As the General Elections 2019 inching closer, Republic TV and CVoter predicted a landslide victory for Telangana Rashtriya Samithi in Telangana sweeping, 16 out of 17 seats in the youngest state of the state. According to CVoter, AIMIM Chief and Firebrand Leader Asaduddin Owaisi will retain his seat in the upcoming Lok Sabha Polls, leaving Congress and BJP both empty-handed. Earlier, KT Rama Rao, working President of TRS had made similar claims. 16 Lok Sabha Seats next on cards for TRS: KT Rama Rao
As far as the vote share is concerned, the survey has predicted 42.4% for the TRS, 29% for the Congress-led UPA, 12.7% for the BJP-led NDA and 7.7% for the AIMIM. The numbers reflect the result if the elections were held in January 2019.
KT Rama Rao, son of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, took to Twitter and said, “Delighted that Republic-CVoter survey is predicting a clean sweep of 16 Loksabha seats for TRS in Telangana”. AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi responded to the survey saying,” Inshallah 17 Lok Sabha MPs for Federal Front (16 TRS & 1 MIM )& 0 for Congress & BJP”.
Inshallah 17 Lok Sabha MPs for Federal Front (16 TRS & 1 MIM )& 0 for Congress & BJP https://t.co/wj0iQKHfWs
— Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) January 24, 2019
According to the available, TRS in 2014 General Elections, got 34.15% vote share; while Congress with a vote share of 12.07% and the BJP with 21.82% as it managed to get 4 MLAs in Andhra and 5 in Telangana. However, the data included both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh as elections in the Deccan Part were held during bifurcation.
In the recently-held Assembly Elections in the state, the TRS’ vote share stood at 46.9%, while the vote share for the Congress was 28.4%. The BJP had bagged 7% of the vote share. The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS), both allies of the Congress during the elections, saw a vote share of 3.5% and 0.5% respectively. Congress in the recently held state polls had stitched an alliance with TDP and other went miserably failed. TRS stormed back to power registering a resounding victory winning 88 seats in the 119-member Telangana Assembly, pushing the Congress to a distant second position with 19 seats. The BJP could only win a single seat in the state.
Also, It is also unlikely that the Praja Kutami or People’s Front would continue its alliance for the Lok Sabha polls, thereby further decreasing the individual chances of each of the opposition parties.
Earlier on December 15, KT Rama Rao said, that his party will win 16 seats leaving one for AIMIM. Reportedly, KT Rama Rao, KTR, said the party is now looking at 16 seats out of total 17 Lok Sabha Seats, leaving a lone seat of Hyderabad for AIMIM‘s Chief Asaduddin Owaisi, in a run-up to the general elections 2019.
While TRS Chief and Telangana Chief Minister right after registering a victory in state Polls had made his intentions clear that he now wants to enter National politics. Ever since, K Chandrashekhar Rao, KCR is embarking on his mission to forge an alliance without BJP and Congress for the Lok Sabha Polls.
KCR with this mission has been travelling lengths and breadths of the Country. KCR had earlier met Trinamool Congress (TMC) Supremo Mamata Banerjee and his Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik as part of his efforts towards forging a ‘non-Congress, non-BJP’ federal front of regional parties. BJD to go alone in 2019 general elections: Naveen Patnaik announces not to be part of ‘Grand Alliance’
KCR has also approached the Uttar Pradesh Political players including Samajwadi Party Leader Akhilesh Yadav. However, meeting between both could not happen but Akhilesh hinted his support by saying that ‘he will come to Hyderabad to meet KCR’. Akhilesh Yadav supports KCR’s attempt to form front without BJP and Congress
TRS has recently met YSR Congress to stitched an alliance. The YSRCP chief is expected to meet KCR soon and hold further talks.
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