Telangana mandate will be in our favour, claim both Cong, TRS

Both the TRS, and the Congress-led opposition alliance claimed Thursday that the mandate of the Telangana electorate would be in their favour after what has turned out to be a "bitter campaign".

For its part, the BJP which is going alone in tomorrow's election to the 119-member House, like the TRS (Telangana Rashtra Samiti), derives satisfaction, saying it has ensured that the poll has become a "triangular contest".

"We are going to win with thumping majority. People are with us. It's going to be a landslide victory. It will be more than two-thirds majority", Deputy leader of TRS in Lok Sabha, B Vinod Kumar told PTI.

People have appreciated the performance of the KCR (caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao) government for in past four-and-half years, claimed the Karimnagar Lok Sabha member.

The TRS, seeking a second term in office, is being challenged by "Prajakutami" (People's Front) forged by the Congress along with the Telugu Desam Party, the Telangana Jana Samiti (TJS) and the Communist Party of India (CPI).

AICC in-charge of Telangana, R C Khuntia said the grouping would get more than 80 seats.

While admitting that it's going to be a "tough contest", General Secretary of CPI, Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy, said, "we are confident of 'Prajakutami's victory."