Nothing beats the public opinion. Nothing stands to be the perfect public opinion tool other than the elections.
When the issue of single capital and three capital pandemonium is shaking the state, the ongoing Panchayat elections results give an idea of on which side the people are standing.
In a significant development, YSRC bagged nearly 85% panchayats in Guntur and Krishna districts despite TDP making a strong pitch about the relocation of the capital city from Amaravati.
With elections in the core capital city area in Thullur postponed due to court cases, YSRC and TDP approached the elections in the neighbouring areas as a prestige issue.
Charging that the development in both Krishna and Guntur districts was stalled by the YSRC government, TDP launched an aggressive campaign in the panchayat elections.
It made a fervent appeal to voters that victory in gram panchayat elections would at least work as an eyeopener to the government and resume development in the region.
At one stage, YSRC legislators too feared that the results might damage their reputation with the party leadership and worked overtime to win the elections.
However, TDP’s aggressive campaign on Amaravati seemed to have not worked well as people in most villages decided to go with YSRC.