No doubt YSR Congress supporters have won a good number of Sarpanch posts during the first phase of Panchayat elections held yesterday. But, its boasting about gaining upper hand over its rivals TDP and Congress parties makes it a laughing stock in the political circles. TDP and Congress have virtually grabbed the lion share in Telangana region, where as YSR Congress party hardly makes its presence felt there. This itself leaves a wide gap between it and its rivals. Yet, it is making tall claims of dominating its two rivals in the elections.

Unlike in Assembly and Parliament elections, there is no official statement or record about who is who in these elections, because these elections are considered to be party-less elections. So, any party can claim any winner as its own in an attempt to save itself from embarrassment. Perhaps, this how YSRCP takes pains to declare itself as a winner in the Panchayat race. So, its figures published in Jagan Mohan Reddy owned Sakshi news media have dominated its two rivals.

Here is the four reports published in four leading Telugu dailies on the verdict: