The number of winning seats this time may increase due to its candidates who are traditionally strong in poll management techniques. If the TRS makes majority as expected, it will be due to the ‘Telangana sentiment’ for which TRS chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao can take all the credit as the party’s candidates are ill-versed in election management.
The Congress and the TRS are evenly poised in Adilabad, Nizamabad, Medak, Karimnagar and Warangal districts and have pushed the TD-BJP combine out of the reckoning. Adilabad and Nizamabad returned one MLA each from the Congress and TRS in 2009, but both parties are wanting to grab a majority of seats this time.
The situation is totally different in Medak, which returned only one MLA for the TRS in 2009, but where the TRS is looking at a big win this time as this is the home district of the TRS chief.
Again, in Mahbubnagar district, where the TRS did not open its account even in 2009, it is expected to get a good majority in the 14 Assembly segments.
