: Naidu, Pawan Kalyan mount formidable challenge to Jagans free run of AP #IndiaNEWS #Andhra Pradesh Amaravati: Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh are scheduled along with Lok Sabha polls in 2024

Naidu, Pawan Kalyan mount formidable challenge to Jagans free run of AP #IndiaNEWS #Andhra Pradesh
Amaravati: Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh are scheduled along with Lok Sabha polls in 2024 but 2023 is set to witness political rivals gearing up for the big battle and evolving their strategies.
Opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) led by veteran leader N. Chandrababu Naidu is likely to intensify its attack on ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP). With Jana Sena Party (JSP) leader and actor Pawan Kalyan also gearing up to hit the road for a state-wide campaign and also forge a Grand Opposition Alliance, the state appears to be heading for an interesting battle.
The TDP, which till recently looked to be reeling under the massive drubbing it received at the hands of YSRCP in 2019, now appears to have recovered.
The huge public response to campaigns undertaken by the main Opposition party against Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy-led government indicates that Naidu will go more aggressive ahead of 2024 polls, which he has already described as his last election.
With Naidus public meetings and roadshows evoking good public response, TDP leaders believe that the party has bounced back after the crushing defeat in 2019.
The massive public turnout at Naidus meetings as part of TDPs Badude Badudu and Idhem Kharma Mana Rashtraniki has already heated up the states politics and lifted the party cadres sagging morale.
Badude Badudu is against rising taxes, power prices and RTC bus fares while Idhem Kharma Mana Rashtraniki is aimed at targeting YSRCP over what TDP calls bad governance, law and order problem, repression by ruling party leaders, financial crisis, unemployment, lack of development and reversal of decisions taken by the previous state government.
The turnout at Naidus meetings has already said to have rattled the ruling party. Looking to keep up the momentum, Naidus son Nara Lokesh is set to embark on a 4,000-km-long padyatra from January 27. This walkathon will be crucial for the TDP and its leaders expect that it will charge the party cadre ahead of the big battle.
Lokesh, who is also the TDP General Secretary, will be covering the entire state from Kuppam to Ichchapuram in 400 days. The padyatra is expected to continue till February 2024 a couple of months before the polls.
According to TDP, the campaign titled Yuva Galam or youths voice will mobilise the youth to participate in the agenda-setting process, as well as to raise their voices to express their opinions and demand change.
THe TDP General Secretary said: One person commits suicide every four days because of the unemployment. With over 1. 5 crore people unemployed, our state has one of the highest unemployment in the country.
With skyrocketing fuel prices, we are leading the countrys charts in paying the highest prices for petrol and diesel.

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