High voltage campaign ends, now, time to lure voters

By SNV Sudhir:

Visakhapatnam, May 5, 2014: The high voltage campaign for upcoming polls ended on Monday. Leaders of all the political parties are now busy in preparing poll strategies for the May 7 polling. Now parties have shifted focus towards distributing money and booze to lure voters hoodwinking authorities.

 Prominent leaders of all the parties have made several visits to the three districts of north Andhra ever since the election commission announced poll schedule in the first week of March. Three districts of north Andhra having 34 assembly and 5 parliament seats has made all the leaders concentrate on the region.

In a last ditch effort, many political parties organised rallies choking the roads in all the parts of the three districts, on Monday.

TD chief N Chandrababu Naidu had made several visits as part of ‘Praja Garjana’ since two months. Subsequently, his brother in law and actor turned politician, Balakrishna, also toured Vizag, Vizianagaram and Vziag districts addressing many road shows. Naidu’s son, Nara Lokesh, who also took an active plunge into politics, too visited many places in the three districts to woo voters. Though, it was late, Jana Sena chief, Pawan Kalyan, addressed many meetings on behalf of BJP and TD candidates.

With BJP candidates contesting for Vizag Lok Sabha and two assembly segments, many party leaders campaigned in Vizag. Party prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi himself addressed a mammoth gathering last week, giving much needed boost to the cadres. Goa chief minister Manohar Parikar and many other leaders too campaigned in the city. BJP national leader, M Venkaiah Naidu has been camping in the city for the last two days to personally supervise the campaign strategy and also to ensure BJP Lok Sabha candidate, Kambhapati Haribabu’s victory.

However, public was disappointed due to the cancellation of yesteryear bollywood actress, Hema Malini’s visit to the city. She was supposed to take up the campaigning in the city on Sunday.

 For Congress, its state campaign committee, chief K Chiranjeevi, PCC chief, Raghuveera Reddy made at least three trips to the three districts to campaign for Congress candidates. YSRC, chief Jaganmohan Reddy, his sister Sharmila campaigned in the city since their mother, YS Vijayalakshmi is in the fray for Vizag Lok Sabha seat