Hyderabad: The defeat of TRS nominee Devi Prasad at the hands of BJP’s N. Ramachandra Rao in the MLC polls has given ammunition to the Opposition to hit out at the TRS government.

“It is a slap on the face of the TRS government. Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao is behaving like a monarch, not a democratically-elected CM. The MLAs and MLCs will soon face the heat,” Mohd Ali Shabbir, MLC and senior Congress leader, said.

“The results should act as an eye-opener for the CM who has been functioning like a dictator,” he said.

Mr Ali said the government had neglected the families of the TS martyrs, did not provide jobs to the unemployed and went back on the promises it made to the employees. He said this was the beginning of end for the TRS.

He also alleged that the CM and his family members were trying to mislead the people by giving contradictory statements on Pranahita Chevella.