TD-BJP combine bags 14 of 24 seats in Seemandhra
TD-BJP supporters came out on the street to celebrate the victory of the combine on Friday. (Photo: Gandhi)
Hyderabad: The Congress was totally wiped out in the city as the TD-BJP alliance swept the polls in Greater Hyderabad winning 14 of the 24 Assembly segments. Of the remaining seats, the MIM retained seven seats in the old city and the TRS won in three Assembly segments, Secunderabad, Malkajgiri and Patancheru.
The TRS, which will form the government in Telangana, also won the Chevella LS seat when reports last came in. The BJP won the Secunderabad Parliamentary constituency and its ally, the TD, won in Malkajgiri Lok Sabha constituency over its nearest rival the TRS. The MIM retained the Hyderabad LS seat.
The Congress, which had won 15 Assembly seats and three Lok Sabha seats in 2009, drew a blank this time in Greater Hyderabad. All the Congress heavyweights, former ministers Danam Nagender (Khairatabad) and M. Mukesh Goud (Goshamahal), V. Hanumanth Rao (Amberpet) and Marri Shashidhar Reddy (Sanathnagar) lost to TD-BJP candidates in the Assembly segments.
Union minister Sarve Satyanarayana and Anjan Kumar Yadav of the Congress lost in Malkajgiri and Secunderabad Parliamentary constituencies respectively.
In fact, in most of the constituencies in the city, the Congress candidates were relegated to third and fourth positions, indicating the strong anti-Congress wave.
The old Congress war-horse and chief ministerial aspirant, Mr V. Hanumanth Rao, was relegated to third position in Amberpet, with the TRS emerging the runner-up. Mr Sarve Satyanarayana was in third place in Malkajgiri when reports last came in.
The TD has made a strong comeback in the city after 10 years. In 2009, the TD had only one seat, Rajendernagar, and the BJP too had one seat, Amberpet. A combination of hope in the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, and anger against the Congress for dividing the state, brought about the TD-BJP victory.
The large population from the Seemandhra region residing in the city is reported to have voted en masse for TD-BJP, believing that the combine will best safeguard their lives and properties when the state is officially divided next month. It may be mentioned that the police administration will be under the control of the Central government in Greater Hyderabad, which will be the joint capital.
( Source : dc )
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