Following humiliating defeat in the recent assembly elections, the main opposition party seems to be recovering to some extent in Telangana. A latest survey conducted by Hindi news channel News 24 predicted that BRS will emerge as the single largest party in the state in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls.
While several surveys predicting that BRS is likely to get only third place, this survey indicates that it will win 8 Lok Sabha seats, out of total 17 seats in the state. The Survey seems to be a big shock to the ruling Congress party, which is hoping to continue the hype of assembly election results and expecting to win nearly 10 Lok Sabha seats. But, this survey gave only 2 seats for Congress.
As per the survey, the BRS would secure 40 per cent of the vote share in the Lok Sabha polls to be held on May 13. During the recent Assembly elections, the BRS secured a vote share of 37.35 per cent. Similarly, the BJP was likely to win 6 MP seats with a vote share of 28 per cent. The BJP’s vote share was predicted to rise from 13.9 per cent in the Assembly elections.
The ruling Congress has been relegated to third position with just two MP seats and a vote share of 23 per cent. In the Assembly elections, the Congress secured a 39.4 percent vote share and was expected to suffer a major setback within just five months after assuming power.
About 16.4 per cent of vote share is suspected to have eroded for the Congress. Interestingly, the Hindi news channel had predicted the defeat of the BRS and victory of the Congress in the 2023 Assembly election results.
Terming the latest survey as a rude awakening for ‘Bade Bhai’ Modi and ‘Chota Bhai’ Revanth Reddy, BRS working president K T Rama Rao said his party would emerge as the single largest party. “I appeal to all my party colleagues, let’s work hard to make the 8 seats to 13-14,” he added.