Even as the Telugu Desam leaders are making all-out efforts to mobilise at least 1,000 people from East Godavari district for the capital fete, the common man is looking at to it as more of a ruling party’s affair.
Skyrocketing prices of essential commodities during Dasara festivities have some how masked the enthusiasm of the capital fete, people say. “We are not in a mood to even celebrate Vijayadasami festival as the prices of bengal gram, red gram and green gram are hovering between Rs.160 to 200 per kg.
How can you expect us to celebrate the capital carnival when neither does the State nor the Centre are least bothered about the common man?” asked Gollapalli Veerababu, president of Memu Saitam, president of an NGO in Tuni.
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On the other hand, a section of TDP leaders feel that the leaders at the grassroots level are not actively involved in the fete.