Going by the huge amounts splurged by candidates and the electoral offences being committed by the three parties in the fray, the byelections are the shame of Andhra Pradesh. Jaganmohan Reddy of the YSR Congress has no other prop to lean on other than the charisma of his father, the late Rajasekhara Reddy. The Congress strategy has been to project YSR as corrupt and, at the same time, claim to be the true inheritor of his legacy to win votes on his home turf in Kadapa. Given the tricks employed by the contestants, the byelections are sowing the seeds for a culture of abusive use of money and muscle power in order to overwhelm the rivals.
By Viswanath V
Published: The Hindu
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