The Congress party in Telangana, which has plunged into an irrecoverable situation following a series of electoral debacles, is making a desperate attempt to retain its political identity by raising petty issues.
It has not even been 24 hours since Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president N Uttam Kumar Reddy announced his resignation from the post, following the miserable show by the Congress party in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections.
Whenever any elections are held, it is quite common for any political party to make an introspection and analyse the reasons for their poor or better performance in the elections.
Soon after the debacle of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections, analysts have come out with various reasons for the TRS fall and resurgence of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
There were celebrations at Telangana Bhavan on Friday when it appeared that TRS is heading to retain power in GHMC but couple of hours later gloom replaced that joy as the party began trailing BJP in 10-15 divisions.
Now it is the time to see the new Mayor in Hyderabad. Of the nine TRS women candidates who are aspiring to become the new mayor to succeed Bonthu Rammohan, six won from their respective wards while the other three couldn't.
TDP scoring a total number of 55,662 votes is a clear indication that the majority of Andhra settlers have shifted their loyalties to other parties from TDP.
The outcome of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections was definitely a rude shock to Telangana Rashtra Samithi working president and state IT minister K T Rama Rao, who led the party campaign from the front.
Celebrations broke out in the BJP camp in Telangana on Friday as the party made huge gains to win 46 seats in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections, emerging as the second largest party.
TDP, the party that was formed in the year 1983 seems to be seeing its end of days in 2020.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Working President K. T. Rama Rao said on Friday that the results of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) were not to the party's expectations.
Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Friday announced his resignation from the post owning moral responsibility for the defeat of the party in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections.
It is going to be a hung elected body in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation as no political party could get the absolute majority of 76 seats in the 150-seat corporation.
Telangana's ruling TRS party emerged as the largest party as votes were counted today in the high-stakes Hyderabad municipal election, but its victory was dimmed by the BJP's massive surge after an exceptionally high-voltage and divisive campaign.
Despite granting the separate statehood for Telangana, the Congress party has been totally rejected by the people of the state. In every election since 2014, except in a few, the party has been facing humiliating defeat.