The ruling YSRCP played a safe game by fielding the maximum number of sitting MLAs in all Assembly constituencies of Vizianagaram district, although a few second-rung leaders sought tickets for new candidates in several places.
The party high command, which took feedback from different sources, observed that a few local leaders had colluded with opponent parties to disturb sitting MLAs.
S.Kota MLA Kadubandi Srinivasa Rao, Nellimarla legislator Baddukonda Appala Naidu, Gajapathinagaram MLA Botcha Appala Narasayya and others faced troubles due to dissidence. However, the party understood that many of them got elected for the first time to the Assembly and they needed to be given another chance to consolidate the party vote bank and review developmental activities.
