Andhra Pradesh: Huge public turnout at Naidu’s meetings shot in the arm for TDP

It is a reflection of people’s vexation at State govt. for skyrocketing prices, non-availability of sand, says TDP leader

A huge turn-out at Telugu Desam Party national president N. Chandrababu Naidu’s public meetings in Annamayya and Chittoor districts has come as a shot in the arm for the Opposition party, after the debacle in the 2019 elections.

Senior party leaders admitted that they had expected a crowd of around 25,000 to 30,000 people at Madanapalle on July 6, but the turnout was around 2 lakh. Similarly, the impressive attendance of the cadres and public at Mr. Naidu’s roadshows at Nagari, the bastion of Tourism Minister and local MLA R.K. Roja, was another shocker to the party.

A huge turn-out at Telugu Desam Party national president N. Chandrababu Naidu’s public meetings in Annamayya and Chittoor districts has come as a shot in the arm for the Opposition party. huge turn-out at Telugu Desam Party national president N. Chandrababu Naidu’s public meetings in Annamayya and Chittoor districts has come as a shot in the arm for the Opposition party, after the debacle in the 2019 elections.

Senior party leaders admitted that they had expected a crowd of around 25,000 to 30,000 people at Madanapalle on July 6, but the turnout was around 2 lakh. Similarly, the impressive attendance of the cadres and public at Mr. Naidu’s roadshows at Nagari, the bastion of Tourism Minister and local MLA R.K. Roja, was another shocker to the party.

A similar scenario that unfolded at Karveti Nagaram, the home turf of Deputy Chief Minister K. Narayanaswamy, has encouraged the TDP cadres to advance further despite the harassment faced by them earlier.

The organisers of the Madanapalle meeting said that people attended in large numbers despite heavy downpour, and waited patiently even as Mr. Naidu was reportedly late by more than one and half hours. Seeing the crowds, Mr. Naidu himself observed that it was for the first time he could see such a huge assemblage at his meetings in Madanapalle. Coming to Nagari, the TDP cadres expected a crowd of about 10,000 to 15,000, but the turnout was triple their anticipation.

Responding to the development, senior TDP leader and party’s State organising secretary Venkateela Surendra Kumar termed the elections “a do or die battle” of not only the cadres but the public against the “suppression of public voice.”