At the same time as the remainder of India witnessed a lacklustre efficiency from the Congress, the youngest state, Telangana, grew to become a beacon of hope for the Grand Outdated Social gathering, poised to safe 64 seats, surpassing the straightforward majority mark of 60 wanted to type a authorities within the southern state. A key driving pressure behind the Congress victory was its success in rural constituencies outdoors the Hyderabad space.
This marks the primary occasion because the formation of the state in 2014 that any get together aside from Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (KCR)-led Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) is ready to imagine energy. Nevertheless, with solely a marginal majority, political analysts anticipate an influence battle between Telangana Congress chief Revanth Reddy and Legislature Social gathering chief Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka for the place of chief minister (CM).
In accordance with native media experiences, the get together’s disaster supervisor, Karnataka Deputy CM Doddalahalli Kempegowda Shivakumar, is taking motion to unite the brand new Members of Legislative Meeting (MLAs). The Congress’ vote share has surged from a mere 28 per cent within the 2018 Meeting elections to 39 per cent this yr, primarily based on the newest obtainable experiences.
One other vital winner within the polls was the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP), which noticed its share double from 7 per cent to 14 per cent, securing eight seats in comparison with one within the earlier election. However, BRS suffered losses, with its share reducing from 47 per cent in 2018 to 37 per cent this time, and the variety of seats dropping from 88 to 39. The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen led by Asaduddin Owaisi noticed a decline in vote share from 3 per cent to 2 per cent whereas retaining seven seats, based on the newest obtainable numbers.
BRS chief Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao (popularly identified by his initials KTR) expressed disappointment however not unhappiness over the outcomes. Regardless of the continuing energy battle, what favoured the Congress was its elevated share of votes in rural Telangana in comparison with Hyderabad and close by areas.
This rural-urban divide is significant, contemplating that Hyderabad contributes round 45 per cent of the state’s income. As of the final replace, of 15 seats within the Hyderabad space, the Congress was main in just one seat.
In a significant setback for KCR, he misplaced the polls to the BJP’s Katipally Venkata Ramana Reddy on the Kamareddy seat. “The massive story of this election was the BJP making inroads into the state by doubling its votes to 14 per cent. I imagine that Revanth Reddy will turn into the CM as he could have already got the assist of a majority of MLAs, and Vikramarka could turn into deputy CM to make sure Dalit participation,” stated Rama Krishna Sangem, a veteran journalist and political analyst.
R Chandru, head of the Division of Political Science at Osmania College, stated that household bias and expenses of graft labored in opposition to BRS as a political get together. A number of members of the family of KCR are concerned in politics, together with his son KTR, daughter Kalvakuntla Kavitha, a member of the Telangana Legislative Council, Thaneeru Harish Rao, son of KCR’s sister who was dealing with the finance and well being portfolios, and Joginapally Santosh Kumar, son of KCR’s spouse Shobha’s sister, a member of the Rajya Sabha.
