A huge turn-out at Telugu Desam Party national president N. Chandrababu Naidu’s public meetings in Annamayya and Chittoor districts has come as a shot in the arm for the Opposition party, after the debacle in the 2019 elections.
Senior party leaders admitted that they had expected a crowd of around 25,000 to 30,000 people at Madanapalle on July 6, but the turnout was around 2 lakh. Similarly, the impressive attendance of the cadres and public at Mr. Naidu’s roadshows at Nagari, the bastion of Tourism Minister and local MLA R.K. Roja, was another shocker to the party.