YS Jagan Mohan Reddy might have taken Nandyal by-election prestigious, but people of Nandyal have not taken him or his party seriously. Poor response for Jagan’s campaign says it all.
As part of his road show, Jagan was supposed to cover few important areas of Nandyal including Padmavathi Nagar and he was supposed to start the roadshow at 9.30 AM. But due to lack of public, Jagan had to wait till 11.30 AM to start the show. Reportedly, several groups of people were shifted from the nerighbouring constituencies to Nandyal to ‘cover up’.
Until the gathering and shifting of public, Jagan had halted in the house of the owner of an educational institution. However, the partymen and workers of YSR Congress Party had waited for two long hours in the sun for their leader as well as for the public. Apparently, party workers expressed angst against Jagan over the long delay.
Initially, Jagan’s campaign has got good response. But it all drowned with his speech in the public meeting where he abused CM Chandrababu Naidu. Rather than his promises to people of Nandyal, Jagan focused his full attention on personal attack on Chandrababu. This has not gone well with Nandyal people.
Since Nandyal by-poll is touted as referendum to TDP’s 3-yr ruling, both TDP and YSRCP are keeping their fingers crossed. The election will be held on August 23 and counting of votes would be done on August 28. The result will be announced on the same day (Aug 28).
