The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) is of the view that the row over the volunteer system allegedly raked by the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and its allies has helped it consolidate its vote base.
Voters, who are neutral and have second thoughts over casting their votes either for the TDP or the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), have now shifted to the ruling YSRCP, claims its State general secretary Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy.
“Barring the ward and village volunteers from disbursing welfare benefits has boomeranged on the TDP. The TDP and its allies have been caught on the wrong foot, and hence are demanding door delivery of pensions. They have even knocked on the door of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). The pensioners are up in arms against the TDP and its allies,” Mr. Ramakrishna Reddy told The Hindu.
