Medak: After five wins, BRS loses from Medak for the first time in Lok Sabha elections

Medak: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) lost the Medak Lok Sabha constituency for the first time since the party was founded in 2001.The result has shocked party workers and leaders as Medak was considered a stronghold of the BRS. Moreover, the loss came after the party had won six out of the seven assembly constituencies under the Medak Lok Sabha constituency in the assembly elections held last November.Shockingly, BRS candidate and former IAS officer P Venkatarami Reddy finished third after Congress candidate Neelam Madhu while BJP candidate M Raghunandan Rao won the election.
BRS leader Alle Narendra had won the 2004 Lok Sabha election while actor-turned-politician Vijayashanti, who also contested on a BRS ticket, won the 2009 election. Party president K Chandrasekhar Rao contested and won the 2014 general election, but resigned soon after to become the state’s first chief minister.BRS had fielded Kotha Prabhakar Reddy in the by-election and he won the seat again. Prabhakar Reddy continued his winning streak in 2019 as well and won the election for the second consecutive time with over 3 lakh votes. Since Prabhakar Reddy had contested from Dubbak assembly constituency and won in 2023, BRS decided to field Venkatarami Reddy. However, the move backfired and the party suffered its first defeat in the constituency after five consecutive victories.