HYDERABAD: Voter turnout in five reserved constituencies (ST2 constituency, SC3 constituency) among Telangana’s 17 seats increased in the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections compared to the 2019 polls. It was seen. For instance, the voter turnout in Mahabubabad ST constituency was recorded at 71.85. Similarly, the Nagarkurnool SC seat was 69.46 per cent compared to 62.23 per cent five years ago. Although the Congress exuded confidence in winning reserved seats, political analysts said the general election is a different ball game and the party’s performance in the November 2023 elections in parliamentary seats that fall under reserved seats will be affected by May. He said there was no guarantee that it would be repeated in the 13th election. Elections too. A large number of STs supported the Congress and the BJP in the November 2023 assembly elections. The shift in support from the regional party (BRS) to the two national parties is seen as a major change in the political dynamics in the state. The BJP won four of the seven assembly segments in the Adilabad ST Loksabha seat in the November polls. The BRS won two seats and the Congress one. The Congress won all seven seats in the Mahabubabad constituency in the 2023 polls. The SC also supported the Congress in the assembly polls. Of the three Lok Sabha constituencies reserved for the SC, the Congress won all seven seats, which are Peddapalli and Warangal seats respectively. In Nagarkurnool LS constituency, the Congress won five seats and the BRS won two seats in the 2023 polls. In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, BRS won three SC and one ST constituency seats, while the BJP won one ST constituency seat in Adilabad. Political observers point out that the SC classification, Madiga leader Manda Krishna Madiga’s support for the BJP, the Congress’s focus on ST, SC and OBC quotas, caste census, strengthening of reservations, especially for OBCs. He pointed out issues such as accusing the BJP of conspiring to remove the party’s quota. Abolishing Muslim reservations would have played a major role in voters’ preferences when exercising their right to vote in the May 13 polls.
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