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AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi maintained his hold over Hyderabad.

Nagesh won by 90,932 votes, which was substantially higher than what the party candidate, Soyam Bapu Rao secured in 2019 when he defeated Nagesh, who was the TRS candidate then, by 58,560 votes.

MP Anil Kumar Yadav said people across the country were fed up with the BJP government and desired a change at the Centre.

Congress candidate Sri Ganesh won the seat with a majority of 13,206 votes against his nearest rival and BJP candidate Dr TN Vamsha Tilak.

The victory margin of Modi this time is 1,52,513, which is less than his victory margins of 2019 and 2014.

Latest trends from May 13 Lok Sabha polls show AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi maintaining a 70,000-vote lead over BJP rival K Madhavi Latha in vote counting.

If the party can maintain the trends, it could be headed to its best performance since 2014.

T. Padma Rao of BRS secured 8,162 votes in the first round.

The counting of votes began at 8 am in the state.

Andhra Pradesh PCC president Shailajanath and other leaders had demanded the extension of Hyderabad as the combined capital for both States for another 10 years.

Meanwhile, deviating from the annual practice of planting 19 crore to 20 crore saplings under the programme, this year the State government will be planting only 13 crore saplings, citing different reasons, including availability of sites.

Many family members of the martyrs demanded the Congress government to issue identity cards, allot 250 square yards house plots and Rs.25,000 monthly pension as promised in the manifesto.

Blaming the Congress for the death of 370 people in 1969 and over 1000 during the second phase of the Telangana movement, the senior BJP leader demanded former Congress president Sonia Gandhi to tender an apology for the deaths of the people of Telangana.

Sonia Gandhi Wishes Telangana Rapid Development on State Formation Day

As long as the history of Telangana exists, Sonia Gandhi would be recognized and respected as the mother by Telangana society.

Instead the Congress government should strive in executing works for public welfare that could not be taken up by the past government, he said here on Friday.

However, the Congress MLA said all the people, who had fought for Telangana irrespective of their political affiliations, would be felicitated on June 3.

He reminded that the Congress should blamed for backwardness of Telangana and sufferings of its people in undivided Andhra Pradesh over the decades.

As part of the State Formation Day celebrations, the Chief Minister will unfurl the national flag at Parade Grounds at 10 am and receive the guard of honour of the police forces, besides releasing the State song on the occasion.

However, it did not took serious objection to removal of the iconic Charminar from the emblem, stating that it was built by foreign ruler, whereas Kakatiya Arch was built by Indian rulers.