Hyderabad: There was no surprise on Monday in the outcome of the Telangana MLC polls. As expected, the ruling TRS bagged five seats and the remaining seat went to the lone Congress nominee.
However, there was an element of surprise in the expected defeat of the BJP-supported TDP nominee Vem Narender Reddy. Reports confirmed that all five BJP MLAs and one TD MLA preferred the NOTA (None Of The Above) option for their second preference, making their ballot invalid.
It was another victory for the ruling TRS as its five nominees were elected just a few hours before the commencement of the Telangana state formation celebrations that started from Monday midnight.
Ministers Kadiam Srihari, Tummala Nageswara Rao, former deputy chairman in the Council Neti Vidyasagar, former MLCs K. Yadava Reddy and Bodakuti Venkateswarlu won the elections along with Congress candidate Akula Lalitha in the very first round of counting of votes.
Incidentally Ms Lalitha will be the only woman representative in the Telangana Council. The Telangana Telugu Desam suffered a humiliating defeat.
