New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has maintained its lead in the Dubbak Assembly constituency in Telangana as the counting was underway in the by-elections. As per the latest trends, BJP candidate M Raghunandan Rao was leading by 2,684 votes at the end of the fourth round over ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) candidate S. Sujatha.
Reacting to the trends, senior BJP leader Ram Madhav said,”An interesting fight in Telangana between BJP n TRS in Dubbaka Assembly by poll. BJP is currently leading. This could be a surprise victory for BJP.”
A total of 23 candidates were in the fray for the bypoll, which was necessitated after the death of S Ramalinga Reddy of the TRS in August this year due to ill-health.
The TRS fielded Ramalinga Reddy’s widow Sujatha. She is locked in a three-cornered contest with Congress party’s Cheruku Srinivas Reddy and BJP’s Raghunandan Rao.