The AU ground has seen many famous sportspersons in action in the past and also hosted Ranji matches, but for politicians it has brought bad luck.
Every politician who landed on the ground in a helicopter did not stay in power for long, it is said here.
Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi landed here before going to the MCV stadium to address a meeting and proceeding to Sriperambadur, where he was assassinated; N.T. Rama Rao, after coming back to power in 1994, landed here for his tour of north coastal Andhra before being unseated; and Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu reached here by helicopter for a tour during the fag end of his previous term, he lost in that elections.
