TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ In a landslide of unprecedented scale that is now being described as ‘Jagan Wash’, the ruling YSR Congress in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday swept the elections to the urban local bodies, literally burying the main opposition Telugu Desam in 75 municipalities and 11 municipal corporations.
The humiliation for the Telugu Desam Party was such that it could cross the double digit in only five urban local bodies while other opposition parties Bharatiya Janata Party and Jana Sena Partymade little gains. The Congress was nowhere in the picture.
The YSRC attributed the resounding victory to the faith people reposed in the leadership of Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, who “lives up to his promises” and implemented a welfare agenda in the last 22 months. The ruling party also claimed the verdict was an endorsement of the government’s decision to have three different capitals for the state.
TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu, in a tweet, told his party rank and file there was “nothing to be disappointed” with the results. “We fought well despite rowdyism, threats, intimidation, abuse of power and inducements,” he claimed.
