Hyderabad, March 6 -- Congress MLC candidate for Medak-Karimnagar-Nizamabad-Adilabad Graduates' Constituency V Narender Reddy has stated that though he technically lost the election, the moral victory was his as all the graduates stood by him and voted for him.

Addressing the media in Karimnagar on Thursday, March 6, he expressed his concern on how BJP candidate C Anji Reddy was declared the winner, though 50 percent votes were not polled in his favour.

He expressed his regret that 11 percent of the valid votes, or 28,686 votes, were the reason for his defeat.

Claiming that there was a leadership deficit in the Karimnagar Congress party, which he said was clearly visible in the MLC elections. He added that he would do his part to clean...