Hyderabad, Feb. 13 -- Early trends in the Telangana Municipal Corporation elections on Friday showed the Congress leading in 430 wards, while the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) was ahead in 222 wards as counting began across 116 municipalities and seven municipal corporations in the state.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was in third place, leading in 61 wards, while other parties and independents were ahead in 59 wards.

The trends emerged after vote counting for the Telangana Municipal Corporation elections commenced earlier in the day. The police and the Election Commission of India (ECI) had made arrangements for counting at centres across Telangana.

On Wednesday, elections were held in seven Municipal Corporations and 116 Municipali...