Telangana Elections Result 2023: 5 key factors that led to Congress victory and Revanth Reddy's resurgence
Lok Sabha elections. Speaking of other parties, the BJP, which has 3 members in the outgoing 119-member House, was leading in 8 seats while Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM party was seen leading in 6 seats while CPI in 1.
1. Several factors could have contributed to the Congress's upturn: Perceived anti-incumbency at the constituency level against BRS MLAs; energy infused by the Karnataka victory in the party leaders and cadres; the BJP's decline following the removal of Bandi Sanjay as the Telangana unit chief; and the perception that the BRS and AIMIM are in cahoots with the BJP.
2. Congress' guarantees in Telangana proved to be a game changer:The guarantees covered cash transfers, pension schemes, free electricity, cylinders and land to a wide base of voters, from women and farmers to students and martyrs' families.
These include: the 'Mahalakshmi', 'Rythu Bharosa', 'Gruha Jyothi', 'Indiramma Indlu', 'Yuva Vikasam' and 'Cheyutha' guarantees. Congress promised to provide free bus travel for women, ₹2500 to women every month under Mahalaxmi Yojana, LPG cylinder at ₹500, 200 units of free electricity, pension of ₹4,000 per month to the elderly.
Apart from this, the Rythu Bharosa (Farmer's Investment Support Scheme) guarantee which pledges agricultural prosperity to the State's 58.33 lakh farmers with promising ₹15,000 annually to farmers and tenant farmers; ₹12,000 for agricultural labourers; while ₹500 bonus for farmers growing paddy crops. Another scheme, Yuva Vikasam wherein Vidya Bharosa card worth ₹5 lakh for students' education to be provided; land and assistance of ₹5 lakh for the houses of homeless people in the state have been promised under the Indira Amma Indlu scheme, 250 square yards of land for workers involved in
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