Hyderabad, Feb. 13 -- A Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) candidate, Jayamma, who had won by a very thin margin in the eighth ward of Gadwal municipality elections in Telangana on Friday, February 13, reportedly lost after a Congress candidate called for a recount of the votes.

According to local reports, the BRS candidate had initially won by a margin of three votes; however, the Congress candidate objected and asked for a recount. After four recounts, Jayamma was declared the winner by two votes.

Later, the Returning Officer (RO) allegedly set aside the two votes by calling them invalid and the Congress candidate was declared the winner.

This triggered a protest from the BRS supporters who staged a sit-in and raised slogans of "RO down do...