New Delhi, December 11: BJP President Amit Shah on Tuesday congratulated Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao for his party Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS)'s victory in the state.

"Congratulations to Shri K. Chandrashekar Rao ji and TRS for the impressive victory in Telangana assembly elections," he said in a tweet.

However, he kept mum on the results of the Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh where the Congress is all set to oust the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from power. Assembly Elections 2018 Results: Who Will be the Next Chief Minister in MP, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram and Telangana?

Buoyed by the massive victory, Rao earlier in the day said he would play a crucial role in national politics and work to evolve an alternative to both BJP and Congress with a new model.

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