Hyderabad proves a point, it is not part of so called "T"

The Telangana sentiment took severe beating in the city. Voters of this cosmopolis clearly rejected the ‘T’ sentiment as the TRS lost all three seats, two by sitting MLAs. It was reduced to third position at the hustings. This is the second consecutive major defeat for the TRS in the city after it drew a blank result in the recently-held polls to Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB).

All its candidates, including two sitting ward members from a total of eight wards in SCB, were defeated. In the bypolls held to the three Assembly constituencies in the city, TRS candidate, Mohd Khaja Arifuddin, lost his deposit. Congress candidate, Mr P. Vishnuvardhan Reddy, son of late P. Janardhan Reddy, created a record by winning the seat by a majority of 1,96,269 votes. Mr Vishnuvardhan Reddy polled 2,54,676 votes followed by Mr K. Srinivasa Rao of Lok Satta (58,407 votes) and Mohd Khaja Arifuddin of TRS (54,134 votes). His victory was the second highest-ever margin in an Assembly poll in the country.

In Secunderabad constituency, Mr Talasani Srinivas Yadav of TD defeated his nearest rival Mr Pitla Krishna of Congress by 18,067 votes. Mr T. Padma Rao, sitting MLA of TRS, was placed third and polled 28,256 votes as against 50,031 by Mr Yadav and 31,964 by Mr Krishna.

In Musheerabad, Congress candidate, Ms T. Manemma, defeated Dr K. Laxman of BJP by 2,075 votes. Mr Nayani Narasimha Reddy, the sitting legislator from TRS, came third. He polled 19,867 votes compared to 34,795 by Ms Manemma and 32,720 by Dr Laxman. Despite all measures taken by the party president, TRS has been wiped out in the city segments