KURNOOL: Mercury in the political barometer is shooting up with each passing day as the campaign for Nandyal by-election reaches fever pitch. It is all set to further heat up as Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will be campaigning for two days from Saturday.
For the last 10 days, Opposition Leader Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has been campaigning vigorously. The YSRC chief will wind up his campaign on August 20.Interestingly, the fight is between the TDP leaders who went into Jagan camp and the YSRC leaders who switched loyalties and joined the TDP.
As it is the loyalty switchers who are fighting it out, the YSRC is concentrating on defections, drawing strength from the fact that MLC Silpa Chakrapani Reddy has resigned from his position before joining the YSRC. The YSRC is slamming the TDP for engineering defection of 21 of its MLAs who are yet to resign from the YSRC. At the same time, the TDP is attacking the YSRC, referring to the “intemperate and abusive” language being used by Jagan against Chandrababu Naidu and Jagan’s corruption cases.
Naidu will arrive in Nandyal on Saturday and will begin his campaign at Ayyalurumetta in the town. He will also make a night-halt at Nandyal. He will resume his second-day campaign on Sunday and visit Gospadu and Nandyal mandal to seek voters' support for the TDP candidate.
Residents to get paid holiday on D-day
Vijayawada: The state government declared August 23 as paid holiday for institutions and offices situated in the Nandyal Assembly constituency. An Election Commission official said that as per the provisions under Representation of the People Act, 1951, every person including those employed in govt offices, business, trade or any other establishment is entitled to vote and are entitled to a paid holiday on the day of polling. ENS