Graduates and Teachers gave shocker to TRS party that has been on cloud 9 since it’s victory in 2018 assembly election results. Three leaders supported by TRS were defeated in this elections and this result was not predicted by any media.
Narsi Reddy has won from Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda Teachers’ constituency defeating sitting MLC Poola Ravinder. Poola Ravinder was supported by TRS party. Another leader K Raghotham Reddy won from Karimnagar-Adilabad-Nizamabad-Medak teachers’ constituency by defeating former MLC Paturi Sudhakar Reddy, who was supported by TRS party. Senior Congress leader and former minister T Jeevan Reddy got elected from Karimnagar-Adilabad-Nizamabad-Medak graduates’ constituency by defeating Chandrashekhar Goud of TRS.
Students, Graduates and Employees:
There have been reports even during Telangana election that students and employees are not happy with TRS even though farmers and rural voters are very happy with his rule. But, as rural voters usually outsmart urban and educated voters most of the times, the voice of students, graduates and employees were not heard loudly during assembly elections. Students from Osmania University and other places have been raising voice against the TRS government for not being able to create sufficient new jobs during their tenure 2014-18.
People are fed up with defections:
Moreover, KCR encouraging defections into TRS despite getting thumping majority also not going well with urban and educated voters. During the earlier rule, KCR was able to justify the defections saying there is a threat to the government by opposition parties who are planning to join hands together. But encouraging defections even after getting 88 out of 119 seats is not justifiable in any way.
Seemandhra voters:
If KCR doesn’t pay heed to these voices now, he may have to pay the price in Lok Sabha elections. Even though KTR and KCR are saying they will win 15 or 16 seats in upcoming LS elections, the picture is not that rosy as revealed during MLC elections. Moreover, astounding victory in 2018 assembly elections was partially attributable to the failed experiment of TDP-Congress alliance. Especially in Hyderabad, Seemandhra voters who are not happy with CBN voted to TRS. Now TDP factor is not there and some sections of Seemandhra voters are not happy with TRS interference in AP politics. If TRS supremo continues his unilateral policies, he may get shocker from not only students, graduates and employees, but also from Seemandhra voters.
We will have to wait and see whether this anti-mood on KCR will reflect in Lok Sabha elections as well in some constituencies.
