Updated December 10th, 2018 at 17:12 IST

Rahul Gandhi-Chandrababu Naidu to make the first move in Telangana by approaching the Governor; Owaisi to meet KCR. LIVE UPDATES

Leaders of Praja Kutami, a coalition of Congress, TDP, TJS and CPI, will meet Governor ESL Narasimhan on Monday afternoon

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Update at 5:11 pm: Tomorrow there will be a tai tai fish for BJP and other parties. KCR will win undoubtedly. Picture of Telangana is over for congress: Asaduddin Owaisi

Update at 5:09 pm: Congress should clarify who had a word with me if they are alleging that I spoke with their leaders: Asaduddin Owaisi

Update at 5:07 pm: KCR will make govt without anyone support. He doesn't need even AIMIM help because I know that he will get majority: Asaduddin Owaisi

Update at 4:06 pm: Praja Kutami, a coalition of Congress, TDP, TJS and CPI, has submitted its letter to be invited to form government to the Telangana Governor.


Making the first move even before the election results are announced, leaders of Praja Kutami, a coalition of Congress, TDP, TJS and CPI, will meet Governor ESL Narasimhan on Monday afternoon to inform him that they should be invited to form the next government in Telangana in case of a majority.

N. Uttam Kumar Reddy, TPCC President, Sri L. Ramana, TDP Telangana President, Prof Sri Kodandaram, TJS President, Sri Chada Venkat Reddy, CPI State Secretary will be at the forefront of the meet which is expected to take place at 3:15 pm on Monday at the Raj Bhavan.

On the other side, the coalition's primary opponents in the state, TRS and AIMIM are also set to hold a meeting with each other, wherein their respective party chief's K Chandrasekhar Rao and Asaddudin Owaisi are expected to chalk out the strategy should their they gain the majority.

Telangana headed into elections on December 8, the results for which will be announced on December 11 along with the states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram and Chhattisgarh.

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The exit polls for the state of Telangana where elections were held on Friday are all unanimous in one thing -- KCR pulled a masterstroke by dissolving the state assembly and forcing early elections in the state.

Despite the Congress going hammer and tongs in Telangana, fielding Sonia Gandhi for a rare campaign rally and even allying with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu's TDP, six different exit polls predict that the TRS will be the largest party. Some polls, including the poll of polls, project that KCR will have a majority on his own.

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Published December 10th, 2018 at 17:12 IST