Gottipati Lakshmi: TDP Needs More Leaders Like This!

Darsi is one of the two seats YSR Congress managed to win in the erstwhile Prakasam district.

Darsi’s result went down the wire and the leads changed with every round. Finally, the YSR Congress candidate managed to win with a paltry 2500 votes.

TDP would have easily won Darsi in this wave election but their own mistakes cost them heavily.

YSR Congress fielded Buchepalli Siva Prasad in the seat. They are an influential family in the area.

Chandrababu Naidu announced Gottipati Lakshmi as the candidate at the last minute. She had only fifteen days to campaign.

A doctor herself, Lakshmi did her 100% in the constituency and also spent a bomb.

During the election campaign, she paused her campaign and conducted a complex Caesarian Surgery for a Pregnant woman. That has earned good press not only for her but for the party in the local and national media.

She was very appealing to the electorate, especially the women.

But then, the local TDP leaders did not co-operate with her completely. Some TDP leaders worked against her in a Mandal and that resulted in her loss.

Even after the defeat, Lakshmi is being active in the constituency.

At the time of writing this article, Lakshmi is conducting a free medical camp in the constituency.

TDP should effectively use clean, educated, and committed women leaders like Lakshmi. She should be given enough opportunities in the party to strengthen her in the constituency. That will make Darsi easy in 2024.