The month-long Yuva Galam padayatra of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national general secretary N. Lokesh in the undivided Prakasam district appears to have reinvigorated the opposition party to face the 2024 Assembly and Lok Sabha elections in Andhra Pradesh.
At a time when a wave in favour of the YSR Congress Party (YSCRP) was sweeping across the State in 2019, the TDP was still able to win four of the 12 Assembly seats in the district in the election that year. However, the MLA from Chirala, Karnam Balarama Krishnamurthy, switched over to the YSRCP after the polls.