Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency has become the cynosure of all eyes across India in the run-up to the general elections 2024 for more reasons than expected.
Even as the YSRCP president and Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy is having a running feud with his younger sister and Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Y.S. Sharmila Reddy, the poll outcome in this constituency is expected to determine who inherits the much-acclaimed legacy of their father and former Chief Minister late Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy.
There is much ado about the ‘YSR legacy’, as the entire district remained under the control of the YSR family for over four decades. After YSR’s demise in a helicopter crash in 2009 and the resultant formation of the YSRCP by his son, the formidable vote bank of the Congress witnessed significant erosion from this constituency. It is another matter that the party got totally swept away from the State after the bifurcation.
