The first phase of panchayat polling has thrown up and exposed the diecey media hold by all political parties even though this grassroot elections is said to be above politics and totally apolitical . Also it has exposed the tall claims of the TRS and the YSRCP and given clear lead to the Congress and the TDP in the panchayat polls.
As the results of all 5803 panchayat seats were trikling, it was a major confusion as all parties claimed majority of bagging of seats .While Sakshi claimed 1034 for YSRCP , ETV-2 claimed almost 900 plus for the TDP and the I-TV always Congress on the lead. As per the final count at 8 clock the congress had won 1081 while the TDP had gained 1241 and the YSRCP stoood at 801 and the TRS at 231 and m independents were 687 .
It appears to be a tug of war between the Congress and the TDP in the panchayat polls and the others were just left behind . Commenting on the first phase outcome the bureaucrats said the trend is heartening for some and bitter for others . ' It is only proving that the elecftions were not democratic and apolitically as pronounced and each political party had its pound of flesh '.
More so the success of TDP is accredited to Nara Lokesh who has advised against lethargy and strategy to rope in all key personalities in the election process to ensure success of the party candidates in panchayat polls . YSRCongress party had even made exit polls on panchayat polling today but held them back at last minute