Bhoopalpally: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao during an inspection of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project at Kaleshwaram, in Telangana's Bhoopalpally, on May 19, 2019. (Photo: IANS)
Though the ruling TRS faced a little setback in Lok Sabha polls, the party delivered a remarkable performance in the local body polls. Out of 5,659 MPTC and 534 ZPTC seats, TRS party has been declared victorious in 3556 MPTC & 428 ZPTC segments so far.
Despite of winning the local body polls with a clear majority, here is a shocker for the Telangana Chief Minister KCR and his daughter Kavitha in the local body polls. While TRS proved its grip in these elections, the party candidate lost in Kavitha's native village Potangal in Navepet Mandal, BJP candidate Raju won this seat with 90 votes.
On the other side, the Telanganites made CM KCR no exemption in giving a shocker as an independent candidate win from KCR's adopted village Chinna Mulkalur in Karimnagar district. A Congress candidate won in KCR's mother-in-law's village Kodurupaka in Siricilla district's Boyenapalli Mandal. Congress candidate Balagauni Gauthami defeated TRS candidate Rajitha in MPTC election.
This mandate by the people is quite astonishing by the Telangana people who gave shockers to the prime personalities in the ruling party even though they managed to bag the majority of the seats. It looks quite threatening for TRS & Co and will be a morale booster for the opposition parties and especially for BJP which is looking to find some base in this Telugu speaking state.
