TRS sweeps ZPP poll in Telangana

HYDERABAD: The ruling TRS in Telangana on Saturday scored a spectacular victory in the rural local body polls, bagging the post of chairpersons in all 32 Zilla Praja Parishads (ZPPs).nnThe indirect election to the posts of ZPP chairpersons and vice-chairpersons was held on Saturday.nnThe ZPP chairpersons are elected by the Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituency (ZPTC) members.nnThe indirect election of Mandal Praja Parishad (MPP) Chairperson and others was held Friday.nnThe TRS bagged 3,548 of the total of 5,817 MPTCs in the rural local body polls (to elect Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituency- MPTCs and ZPTC members) held last month.nnCongress and BJP won 1,392 and 208 respectively.nnTRS has won 449 of the total 538 Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituencies (ZPTCs).nnChief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao congratulated the MPTC, ZPTC members and Mandal Parishad and Zilla Parishad leaders who emerged victorious in the rural local body elections and thanked TRS party activists responsible for the victory, a release from his office said.nnHe also thanked the voters for giving such a major victory to the Telanagana Rashtra Samiti (TRS).nnTRS working president K T Rama Rao, son of the Chief Minister, hailed the partys victory.nnTRS returned to power in the December 2018 Assembly polls with a massive majority (winning 88 of total 119 seats).nnThough it was expected to win at least 13-14 of the 17 constituencies in the Lok Sabha polls, the party secured nine.nnSource: Press Trust of India