TRS sweeps Telangana polls; Cong, TDP draw blank

Riding on the Telangana sentiment, Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) swept the assembly by-elections in the Andhra Pradesh region, winning six seats and was leading in six other constituencies on Friday. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) retained one seat with its candidate Lakshminarayana defeating state Congress chief D Srinivas in Nizamabad Urban segment.