Apart from his assurances of guarantees, the Chief Minister’s theory that it was only a fight between the Congress and the BJP, with no “regional parties” involved.

Hyderabad: Chief Minister One Revanth Reddy was the only “star campaigner” from Telangana in a list of 40 such campaigners for the Congress in Maharashtra, but his claims of fulfilling promises made to the people of Telangana apparently failed to convince voters in Maharashtra, with the Congress performing pathetically in nine out of 10 constituencies in which Revanth Reddy campaigned.

Most strikingly, Revanth Reddy had held roadshows and attended public meetings in constituencies that have a significant Telugu-speaking population. These included Chandrapur, Solapur Central, Naigaon, Digras, Bhokar, Nagpur Central, Rajura, Wardha and Kadegaon, most of which were close to the Telangana border. In eight of these, the BJP led in seven, while the Shiv Sena led in one. Apparently, though the final results were yet to be declared officially, the trend reflected the total lack of confidence among people in Revanth Reddy’s words and in the assurances of the Congress party announced in Maharashtra.

At Digras, former AICC Telangana chief Manikrao Thakare was also lagging, indicating the impact of the Chief Minister’s campaign.

Political analysts pointed out that even as farmers staged protests over the Telangana government’s failure to implement the crop loan waiver, Revanth Reddy had claimed at a rally in Rajura constituency that within 25 days of the Congress government coming to power, Rs.18,000 crore was spent. to waive loans to 22 lakh farmers.

In Chandrapur, Revanth Reddy had told voters that if they elected Congress candidate Pravin Padwekar from Chandrapur, they would have one brother to look after them in Chandrapur, and the other in Hyderabad. However, Padwekar lost.

Apart from his assurances of guarantees, the Chief Minister’s theory that it was only a fight between the Congress and the BJP, with no “regional parties” involved. This, too, apparently did not win the confidence of the people.

Taking a dig at the Chief Minister, BRS leader Manne Krishank said on X: “Congress’ arrogant Chief Minister said there are no regional parties. Did Congress get better results than regional parties in Maharashtra?”