Barely six months ago, the TRS swept to power in the state assembly elections — 88 out of 119 Legislative Assembly seats in December 2018. Worse, Rao’s daughter Kavitha, an incumbent MP from Nizamabad was found trailing by a huge margin behind Dharamapuri Arvind of BJP. This, despite TRS reducing BJP to one MLA seat in 2018 as against four in 2014. Political observers say the TRS leadership had always expected national polling trends to affect its performance in the state. “After it came to power TRS had worked closely with the Centre to ensure benefits for the state.

Source: Huffington Post May 23, 2019 10:35 UTC