Updated On: 24 May, 2019 08:25 AM IST | | Agencies
BJP sweeps Karnataka, as YSRCP takes the lead in Andhra Pradesh, Congress in Kerala, and DMK in Tamil Nadu. TRS, which secured a decent number in Telangana, however, didn't impress CM KCR who had larger Delhi dreams

KCR was aiming to win 16 seats from the state and forming a Federal Front at the Centre. Pic/Twitter
Hyderabad: The crushing defeat of non-NDA parties in Lok Sabha elections shattered the dreams of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, who was looking to play a key role at the Centre.
The results came as a huge blow to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief who was working to cobble up a "Federal Front" to form a non-BJP, non-Congress government at the Centre.