Hyderabad: With the Congress winning 64 out of 119 seats in the Telangana Assembly elections, the long-reigning Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has been ousted from the hustings to become the principal Opposition in the State.
Commenting on the figures demonstrating the party's poor performance, working president K T Rama Rao on Sunday said the assembly poll results were "disappointing" though he was not "saddened". In a post on 'X', (formerly Twitter), Rao congratulated the Congress party, which is heading to form the government in the State.
"Grateful to the people of Telangana for giving @BRSparty two consecutive terms of Government. Not saddened over the result today, but surely disappointed as it was not in the expected lines for us. But we will take this in our stride as a learning and will bounce back...(sic)" the BRS leader posted on X.
As per the latest trends put out by the Election Commission, Congress won in 64 segments. BRS 39 seats. It is quite evident that Rao is 'disappointed' because just three days ago on Thursday, he was in high spirits as he was sure that BRS would emerge victorious in more than 70 seats in the Assembly. He even negated a few exit polls that suggested the ruling party would perform badly. While voters thronged the polling booths, Rama Rao questioned the validity of the exit polls and urged party officials and workers not to give up.
Netizens' reactions: The Tweet received mixed reactions from the public. One user wrote: You have been a true leader, Sir.. inspiring many. "Maybe it was needed that you see the state of our State from the other side. hoping you would do the needful even with being the strong opposition .. Thank you for making me fall in love with Hyderabad all over again with all the progress! (sic)"
Another mocked him saying: "Now you know who is Revanth Reddy? Another user commented: Don’t worry people will realize very soon, there is a lot of negativity on local MLAs than BRS.(sic)"
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