Hyderabad, March 7 -- The results of the three MLC seats that went to polls in Telangana have given a boost to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which managed to win two while the ruling Congress lost all three. The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) however chose to not contest the MLC elections, which perhaps would have seen an entirely different result in a three-way competition.

Biennial elections to the Telangana Legislative Council for Medak-Nizamabad-Adilabad-Karimnagar Graduates' and Medak-Nizamabad-Adilabad-Karimnagar Teachers' constituencies were held on February 27. In choosing to keep away from the MLC polls in Telangana, the BRS essentially turned the contest into a Congress versus BJP fight, which in turn ended up in an embarrass...