The Congress cadres in Chittoor district are in upbeat mood over the visit of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) Y.S. Sharmila to Nagari Assembly constituency slated for February 11 (Sunday). However, a section of the cadre is said to be ‘divided’ over the choice of the constituency for Ms. Sharmila’s maiden visit to Chittoor district after taking over the charge of the Andhra Pradesh unit of the Congress.
The APCC president is scheduled to take part in a roadshow, ‘Rachabanda’ and a public meeting in Nagari, which is being represented by Minister for Tourism R.K. Roja.
Senior Congress leaders in Chittoor admitted that the cadres in the district had been in a state of ‘political hibernation’ after the party’s debacle in 2014 elections till Ms. Sharmila took over as the APCC president. “The Congress has less than sixty activists in entire Nagari Assembly constituency and several of them continue to be silent,” a Congress leader told The Hindu.
