Eighteen days after Telangana election results, winners yet to take oath; Congress slams TRS for delay
FirstpostElections to the 119-member Telangana Assembly were held on 7 December and results declared on 11 December. Hyderabad: The Congress on Friday hit out at the K Chandrasekhar Rao-led TRS government in Telangana over “delay” in the process of newly-elected members of the Assembly taking oath as MLAs. “In the history of India, can you find any state where even 18 days after declaration of results, MLAs have not taken oath?,” the Congress in-charge of Telangana affairs, RC Khuntia told PTI. The TRS returned to power for the second consecutive term, winning 88 seats, pushing the main opposition Congress to a distant second position with 19 seats. Rao this week met Biju Janata Dal chief Naveen Patnaik and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, as part of the exercise.