Bittersweet victory for the Congress

The joy of winning the bypolls braving antiincumbency and the sympathy wave for the YSR Congress was short-lived for the two Congress candidates T. Trimurthulu and K. Subbarayudu. The support extended by CM N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, including heavy funding and day-to-day monitoring in the two places, helped the two romp home. However, the likes of Chiranjeevi and Botsa Satyanarayana started jostling to claim credit for success. Chiru even made a controversial statement leaving the latter embarrassed. Rumour has it that the two later went to the Chief Minister and pledged their loyalty to him.