To overcome the humongous challenge posed by the dynamic Jagan Mohan Reddy, the veteran of many poll battles Chandrababu Naidu has zeroed in on two potential allies: BJP and Jana Sena. But there’s a catch: BJP is disinterested, Pawan Kalyan is fickle
TDP has struggled to recover from its decimation in 2019 at the hands of Jagan Reddy. Jagan has bet big on welfare hoping that handouts will satisfy the poorer sections who voted for him. But a middle-class backlash appears to be building up, which Chandrababu Naidu hopes to leverage
The Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission has issued a notification for the resumption of stalled poll procedure to the Man Mandal Parishad and Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituencies (MPTC, ZPTC) in the state. Accordingly, the new SEC has released an election schedule for the conduct of MPTCs and ZPTCs. Polling will be held on April 8 from 7 am to 5 am wherever necessary. However, a repoll if any will be conducted on April 9 and counting of votes will be held on April 10 from 8 am onwards and results will be declared soon after completion of counting of votes, according to a notification issued on Thursday.