Telangana, to officially be born as India's 29th state on June 2, will express its thanks to K Chandrasekhar Rao or KCR by giving him 11 of 17 parliamentary seats, according to NDTV's opinion poll. The Congress is likely to get five seats. KCR, who heads the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, recently rejected an overture by the Congress for a merger. However, his party has said it is open to an alliance.
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