Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Ponnala Lakshmaiah expressed gratitude to the voters of Telangana for electing the party's candidates in the municipal elections.
Speaking to media persons after participating in the celebrations in the Telangana Congress headquarters Gandhi Bhavan in Hyderabad on Monday, Ponnala said that the Congress victory in the municipal elections was proof that the people of the Telangana region had complete faith in the party.
He said that AICC President Sonia Gandhi gave lot of sacrifices to grant statehood for Telangana, and the people of this region reciprocated by ensuring the victory of the Congress party.
He said that the Telangana Rashtra Samithi has been pushed to the 3rd position.
Ponnala hoped that the results of the ZPTC and MPTC elections, to be declared on May 13, too, would be in favour of the Congress.
Similarly, the results of General Elections for Assembly and Parliament will prove the people are with the Congress, he said adding that the party was confident of winning 14 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana. (INN)
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