TRS wrests Munugode assembly seat; Congress frets

The TRS won the Munugode bypolls with a margin of barely over 10,000 votes.

It left the BJP fuming and accusing the ruling party of misusing state machinery.

The Congress finished a third and even lost the security deposit in its sitting seat.

The drubbing left many questioning the party’s relevance, especially when Congress MP Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra passed through Telangana during the bypoll campaign and voting.