Jagan names 12 ‘common voters’ among YSRCP’s ‘star campaigners’: Homemakers to farmers, auto driver to tailor

In what seemed to be Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) supremo Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy’s bid to walk the talk, the YSRCP on Tuesday named 12 “common voters” in its list of 37 “star campaigners” for the simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the state.

During one of his Siddham campaign meetings held across four districts last month, Jagan had told a rally that voters would be his party’s star campaigners in the upcoming polls. “My true star campaigners are the people of Andhra Pradesh, and I don’t want anyone else,” he had said at the launch of the Siddham campaign.

The YSRCP said these 12 star campaigners represented every section of the nearly 5 crore people of Andhra Pradesh. “It is the YSRCP’s belief that every person of the state is their star campaigner. These individuals, hailing from humble backgrounds, will campaign for the party on the ground and help propagate Jagan’s message till the last mile,” the party said in a statement.

Most of the 12 voters-turned-YSRCP star campaigners are village-level or ward-based party volunteers in their respective areas. A common factor among them is that they had expressed interest in campaigning for the ruling party.

Challa Eshwari, a homemaker from Mylavaram in the NTR district, said she was “pleasantly surprised” when she received a call on Sunday asking her to be present in Vijayawada at the YSRCP’s camp office. “I am very grateful I have been given the opportunity to help the YSRCP in the election. I am a beneficiary of the Jagan government’s schemes and my life has vastly improved since the TDP was voted out,” she said.

Of the 12 star campaigners, eight are party volunteers – including four homemakers, two farmers, one auto driver and one