Since 2,23,343 votes were found valid, a candidate has to get majority votes (1,11,672) to be declared as winner. However, no candidate got majority votes. So, the officials have started the elimination process
Congress leader Harshvardhan Reddy openly defied the leadership's diktat and proclaimed that he would contest the MLC election from Mahabubnagar-Rangareddy-Hyderabad Graduates constituency
Thungathurthy MLA Gadari Kishore said Chandrashekhar Rao had taken Telangana State to the top position in the country in development and welfare in a short span of six years