Around 40 Survey Agencies have given surveys about Andhra Pradesh, thirty-five of them are saying TDP+ will win Andhra Pradesh.
Times Now – ETG Research is the only big National media survey that gave a chance to the YSR Congress.
The Survey gave 14 seats to the YSR Congress and 11 to NDA. That indicates a tight contest.
But there is something more than what the eye meets in this Survey.
ETG Research is owned by Avinash Iragavarapu who works in the AP CMO. He is a close aide of Jagan and has been churning out favorable surveys via Times Now for a long time.
Previously, the Jagan government sealed an Rs 8.15 Crore deal with Times Group to enhance the image of the state & its leaders on the national stage by creating awareness of its policies & schemes. The news is in the public domain.
Times Now and ETG continuously delivered many surveys and they were predicting a whopping 24-25 MP seats to YSR Congress.
Their last survey was published on April 16th (just before the elections) which said 19-20 seats to YSR Congress and 3-4 to TDP+
Now even they are saying it is a tight fight.
Giving 14 seats to the YSR Congress and 11 to the NDA looks more like wishful thinking than a concrete survey going by their track record.
