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The ruling Congress secured the Chairperson posts successful Jangaon and Thorrur Municipalities of the erstwhile Warangal territory connected Tuesday (February 17, 2026) aft some contests ended successful ties and were settled done a gully of lots, a proviso invoked erstwhile elected and ex officio votes output an adjacent result, according to authoritative sources.
Bhuvanagiri Congress MP Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy and section Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA Palla Rajeshwar Reddy attended the peculiar gathering to elite the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson, exercising their votes arsenic ex officio members.
The outcomes added to the ruling party’s tally successful the ongoing indirect elections to Municipality enactment posts. The process successful some towns unfolded amid tense governmental circumstances.
In Jangaon, the Congress and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) finished with adjacent numbers, compelling officials to invoke the lottery system. Kadakanchi Balamani of the Congress was selected arsenic Chairperson. The Vice-Chairperson’s station went to autarkic Councillor Parvatalu, supported by the BRS. Later, the Presiding Officer and RDO, Gopiram, handed implicit certificates to the elected members.
A akin concern prevailed successful Thorrur municipality, wherever the predetermination was conducted nether dense constabulary deployment. Nearly 500 unit were stationed successful the country pursuing allegations and counter-allegations betwixt the Congress and the BRS.
Senior BRS leaders, including Leader of the Opposition successful the Legislative Council, S. Madhusudhana Chary and erstwhile Minister Satyavathi Rathod, were placed nether location arrest. Police besides stopped buses carrying BRS councillors adjacent Parvatagiri, prompting protests led by erstwhile Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao.
The BRS, which won 9 of the 16 wards, objected to the inclusion of Warangal MP Kadiyam Kavya arsenic an ex officio voter, alleging a procedural violation. With the last tally again tied, officials conducted a gully of lots, resulting successful the predetermination of Shravan of the Congress arsenic Chairperson.
