hyderabad
The plans of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) to be the first party in south India to score a hat-trick victory in Assembly elections, except the Congress till the emergence of regional parties, were cut short by the electorate and a resurgent Congress in Telangana on Sunday.
The party managed to win only 39 seats in the 119-member Assembly, down from 88 it won in 2018, with the constituencies in the Greater Hyderabad and its surroundings and erstwhile Medak and Karimnagar districts helping it reach the respectable mark. It was a difference of about 2% vote share between the party and the victorious Congress, which won 64 seats.
