The populist schemes of Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, public sympathy for Vijayamma, the untimely arrest of Jaganmohan Reddy and the charisma of Sharmila — all these led to the YSR Congress Party's grand victory in the Andhra Pradesh by-elections.
N. Sukumar,
Yapral
The result is a huge setback to the Congress, which has retained only two seats. Its traditional vote has been split. The Telugu Desam Party should have won a majority of seats by default. But it failed to win even a single seat. It is perhaps the beginning of the end of the party.
N.M. Rao,
Visakhapatnam
Keywords: Andhra bypolls, YSR Congress, Jagan arrest, Nellore Lok Sabha
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