According to sources 45% of the respondents voted in favor of YS Jagan, while 36% voted in incumbent Chief Minister Chandrababu’s favor. There was a 2% rise in YS Jagan’s popularity now compared to a similar survey conducted in September 2018. Reportedly there was a 2% drop in Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu‘s graph and the Leader of Opposition is a clear 9% ahead in the eyes of the people compared to the Chief Minister.
Furthermore the survey also revealed that in 2014 elections the principal adversaries were the YSR Congress party and TDP. Meanwhile another fact which emerged was that people wanting to see Jana Sena founder Pawan Kalyan as the chief minister were getting fewer in number. Accordingly the survey stated that compared to Chandrababu Naidu, YS Jagan was 9% ahead and this can be interpreted as YS Jagan being perceived as a people’s person. Furthermore YS Jagan was seen as an inheritor of Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy’s legacy in 2014, now additionally he is being seen as a strong leader who has come into his own and can provide able leadership to the state.
Apparently it was also pointed out that just as Dr YSR’s Padayatra across the length and breadth of Andhra Pradesh in 2003 helped the Congress party come to power, dislodge Chandrababu Naidu and importantly, helped the UPA form a coalition in 2004, similarly YS Jagan’s Padayatra would help him in dethroning Chandrababu Naidu in the upcoming elections in the state. Moreover another point which came up for discussion was that even if the TDP and Congress may not have a formal alliance in Andhra Pradesh, they will have a secret understanding.
