YOUR VERDICT

hyderabad | 05.06.2024 | decode ls polls ‘24

The two states of Telangana and Andhra
Pradesh should resolve the problems between
them and move ahead on the path of progress
A Revanth Reddy, Chief Minister, while congratulating
N Chandrababu Naidu and Pawan Kalyan

BRS relegated to third place in 15 Vote share of

BRS in previous People’s mandate with Congress,
will boost TG govt, says Revanth
elections

segments as poor show continues 46.9% 41.71%

E x p r e ss N e w s S e r v i c e
E x p r e ss N e ws S e r v i c e @ Hyderabad @ Hyderabad
2018 2019
The BRS, which enjoyed power Assembly Lok Sabha Commenting on the Lok
in Telangana for nearly a dec- Sabha elections results, Chief
ade, had a disappointing per- Minister A Revanth Reddy said
formance in the Lok Sabha elec- that the polls reaffirmed that
tions. The pink party appears to the people’s mandate is with
have lost ground by failing to 37.35% 16.68% the Congress. He said that the
counter the growing presence election boosted the confidence
of the BJP in the state. of the Congress government in
Contesting on its own, the 2023 2024 the state and encouraged it to
BRS fielded candidates in all 17 Assembly Lok Sabha p rov i d e m o re e f f e c t ive
constituencies but failed to se- governance.
cure even a single seat. In 15
constituencies, the party fin-
Candidates In a statement issued here
on Tuesday, Revanth said the
who lost their deposits
ished in third place, with candi- people of Telangana have en-
According to the Representation
dates losing their deposits in dorsed and blessed the 100-day
eight of those seats. Even in the
of People Act, 1951, any candidate rule of the Congress govern-
northern Telangana region, who fails to secure one-sixth ment and awarded the grand
which is generally considered of the total votes polled in the old party eight Lok Sabha
With the BRS failing to win even one seat in the Lok Sabha elections, Telangana
to be a pink party stronghold, Bhavan, Hyderabad, wears a deserted look on Tuesday | Sri Loganathan Velmurugan constituency will have to forfeit seats.
the BRS did not perform well. his/her/their security deposit, He also thanked the people

For 1st time in 2 decades,

With the exception of Maha- which, in this case, was `25,000. for electing the Congress can-
bubabad and Khammam, all The BRS candidates who lost their didate in the Secunderabad
BRS candidates in the remain- deposits are: Cantonment byelection. Later

no BRS MP in Lok Sabha

ing constituencies finished in in the day, the chief minister
third place. In Adilabad, Secun-
n T Padma Rao (Secunderabad) felicitated Sriganesh, the Con- Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy felicitates MLA-elect Sriganesh, who contested the
derabad, Nizamabad, Chevella, n Srinivas Yadav Gaddam (Hyd) gress nominee from the Secun- Secunderabad Cantonment bypoll on a Congress ticket, on Tuesday
Mahbubnagar, Zaheerabad, Mal- n Govardhan Bajireddy (N’bad) derabad Cantonment Assem-
kajgiri and Hyderabad, the BRS M a n da Rav i n d e r R e d dy Entered Lower House for bly constituency. the party workers. He added er nance would commence
candidates lost their deposits. @ Hyderabad first time in 2004 n Kasani Gyaneshwar (Chevella) Revanth also extended grati- that the party would recognise again and promised good ad-
Despite extensive campaign- n Manne Srinivas Reddy tude to party supporters, work- the hard work of karyakartas. ministration. “The govern-
ing by party supremo and For the first time since its in- The TRS, as it was named (Mahbubnagar) ers and leaders, asserting that Stating that the Model Code ance of my government in
former chief minister K Chan- ception, the Bharat Rashtra then, won all the five seats it n Athram Sakku (Adilabad) the good performance in the of Conduct (MCC) would con- coming days will live in the
drasekhar Rao, the BRS failed to Samithi (formerly TRS) will contested — Warangal, Medak, Lok Sabha elections and As- clude on Wednesday, the chief hearts of the people for eter-
garner enough support from have no representation in the Karimnagar, Hanamkonda and n Anil Kumar Gali (Zaheerabad) sembly bypoll was a victory for minister said that people’s gov- nity,” the chief minister said.
voters. In the recent Assembly Lok Sabha. The party, which Adilabad — and entered the n Ragidi Laxma Reddy
elections, the BRS lost power to dominated Telangana politics Lok Sabha for the first time. (Malkajgiri)
the Congress but managed to se-
cure 37.35% of the votes in the
state. However, in the Lok Sabha
for about two decades and ruled
the state for almost a decade,
has now been voted out of the
The TRS also bagged 6.83% of
the vote share. KCR himself
won from Karimnagar and
– Compiled by S Bachan Jeet Singh
Congress lost seats due to
BJP-BRS nexus: Mahesh
polls, the pink party’s vote share Lok Sabha. joined the Union Cabinet along est ever tally. However, the 2019
dropped to 16.68%. B R S s u p re m o K C h a n - with his party MP Ale Lok Sabha elections saw the
Although KCR’s constituency, drasekhar Rao, who aspired to Narendra. pink party seats being reduced
Gajwel, and MLA T Harish Rao’s play a key role on the na- By the time the 2009 to nine, despite the party com-
segment, Siddipet, fall under the tional stage, is now General Elections came, fortably winning the Assembly E x p r e ss N e w s S e r v i c e that the Congress winning the
The polls reaffirmed that the
Medak Lok Sabha segment, the struggling to keep his KCR had broken ranks elections in December 2018, @ Hyderabad byelection was testimony to the
people’s mandate is with the
BRS did not win the seat. It is party flock together in with the UPA and just six months earlier. people of Telangana welcom- Congress. This has boosted the
learnt that if the BRS had the his own state. With no formed his own alli- Stating that the Congress in- ing Chief Minister A Revanth confidence of the Congress
confidence of winning at least seats in the Lower ance with the TDP,
Change of name in 2022 creased from three Lok Sabha Reddy’s administration. government in the state and
one seat in the state, it was in House and only four CPM and CPI. The TRS In October 2022, KCR changed seats in the state to eight, TPCC Asserting that the exit polls encouraged it to provide more
Medak. However, the BRS nomi- members in the Rajya was reduced to only two the name of the party from working president B Mahesh had been proven wrong, the effective governance
nee, P Venkatram Reddy, lost to Sabha, there is little chance seats — KCR winning from TRS to BRS to pursue his na- Kumar Goud on Tuesday said MLC said Congress had been
A Revanth Reddy, Chief Minister
the BJP candidate. that KCR can think about na- Mahbubnagar and Vijayashan- tional political ambitions. He the grand old party could have stating that the exit polls would
Experts believe that several tional politics. ti from Medak. also announced that the BRS won 12 seats, but lost them due go wrong and that the INDIA
factors contributed to the BRS’s KCR formed the TRS in 2001 Just before the 2014 election, will field candidates in other to the “underhand deal” of bloc would win several seats.
poor performance in the LS with the sole agenda of fight- the UPA gover nment an- states. However, a resurgent BRS and BJP to transfer the Citing BJP’s loss in Faizabad, AIMIM and Congress worked
polls. After losing the Assembly ing for a separate Telangana nounced the formation of Tel- Congress trumped the BRS in votes. under which Ayodhya falls, he together in the elections to
elections, many leaders, includ- state. Three years later, he angana state. At that time, the the Assembly elections held in He, however, added that the said the people have lost faith defeat the BJP, but they did not
succeed. Narendra Modi is going
ing MLAs and MPs, shifted their joined the United Progressive TRS not only swept the Assem- December 2023, derailing KCR’s Congress respects the people’s in the saffron party.
to be sworn in as prime minister
allegiances to the BJP and the Alliance (UPA) that was led by bly elections, but also per- plans. verdict and would review the “They ran a propaganda for the third time
Congress. This resulted in a the Congress and contested the formed well in the Lok Sabha. By the time the 2024 Lok Sab- election results. campaign that Rahul Gandhi
leadership vacuum within the 2004 General Elections. The TRS won 11 seats, its high- ha elections were announced, Addressing a press confer- could not sustain. However, the G Kishan Reddy, Union minister and
BRS at the ground level, leaving the BRS chief was struggling ence at Gandhi Bhavan, he as- people have shown that Rahul Telangana BJP chief
activists without adequate mor- to keep his flock together and serted that there was nothing is the future of this country,”
al support. Additionally, during ground-level leadership vacuum could not implement his plans wrong with the selection of he said, extending gratitude to The greatest glory — formation
the candidate selection process, Experts believe that several factors contributed to the BRS’s poor of fielding candidates in other candidates. the voters for supporting the of Telangana state will remain
many leaders showed a lack of performance in the LS polls. After losing the Assembly elections, states. Subsequently, Mahesh said INDIA bloc. our biggest achievement...
interest in contesting the polls. many leaders, including MLAs and MPs, shifted their allegiances to Now that the BRS failed to Today’s electoral setback is
Moreover, it is believed that in the BJP and the Congress. This resulted in a leadership vacuum win even a single Lok Sabha certainly very disappointing.
an attempt to defeat the Con-
gress candidates in several con-
within the BRS at the ground level, leaving activists without
adequate moral support. Additionally, during the candidate
seat in the state and its vote
share dropping to only 16.69%,
the party faces a genuine exis-
In Malkajgiri & Khammam, But we will continue to toil and
will rise from the ashes again
like a Phoenix

change is always in the air

stituencies, the second-rung selection process, many leaders showed a lack of interest in
leadership of the BRS instruct- contesting the polls. Moreover, it is believed that in an attempt to tential crisis. KT Rama Rao, BRS working president
ed their activists to ensure that defeat the Congress candidates in several constituencies, the During the two decades it
people voted for the BJP. The second-rung leadership of the BRS instructed their activists to represented the people of Tel-
party’s key leaders allegedly did ensure that people voted for the BJP. Key party leaders allegedly angana in the Lok Sabha, the I r e d d y S r i n i v a s R e d d y @ Hyderabad The verdict has come, and if
Modi ji forms the government
not work sincerely for the vic- did not work sincerely for the victory of their own candidates BRS played a key role in the
now, then he has to come to
tory of their own candidates. passage of crucial Bills. Of the 17 Lok Sabha seats in the state, Malkajgiri and Khammam Parliament with the support of
stand out for the fact that traditionally, they have not returned allies. It will be a good scene to
candidates. watch
Express Read For example, Malkajgiri Lok Sabha constituency came into be-
ing in 2009 and since then, voters in the segment have always opt- Asaduddin Owaisi, AIMIM president
ed to vote out the sitting MP. In 2009, Sarve Satyanarayana of the
BJP wins for second Congress won the seat only to lose to the Telugu Desam Party Winning and losing is part of
consecutive time from candidate Ch Malla Reddy in 2014. electoral politics. In our history
Adilabad segment The voters in Malkajgiri showed the door to Malla Reddy in 2019 of 24 years, the BRS has seen
by voting for A Revanth Reddy, the Congress candidate. Now, Mal- many ups and downs, it has
Adilabad: The BJP made history kajgiri has elected BJP candidate Eatala Rajender. withstood many tides. There is
by securing a consecutive victory Likewise, Khammam voters have opted for change in every Lok no need to be disappointed
in the Adilabad Lok Sabha Sabha election since 2009. They had elected Nama Nageswar Rao with the results... We will fight
for implementation of promises
constituency with a majority of in 2009 who contested on a TDP ticket. In 2014, YSRCP candidate made by Congress and BJP
90,652 votes. In the 2019 Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy won from Khammam and in 2019 Nama
elections, the party had achieved Nageswar Rao, this time contesting on a BRS ticket, won the seat. T Harish Rao, Siddipet MLA
a majority of 58,560 votes, but in In 2024, Congress candidate R Raghuram Reddy won the seat.
the 2024 elections, it managed to
increase its vote share

Once a bastion, Medak leaves

significantly.The saffron party
replaced the incumbent, Soyam
Bapu Rao, and fielded former

BRS disappointed in KCR’s native

minister Godam Nagesh, who had
joined the BJP from the BRS just
before the elections. Nagesh’s
landslide victory is attributed to
the hard work of BJP leaders and
activists, as well as the campaign P K r is h n a @ Sangareddy ency and won. He later founded former minister and Siddipet
efforts of Prime Minister Narendra the Telangana Sadana Samithi MLA T Harish Rao worked hard

piety in the time of counting

Modi. While the BJP strengthened The Bharat Rashtra Samithi to raise the demand for Telan- for a win in Medak, but the re-
its position, the Congress’ vote (previously TRS), which has gana statehood. It was later sult left them deeply disappoint-
share also increased. However, With police personnel seen manning the AV College counting centre in the background, a woman, accompanied by a child, shown its strength in every merged it with TRS. Narendra ed. There are seven Assembly
the BRS experienced a significant performs a puja in Hyderabad on Tuesday | Sri Loganathan Velmurugan election held in the erstwhile contested as a TRS candidate in segments in the Medak Parlia-
decline in its support. Medak district over the past 23 2004 and won. ment, out of which six constitu-
years, suffered a severe de- encies are held by BRS MLAs.
feat in 2024 Parliamentary
2nd-ever win for BJP here Six months ago, voters in

Barring two, voters refuse to bless most turncoats elections.

Although the party
strongly believed it
would win at least in
Since 1999, the BJP has
consistently settled for
third position here.
However, in the 2024
these constituencies supported
BRS but now they have shifted
towards BJP. It can be said that
even BRS sympathisers have
M a n da Rav i n d e r R e d dy poorly in this election. Except ets. However, among these lead- and contested. All, except the Medak Parliamen- Parliamentary election, shown their desire for BJP to
@ Hyderabad for the Congress Warangal can- ers, only Kadiyam Kavya won Godam Na g esh, lost the tary constituency, if not BJP candidate M Ra- come to power at the Centre
didate Kadiyam Kavya and BJP from Warangal while the rest elections. in any of the state’s 17 Lok ghanandan Rao won against once again under the leader-
In what can only be described Adilabad candidate Godam were relegated to second place. Meanwhile, RS Praveen Ku- Sabha seats, the voters gave the his nearest rival, Congress’ ship of Narendra Modi.
as poetic justice, the people of Nagesh, all turncoats lost the Interestingly, all these leaders mar, who was the state BSP party an irreparable shock. Neelam Madhu. With this, the In the recent Assembly elec-
Telangana refused to give their elections. lost to the BJP candidates in chief, joined the BRS and con- Since the emergence of TRS, BJP has won the Medak Parlia- tions held in Siddipet constitu-
blessings to leaders who MLA Danam Nagender, Ran- their respective constituencies. tested from Nagarkurnool con- it has managed to win the mentary constituency for the ency, the Congress and BJP
changed their party and con- jith Reddy, Patnam Sunitha Ma- Similarly, Godam Nagesh, Go- stituency lost to Congress can- Medak Lok Sabha seat five second time. gave only a nominal contest.
tested the Lok Sabha elections. hender Reddy, Neelam Madhu masa Srinivas, BB Patil, Pothu- didate Mallu Ravi. times, with one byelection, Former IAS officer P Venkat- However, they have now given a
Irrespective of the symbol and Kadiyam Kavya, daughter ganti Bharat Prasad, Sanampu- Political experts say that most making it a stronghold. ram Reddy contested as a BRS shocking competition to the
they contested on, leaders who of MLA Kadiyam Srihari, di Saidi Reddy, Seetharam Naik of the turncoats lost because In 1999, Ale Narendra con- candidate from Medak. Former BRS, with voters strongly sup-
changed parties after the As- joined the Congress just before and Aroori Ramesh joined the they lost their credibility by tested as a BJP candidate from chief minister and Gajwel MLA porting these two parties over
sembly elections fared quite the elections and secured tick- BJP just before the elections changing parties. the Medak Lok Sabha constitu- K Chandrasekhar Rao and pink party.