In Telangana, the BJP secured two out of three MLC seats, including the prestigious Karimnagar-Medak-Nizamabad-Adilabad Graduates constituency. BJP candidate Anji Reddy triumphs by a margin of 5 thousand 106 votes after the second-preference count of votes. He received a total 98 thousand 637 votes while his immediate Congress rival V Narender Reddy got 93 thousand 531.

Out of a total of 2 lakh 52 thousand 29 ballots polled across 13 districts in the state, 28 thousand 686 votes were found invalid with 2 lakh 23 thousand 343 valid votes.

A day before, the BJP and Progressive Recognized Teachers Union (PRTU) had bagged one each of the two teachers’ MLC seats for which elections were held.

M Komaraiah of the BJP bagged the Medak-Nizamabad-Karimnagar-Adilabad teachers’ MLC seat while PRTU candidate P. Sripal Reddy won the Nalgonda-Warangal-Khammam teachers’ constituency.

Meanwhile, celebrations erupted among BJP supporters in Karimnagar, with Central Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar and party workers gathering in a victory rally. He hailed the win as a “Ramzan gift” to the Congress and declared that the BJP has firmly established itself as a formidable alternative in Telangana.

He said the party’s outreach across 42 Assembly segments and six Lok Sabha constituencies in Northern Telangana was a decisive factor in Anji Reddy’s victory.g