishna Rao, P. Mahender Reddy from Tandur and Ajmira Chandulal (Mulug).
The party made major inroads into the rural constituencies where it had little presence in the past and proved its claims that the benefits of the spree of welfare and development programmes reached the last mile. The situation in the urban areas too was not different with the TRS winning in a majority of seats in core urban areas, the State Capital in particular where it won seven of the 15 seats and improved its tally from the last election. It was victory for almost all the candidates who switched loyalties from the Congress and the TDP.
M. RAJEEV, DECEMBER 12, 2018 00:00 IST
On cloud nine:TRS workers celebrating at Pragathi Bhavan in Hyderabad on Tuesday.G. RamakrishnaG_RAMAKRISHNA
It’s two-thirds majority for Telangana Rashtra Samithi
It was the Telangana Rashtra Samiti’s show all the way in the Assembly election with the party securing 88 seats, more than two thirds of the 119-member Legislative Assembly.
There was no looking back for the car, the symbol of the TRS, in the election, barring Khammam where the Congress-led alliance managed to secure 8 of the 11 constituencies. The impact of the TRS was such that the Congress could not cross the 20 seat mark and the alliance it led managed 21 seats in all, including two seats won by the TDP.
TRS candidate and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s nephew, T. Harish Rao won with huge margin of 1.18 lakh votes from Siddipet Assembly constituency while Mr. Rao’s son K.T. Rama Rao was not far behind securing a majority of over 88,000 votes from Sircilla. Mr. Rao himself romped home with a margin of close to 60,000 votes over his nearest rival V. Pratap Reddy of the People’s Front. Several other TRS candidates won with majorities ranging from 30,000 to 50,000 votes proving the claims on significant anti-incumbency factor against the government as wrong.
Setback for Speaker
The TRS, however, suffered a setback in the form of defeat of some of the Ministers in the previous Cabinet as well as the Speaker in the dissolved Assembly S. Madhusudanachary from Bhupalpalli. The ministers who were defeated at the hustings are political heavy weight from Khammam-- Tummala Nageswara Rao (Palair), five-time MLA from Kollapur Jupally Krishna Rao, P. Mahender Reddy from Tandur and Ajmira Chandulal (Mulug).
The party made major inroads into the rural constituencies where it had little presence in the past and proved its claims that the benefits of the spree of welfare and development programmes reached the last mile. The situation in the urban areas too was not different with the TRS winning in a majority of seats in core urban areas, the State Capital in particular where it won seven of the 15 seats and improved its tally from the last election. It was victory for almost all the candidates who switched loyalties from the Congress and the TDP.
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