President Telangana Pradesh Congress Ponnala Laxmaiah, former deputy chief minister Damodhar Raj Narsimha, former minister Mohammed Ali Shabbir and other top leaders of Congress faced humiliating defeat in the 16th Lok Sabha elections. Congress faced defeat in Telangana besides Andhra as it failed to reap Telangana harvest.
As it was Modi wave in the entire country, TRS wave swept the Telangana region. Besides the above mentioned Congress leaders, former Pradesh Congress Committee president D Srinivas, former ministers, D Sridhar Babu, Sunita Lakshma Reddy, Secretary AICC and Rajya Sabha member V Hanumanth Rao, former speaker K R Suresh Reddy, D Nagendra, M Mukesh Goud, B Saraiah, film star Vijay Shanti, Jaya Sudha, M Shashidhar Reddy, Govt. chief whip G Venkat Ram Reddy, Jagga Reddy ad other top leaders lost in the elections.
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