As polling date is nearing, Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy almost stopped his pet slogan `why not 175’ claiming to win all seats and he is said to be in panic with the recent survey report from his poll strategist I-Pac and also state intelligence agency.
As these reports indicated rough weather for the ruling party in the state and three alliance parties- TDP, Jana Sena and BJP are moving ahead in most constituencies, he had suspended his campaign for a day and held strategy sessions with key leaders.
It is learnt that now they need to focus on 50 assembly segments for the next few days, where the party is facing tough competition. The party should mobilize huge financial resources in these segments and get hold of the government machinery so that on the polling day effective mechanisms should be streamlined for poll management.
Special observers to be sent to these 50 seats to coordinate with the party and the government machinery. CM Jagan is said to be particularly worried to note that in several segments in his home Kadapa district, TDP and its allies are ahead of the ruling party. More particularly, he is worried that in the Kadapa assembly segment TDP’s Reddappagari Madhavi is likely to win. TDP had hardly won from here earlier.
Reports also indicated that the Land Titling Act is likely to damage the party’s interests. Jagan has reportedly advised to focus on intensifying the campaign on TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu, so as to divert the public attention from the government’s faults.
Jagan started stating that Chandrababu never fulfilled his promises and was notorious in giving false promises, he said such a campaign should be intensified through social media and also personally meeting beneficiaries of welfare schemes.
All the volunteers should be used for party campaign. Their task is only to meet beneficiaries and create fear among them that if Chandrababu is elected all these schemes will be stopped. As a last resort, the volunteers were instructed to use these 9 days excessively.
They have reportedly identified constituencies like Addanki, Paruchur, Visakha East, Pithapuram, Mangalagiri, Pithapuram, Hindupur and Kuppam, where it may be difficult for YCP to win. But focusing on these seats, if they could minimise the majority of the winning candidate, they can expect to win the Lok Sabha seat.
As all indications suggest that YCP is likely to lose a large number of seats in Coastal districts, CM Jagan asked regional coordinators to ensure the winning of more seats in Rayalaseema and some seats in Northern Andhra. According to sources, Jagan is confident to form the next government if he can manage to win 40 of 52 seats in Rayalaseema, as seats in tribal areas will be added in North Andhra.
