Parties focus on door-to-door campaign

With four days to go for conclusion of the high voltage campaign for the bye-election to Medak Lok Sabha seat, political parties are clearly focussed on reaching out to voters by way of door-to-door campaign.

The campaign so far has witnessed the principle contesting parties – TRS, Congress and BJP-BJP combine launching vitriolic attack on each other, some times resorting to personal remarks on the candidates. Amidst the campaign assuming feverish pitch, parties are holding meetings with party workers, urging them to go on door-to-door electioneering.

As a result, big public meetings are missing with leaders working overtime to motive the cadres to move into villages and meet voters. Leaders feel that holding road-side meetings and community meeting would be advantageous than organising a public meeting. Meticulous planning has gone into the campaign with leaders being entrusted mandal wise responsibilities. This ensures more focussed attention to the mandals allotted to them rather than criss-crossing the Assembly constituencies.

“For the past few days, I am staying in Siddipet and moving in all four mandal and constituency headquarter town. We are receiving an encouraging response from the public, more particularly from the farming community who had highest hopes on the State Government. Now they are coming to terms and realising the TRS governance,” said senior Congress leader and former Minister D. Sridhar Babu.

The Congress is roping in senior leaders like Gulam Nabi Azad, Digvijay Singh among others. Led by Minister T. Harish Rao, the TRS is way ahead compared to its rivals in terms of campaign. Even Deputy Chief Ministers T. Rajaiah and Mahmood Ali, Agriculture Minister Pocharam Srinivas Reddy and others are moving in villages and meeting people and explaining them the need to vote for the party at the crucial juncture. The party is planning a public meeting at Narsapur on September 10.

On the other side, the BJP and TDP are also trying for better coordination among the workers. “We are not planning for any public meetings as door-to-door campaign will yield better result,” said a BJP leader.