'Lok Sabha poll results unexpected for TRS, party to undertake detailed review'

The Lok Sabha elections threw up some unexpected results in Telangana and TRS would undertake a detailed review after the coming MLC polls, party working president KT Rama Rao said Tuesday.

In an informal interaction with mediapersons, he said the Congress has won two seats with a slender margin.

The results were not a setback to TRS, he added.

The TRS has won nine of the 17 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana, while its ally AIMIM retained its lone seat (Hyderabad).

The Congress secured three seats, while BJP sprang a surprise winning four.

The results are seen as a dampener to the TRS as it aimed to win 16 constituencies (leaving Hyderabad) to play a key role at the Centre (in the event of a hung verdict) for the benefit of Telangana.

TRS had swept the Assembly polls held last December, winning 88 of the total 119 segments.

Rama Rao, son of party supremo and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, said the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is one of the main reasons for BJP's vote share growing.

There are multiple factors that influenced the outcome of Lok Sabha elections, he said.

Rama Rao, popularly known as KTR, said his party workers need not feel disappointed with the results.

With the Modi government returning to power with a huge majority, there is nothing that can be done at the Centre even if TRS wins 16 seats in Telangana, he said.

The Modi government would not need any party's support, he said.

The TRS would undertake a detailed analysis of the results after the conclusion of MLC polls (elected by Local Authorities) to be held on May 31, he said.

He expressed confidence that the TRS would win a lion's share of seats in the rural local body polls (held earlier this month; counting of votes to be take up later).

He denied that his cousin and TRS MLA T Harish Rao, a former minister, has not been given due importance in the Lok Sabha polls.

The Congress and BJP had an understanding in Nizamabad (where his sister and sitting TRS MP K Kavitha lost the election to BJP nominee), he alleged.