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In October last year, a day after Chandrababu Naidu was arrested in the alleged AP Skill Development Corporation scam, actor-turned-politician Konidela Pawan Kalyan put both his political and acting careers on the line when he declared his support to the TDP chief.
The Telugu Desam Party-led alliance looked to be heading towards a comprehensive victory in the Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh, leading in 150 out of 175 seats. The party is also leading in 21 out of the 25 Lok Sabha seats in the state.
Having lost five years ago, G Harish Balayogi, the 33-year-old son of former Lok Sabha Speaker G M C Balayogi, is testing his luck for the second time from the Amalapuram Lok Sabha seat in Andhra Pradesh. Unlike 2019, there is a spring in the TDP candidate’s step and that is down to the alliance with the BJP.
“Vadiki vote veyyamu, evarni veyaniyamu. 2019 lo vote vesi tappu chesamu (We will not vote for him, nor let anyone else vote for him. We made a mistake in 2019 by voting for him),” a middle-aged man declares about Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy to his friends at a tea stall on Main Road in Rajahmundry town of Andhra Pradesh, which has a pro-YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) Telugu daily on display. His four friends meekly agree, as their discussion veers towards other aspects of daily life.
AFTER having swept to power five years ago in a massive victory, silencing naysayers who doubted whether he could replicate his father in popularity, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSRCP president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy is facing what he calls his battle of Kurukshetra.
Dr Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, 48, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) candidate for the Guntur Lok Sabha seat in Andhra Pradesh that goes to polls on May 13, is the richest contestant in these polls so far, with his family owning assets worth Rs 5,705 crore. Pemmasani is set to make his poll debut in these elections.
Underneath a veneer of calm and tranquillity, a fierce political battle rages on in the “city of destiny”.
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah saying on the campaign trail that the BJP would put an end to religion-based reservation if voted to power in Telangana, its Andhra Pradesh ally Telugu Desam Party (TDP) is in a pickle. Like Telangana, Andhra Pradesh also provides a 4% quota to some Muslim communities under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category in education and jobs.