Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has strengthened his place within the Congress and state authorities after his occasion gained a landslide victory in city native physique elections and a majority of native our bodies and companies in outcomes introduced on Friday night time.
Parliament secured 67 of the 116 municipalities and 4 of the 7 companies that voted on February 11, with over 35 municipalities and three companies receiving reserved verdicts.
The opposition Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS), which dominated Telangana for 2 phrases, was decreased to 13 municipalities and didn’t win any company physique.
Though the Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) couldn’t win outright in any municipality, it is able to acquire management of Karimnagar Company, the place it gained probably the most ward segments.
On the district and divisional stage, the Congress gained in 1,537 out of two,996 wards. That proportion is simply over 51 p.c, a major improve from 569 wards within the 2020 ballot. BRS secured 780 wards, BJP 335 wards and All India Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) 70 wards.
The victory, which got here two months after Congress-backed candidates gained 60 per cent of native our bodies within the December 2025 panchayat polls, strengthens Revanth’s authority as he approaches his two-and-a-half yr time period. Again-to-back ballot victories in Secunderabad (2024) and Jubilee Hills (2025) additional quelled hypothesis a couple of management change.
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10 and a half years of ambition
A day earlier than the outcomes had been introduced, Revanth expressed confidence by declaring in Telugu, “Nene Raju, Nene Mantri” (I’m the king and the minister) at his Tughluq Street residence in New Delhi on Thursday.
The phrase, which suggests “I’m absolutely the authority,” was borrowed from the 2017 Telugu political drama starring Rana Daggubati, and was uttered throughout a dialog with reporters, wherein he harassed that he was “not in competitors with anybody.”
The prime minister, who met Congress chief Rahul Gandhi earlier within the day, stated he plans to remain in workplace for 10-and-a-half years, which is longer than the nine-and-a-half years of former Prime Minister Okay. Chandrasekhar Rao. His calculations clearly envisage Telangana going to the polls in mid-2029 in “jamili (one nation, one election)” mode, which may permit him to stay chief minister for an additional six months after the parliamentary elections scheduled for late 2028.
Parliamentary votes had been final held in November 2023.
Company efficiency
The Congress has gained 4 firms – Mahbubnagar, Mancherial, Nalgonda and Ramagundam – however it could bash Kothagudem in partnership with CPI and Nizamabad and AIMIM.
Though the tenure of the Higher Hyderabad Municipal Company (GHMC) ended earlier this month, no elections had been held within the metropolis.
Revans has appointed a particular official to handle the nation’s largest municipality, which is presently divided into three components. Native opinion polls within the capital area are scheduled for later this yr.
The outcomes, identified Friday night time, had been primarily based on ballots forged. A majority of the 30 odd-hung municipalities are anticipated to align with the ruling occasion, with the assistance of ex-officio voting (corresponding to MLAs) in some our bodies.
Regardless of profitable half of Telangana’s 17 Sabha seats in 2024, the BJP didn’t win any municipal companies and will management solely about 10% of the entire city wards. Nevertheless, the occasion gained the best variety of seats in each Karimnagar and Nizamabad companies, with MP Bandi Sanjay and D Aravind serving as MPs respectively.
The BJP’s efficiency was largely lackluster within the different six Meeting segments and 7 Meeting segments it represents throughout the state.
Authorities’s “official recognition”
On Friday, when the outcomes began coming in, Revanth met Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi and congratulated the occasion on its achievements. The Chief Minister informed her that the outcomes show that voters in Telangana are glad with the federal government’s welfare schemes and improvement programmes.
In a publish to
BRS incumbent president KT Rama Rao disputed the Congress’ model, arguing that the decision “displays the rising confidence of the folks within the BRS and reveals the folks’s robust dissatisfaction with the ruling Congress authorities.”
“Regardless of intense stress, misuse of monetary assets and administrative equipment, and intimidation techniques by the ruling occasion, the BRS was in a position to obtain necessary victories and emerge as a serious political power in city native our bodies,” the previous minister informed reporters.
KTR in contrast this end result to the 2020 municipal elections, the place BRS candidates gained 122 of the 130 mayoral and chairman posts.
(Edited by Prerna Madan)
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