Vijayawada: The Telugu Desam party had roped in Dr P. Narayana, Sujana Chowdary and C.M. Ramesh for the designing and executing of election strategies.
The YSRC is now replicating the election strategies of the Telugu Desam, for battle-2019.
On similar lines, the YSRC has engaged Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy, Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy, Bhumana Karunakar Reddy, and V. Vijay Aai Reddy for the carrying out of election strategies.
Mistakes committed by the YSRC in 2014 were thoroughly discussed, and this arrangement was a product of those meetings by the YSRC. The party is also assessing the popularity of its leaders who are anticipating tickets in 2019, based on a three-layer strategy.
For the designing, planning and implementation of election strategies, the party has engaged Mekapati Gauam Reddy, MLA, Atmakuru for Kurnool district, Peddireddy Mithun Reddy, Rajampet MP for Anantapur, V. Vijay Sai Reddy for Chittoor and Visakhapatnam districts, Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy for Nellore and Prakasham districts, Botsa Satyanarayana for Guntur district, Peddireddy Rama-chandra Reddy for Krishna, Y.V Subba Reddy for East and West Godavari districts, Bhumana Karunakar Reddy for Sreekakulam and Vizianagaram districts, and Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy for Kadapa district.
“Generally, regional parties have 360 degree information about their leaders, the party position in all segments, strengths and weaknesses of the candidates in competing parties, especially the ruling party, feedback about the expected candidates, suggestions from party well-wishers, and intelligence reports,” said a YSRC leader.
He added that the party president, Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, will go by the consolidated reports and that the selection of candidates will be based on that factor alone.
“The ruling Telugu Desam party, that’s also a regional party, has three-and-a-half decades of experience in several political techniques like poll management, organised structure of cadres and leaders, and the strategic formation of pressure groups.
“In fact, they are ahead of the YSRC in around 90 Assembly segments, according to a senior YSRC leader, who adds that the YSRC is now getting acquainted with all these political techniques.
“Leaders who are assigned responsibilities in the districts, will be likely to be confined to the back-office work of the party,” he concludes.
