Hyderabad:Bharatiya Janata Party's Eatala Rajender won Huzurabad by-polls, resulting in a major setback for Telangana Rashtra Samiti and Congress parties. The TRS party's stronghold voting in favour of their defector has not gone down well with ruling party leadership.
Responding to the poll verdict, TRS leaders claimed that votes for them did not increase and moral victory is theirs. The ruling party also alleged that the BJP and Congress are under the same umbrella and both parties tacitly joined hands to defeat them. Party president and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will likely to conduct a full review of the poll results.
"In the last 20 years TRS has seen many highs and lows & this one election result will not be of much significance or consequence. My compliments to @GelluSrinuTRS on a spirited fight Thumbs up," tweeted KT Rama Rao, IT Minister.
"Appeal to all TRS workers to work with increased resolve to forge ahead in future battles. Would like to thank & applaud the tireless efforts of @trsharish Garu, @Koppulaeshwar1 Garu @GKamalakarTRS. Garu and all the MLAs & TRS party leaders & cadre who have toiled hard in Huzurabad. Also would like to thank the social media warriors who’ve been relentless in campaign," added KTR.
Alleged of corruption charges, Eatala was sacked from the Cabinet. The TRS party in its full-fledged campaign raised corruption allegations against him. In a scathing attack, the party claimed that Eatala had conspired to betray the party and KCR. During the party's campaign in the constituency led by Finance Minister, T Harish Rao and other ministers, development, welfare schemes including Dalit Bandhu resonated, however, it went in vain.