YS Jagan Mohan Reddy announced the candidates for 175 MLA and 24 MP seats in one go. But then, the enthusiasm is missing on the ground.
Some of the candidates are reluctant to hit the ground. Moreover, the elections are two months away and so they are very much worried about the spending.
Addanki YSR Congress candidate Hanimi Reddy had disappeared from the constituency and his mobile phone is switched off.
He is also not reachable to Bapatla district co-ordinator Ayodhya Rami Reddy.
There are rumors that Hanimi Reddy is under pressure from the local leaders for money. He is keeping them at bay until the candidates list is announced.
Now that the candidates list is announced, they are pressuring for money.
That pressure and pressure of having to spend too big on the ground took toil on Hanimi Reddy.
Moreover, he has to take on Sitting MP Gottipati Ravikumar in the constituency.
Gottipati Ravikumar won as TDP MLA in the 2019 election despite a huge Jagan wave across the state. He also completed a hat-trick of victories from the same Addanki constituency.
It looks like the YSR Congress had no hopes for the seat.
Meanwhile, YSR Congress leaders are worried about this and are trying to find Hanimi Reddy and bring him before the media to condemn these reports.
It is also interesting to note that Addanki is the same constituency where Jagan held the fourth Siddham meeting and YSR Congress claims it is the biggest of all the four meetings.
