Congress puts up a brave face
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Vijayawada Congress MP Lagadapati Rajagopal, in his survey on the state bypolls, stated the Congress would get at least one seat, at the most three, while the TD would get none to two. The pro-TD ABN-Andhra Jyothi channel, meanwhile, predicted eight seats to the YSR Congress, five to the Congress, four to the TD and one (Parkal) to the TRS. Leaders of the Congress put up a brave front on Tuesday and stated that as per the party’s internal assessment, the Congress would win in Tirupati, Narasapuram, Ramachandrapuram and Allagadda.
The party’s polls managers had instructed the candidates in these constituencies to organise a “second round” of distribution of “material” for selected groups which, according to them, worked in their favour. The poll managers were especially pleased with their work at Tirupati where they said that they had managed to win over certain YSRC strongholds.
Heavy turnouts in Ramachandrapuram and Narsapuram was also good news for the ruling party and at the end of the polling, party cadres seemed confident of winning four seats. “We have won the Narsapuram seat, the declaration of result is only a formality,” said party MLC Rudraraju Padmaraju. PCC chief Botsa Satyanarayana said that the bypoll results would be “encouraging” for the party. “Whether we win or lose, the party will take the responsibility collectively,” he said.
In Parkal, though all five major parties were in the run, the presence of the Congress and the TD apparently helped the TRS candidate to “win” over their arch-rival Konda Surekha. The BJP, which had won the seat twice earlier, however, could not continue its momentum particularly as heavy turnout helped the TRS.
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