Express News Service
First Published : 28 Jul 2010 04:05:19 AM IST
Last Updated : 28 Jul 2010 09:32:25 AM IST
HYDERABAD: Even as polling for an ‘unusual’ by-election ended today evening, the mood of the voter became quite clear - it was Telangana sentiment all the way.
Notwithstanding the efforts by the TDP and the Congress to divert the attention of the voter, he appears to have stood like Arjuna in the Mahabharata, who saw the bird’s eye and nothing else. The voter seemed to have considered the mini-election as an electoral battle for Telangana and appeared undisturbed by the efforts of the two big parties to shift his focus.
The TDP has brought the Babli issue to the fore. But voters hardly felt it was linked to this election. The Congress distributed money and liquor in Nizamabad Urban and that didn’t seem to have any effect too. Distribution of money in elections is uncommon in this backward Telangana region.
With general factors like caste, religion, money and liquor becoming irrelevant in this election, the results will be on expected lines.
PCC chief D Srinivas has confined himself to Nizamabad for his own survival leaving the other party candidates in the lurch. However, today he claimed that the Congress will bag all the 12 seats.
TDP seniors were nowhere in the election scene, at least on the polling day. The party chief did not appeal to voters to vote for his candidates, not even through the media. On the polling day, the TDP candidates were clearly lagging in several segments.
Analysing the polling, a TDP candidate in Karimnagar district said the Congress has purchased voters and it won’t be easy for the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS). He didn’t mention about the the trends for the TDP, leave alone his winning chances.
TRS leader N Narasimha Reddy said despite gimmicks by other parties, the TRS would win all the seats. The PRP vote bank too has shifted to the TRS, he said.
The Congress hoped to gain from the TDP’s loss, even by ‘unfair’ means, but its hopes seem to have been dashed as the mood in the Congress camp has turned sullen by evening as realisation seem to have dawned that the voter is on firm ground as far as ‘T’ is concerned.
Comments
Mr.Ajay - It is senseless to think Telangana without Hyderabad. Don't dream of breaking the thing which genuinely belongs to us for centuries. You have come here since 20-30 years and prospered and now steal away Hyderabad from us which is part of us since centuries.
By GENUINE TELANGANA AAM ADMI
7/31/2010 4:54:00 AM
Shouted Dogs went pale when Ballot spoke.JTG.
By madhukarmoogala
7/30/2010 11:58:00 AM
Yes you are right mr krishna that Telengana should be carved out but without hyderabad and ask your so called god father TRS chief Chandra Sekhar rao to change the Telengana like California. How does that sounds ? -Ajay
By Ajay
7/29/2010 1:13:00 AM
we the people of Great Telangana has suffer a lot for many years And now we all ( GREAT TELANGANA) people are very happy because each and every people know that telangana is only for GREAT TELANGANA .This is my pesonal requesting you all my friends ,relatives,family members,and others are from telangana relions Please,,,, please,..... please,.... supports GREAT TELANGANA .we are all fighting for our motherhood state. JAI TELANGANA ,, JAI JAI TELANGANA ,..
By MANOJ RATHOD
7/28/2010 8:08:00 PM
When small states like Chhathhies Ghad, Jharkhaand , Uttaranchal are carved ,why not a fairly big region like Telangana Only thing to see is that the region is properly nursed and ruled thereafter. Perhaps first carve the state and let it come under President rule initially with a core comprising intellectual and statesman to guide Governor (President) so as to see the future administration of the New state is in the right path and with out any breakage of violence in the state as appreciable percentage of people living in the area especially in Hyderabad and Secunderbad are in no way affected.
By J.RamaKrishna
7/28/2010 1:23:00 PM
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