Vote Unites Jagan, Viveka
posted on Apr 23, 2011 @ 4:44PM
Can't say, how it originated but a new slogan "oka votu babaiki, oka votu abbaiki" (one vote for Mr Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy and one for Mr Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy) is catching up with the electorate of Pulivendula assembly constituency in Kadapa district. Voters here falling under the Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency will cast two votes, one for the Pulivendula Assembly seat and one for the Kadapa Lok Sabha seat in the byelections to be held on May 8.
Mr Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy and his nephew Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy are worried about the new slogan and have no clue where it originated from. Sources said that those loyal to the late Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy who do not want to see the family divided politically, invented the slogan to do equal justice to both, the Congress and the new YSR Congress. It means they want to send Mr Vivekananda Reddy to the Assembly and Mr Jagan Mohan to the Lok Sabha.
The state ministers who have been deployed in Kadapa for the byelection campaign are happy with this development. They have been telling the chief minister that the chances of the party winning in Pulivendula are increasing and it is almost certain that Mr Vivekananda Reddy will be the new MLA. However, things don't look so rosy in Kadapa, where the Congress has a tough fight on its hands.