As the temperature soars above 45° Celsius for nearly a week, the fervour of the election campaign in Warangal seems to have fizzled out, with key local leaders of major parties maintaining a noticeable distance from the ongoing poll campaign. Amidst this, the party rank and file exhibit a palpable disinterest in attending campaign meetings, attributing their absence to the relentless summer heat.
The absence of prominent leaders has left a void in the campaign landscape, further exacerbated by the novelty of the contesting candidates, who are relatively not familiar to the party cadre. Dr. Kadiyam Kavya of the Congress and Aroori Ramesh from the BJP struggled to garner the necessary support from party activists as they joined these parties just before the elections. In view of this, both candidates find themselves banking on old acquaintances from their previous political affiliations for backing.
