People will pick resigned MLAs, says Lagadapati

Even as the bypolls to the 12 constituencies in the Telangana region drew to a close, the Vijayawada MP, Mr Lagadapati Rajagopal, predicted that 11 constituencies would re-elect those who had resigned in the wake of the Telangana agitation. He refused to disclose who would win in the twelfth constituency. This is according to a survey conducted by an Ellur-based agency named Flash Team. Incidentally, it is a known fact that Flash Team is being owned by Mr Lagadapati.

Out of the 12 constituencies where bypolls were conducted on Tuesday, 10 were held by the TRS and one each by the BJP and the TD. Mr Rajagopal claimed that the Congress will emerge second in all the constituencies. Flash Team, Mr Rajagopal claims, has been predicting accurately since 2005. He said that all those who resigned will be winning again by a substantial margin. But he added that the outcome has nothing to do with the T-sentiment as all the candidates were in favour of Telangana.